Golang / Go Job: Lead QA Engineer

Lead QA Engineer at Housing Anywhere

🇳🇱 Netherlands › Rotterdam   (Posted Aug 25 2017)

Job position
Permanent - Remote work is NOT possible
Relocation compensation available

Job description
We are looking for a QA Lead Engineer who seeks the challenge of setting up a QA Engineering team at Housing Anywhere. Our ideal candidate would be looking forward to:

Hire and lead a team of QA Engineers
Implement strong QA practises in collaboration with other engineers and product owners
Build and maintain a comprehensive testing suite, with a strong focus on test automation
Work with a group of experienced engineers to develop QA tests
Deliver a better user experience by shipping more reliable releases.

The Company and our Team

At Housing Anywhere, we aim to provide the best match for anyone looking for student accommodation. We are a peer-to-peer marketplace, meaning that you will be building an application to satisfy both sides of the student accommodation market. Housing Anywhere is active in 50+ countries and 250+ cities. We have partnered with 150+ universities worldwide.

Currently, back-end services are built in Golang backed by a PostgreSQL database. The server components are hosted on a Google Cloud architecture that allows easy scaling. Front-end technologies and tools that we use are ReactJS, Redux, GraphQL, SASS, Webpack.

You will be part of the Product Development team, which currently consists of about 30 people (product Lead, product owners, front-end engineers, back-end engineers, QA engineers and UX/UI designers). In Housing Anywhere you'll find almost 100 people and many different nationalities (25+)

Sounds challenging? Be part of building Housing Anywhere!

Skills & requirements
Characteristics we are looking for in a Lead QA Engineer:

Proactive and open mindset.
Structured and well-organised.
Team player.
Ability to find a clean and simple solution that could be easily adapted for changed requirements in time.
Strong interest in new technologies.

Experience needed:

5+ years of experience with functional testing, including testing strategy, test case development and execution.
Strong understanding of QA terminology, QA processes and best practices.
Extensive experience with automated testing.
Experience with modern testing frameworks
Proficiency in testing both front and backend environments is ideal.
Familiarity testing at least one of the following languages: Javascript, Python, Golang.

Apply now!