Senior Software Engineer QA - Build & Deployment - (IFS Technology)

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

The build and deployment team is the "spider in the web" team at IFS R&D. Team is working on facilitating that the whole solution is building together by owning and promoting the use of modern CI-pipelines and automating delivery of various test environments. The team also has responsibility to help promote DevOps practices throughout the R&D organization.

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer QA to join our team and drive quality-first engineering practices. This role focuses on test automation, CI/CD integration, and quality assurance for our core application pipelines. You will work closely with Developers, DevOps engineers, and SREs to ensure the quality of our software releases.

If you are passionate about modern test automation, DevOps practices, and improving software quality at scale, we would love to hear from you!

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Enhance Test Automation
  • Design and maintain automated test suites to ensure fast and reliable feedback loops in CI/CD pipelines.
  • Drive initiatives to optimize automated test execution.
  • Collaborate with DevOps engineers to embed quality gates in CI/CD pipelines to prevent low-quality code deployments.
• Define & Implement Test Strategies
  • Guide a group of DevOps engineers to develop comprehensive test strategies for epics and major releases, ensuring quality standards are maintained across all development phases.
  • Work with DevOps and engineering teams to integrate shift-left testing practices for earlier defect detection.
• Guide & Support Development Teams in Testing Best Practices
  • Review and improve test coverage, scope, and quality assurance processes for all feature stories.
  • Guide developers on writing better test cases.
• Collaborate Across Teams to Drive a Quality-First Culture
  • Partner with teams to enhance monitoring and observability of test failures in production.
  • Participate in incident post-mortems to analyze defects and improve quality assurance processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering & test automation.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (Cucumber)
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages (Preferably Python, Java, JavaScript)
• Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (Azure).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, DevOps-driven environment.
• Should be a good communicator.
• Possessing multitasking skills and an innovative mindset.
• Natural desire to discover and learn new technologies & processes. Proactively taking initiative & responsibility. 
• Should be a strong team player & self-driven. 
• Willingness to accept challenges and show a high level of enthusiasm. 
• A University degree, or equivalent professional qualifications, in software/system engineering is essential.

Additional Information

Interviews and selections are being made continuously. If you are interested, apply as soon as possible. 

As a step in our recruitment process, all final candidates will undergo a background check, to get us an understanding of our future employees.

We respectfully decline all offers of recruitment and/or advertising assistance.

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important to innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working (our own amazing spaces or those of our partners and customers) to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.