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We are looking for an energetic, experienced, and driven Lead Test Engineer to guide and mentor our testing efforts within a cross-functional engineering team. You will lead the quality strategy and testing for our authoring area, supporting continuous testing and effortless automation for cloud-based enterprise applications. In addition to hands-on testing, you will drive test planning, coordinate test automation strategy, and ensure high product quality from requirements to release.

Role & Responsibilities

• Own the quality strategy across the product lifecycle and drive best practices in testing
• Test new features and ensure comprehensive test coverage (functional, performance, exploratory, …)
• Define, implement, and guide automation test strategy across the team
• Set testing priorities and support the team in delivering within sprint timeboxes
• Provide coaching and mentorship around software quality within and across teams
• Act as the primary advocate for quality in sprint ceremonies and technical discussions
• Collaborate closely with product owners, software engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure requirements are testable and customer value is delivered
• Identify gaps in test processes and drive continuous improvement
• Coordinate test activities across teams

Qualifications

• Strong technical background and deep understanding of Web Applications, REST APIs, etc.
• 5+ years of hands-on software testing experience, including test automation
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Experience in leading or mentoring test engineers
• Solid programming/scripting experience (e.g., Python, C#, etc.)
• Proven experience designing and maintaining automated test suites
• Strong ownership mindset and a bias for action
• Comfortable with fast-paced, evolving environments
• Fluent English skills

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), Docker, and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Experience with performance testing
• Experience with leveraging AI in software testing
• Experience with modular / page object test frameworks

What you can look forward to:

• Hybrid office set up
• Flexible working hours
• Professional & personal development
• Public transport ticket (Wiener Linien card)

Tricentis Core Values:

Knowing what we need to achieve and how to achieve it is important. Tricentis core values define our ways of working and the behaviors we model that create an enjoyable and successful Tricentis life.

Demonstrate Self-Awareness: Own your strengths and limitations.

Finish What We Start: Do what we say we are going to do.

Move Fast: Create momentum and efficiency.

Run Towards Change: Challenge the status quo.

Serve Our Customers & Communities: Create a positive experience with each interaction.

Solve Problems Together: We win or lose as one team.

Think Big & Believe: Set extraordinary goals and believe you can achieve them.

We are under legal obligation in Austria to indicate the minimum salary, which is EUR 53.802 gross per year for this position according to the IT collective agreement. However, our attractive compensation packages follow current market salaries and can therefore be significantly above the indicated minimum salary.

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