Test & automation Engineer

Why you should join us ? 

• We are cool people - we like to take it easy and have fun during & after hours.
• We are working on innovative solutions with cutting-edge technologies.
• We have a very flexible management of work hours & hybrid work: we do rely on objectives more than on "worked hours".
• We have offices in Belgium, France, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, ... leaving tons of opportunity to work abroad.
• Despite being a 150+ person group, you may have opportunities to evolve quickly in the company and become a new squad lead sooner than you think.
• Alpha Networks is the European leader in the OTT industry; we work for small to large customers such as Bouygues Telecom, Orange, Blackpills, Vodafone, ... and this industry sector is in permanent expansion.

Key responsibilities :

• Participate in design reviews and provide input on requirements, product design, and potential risks. This includes the testing strategy definition & evolution.
• Collaborate with developers and other testers on good testing techniques and in the continuous improvement of our testing practices.
• Perform both functional and positive/negative testing of your squad’s work.
• Work on automation of acceptance scenarios for both APIs and UIs based on existing or yet-to-be-chosen tools (Karaté…) & frameworks such as Cypress, karate, Postman.
• Handle bug reports by other teams and make sure that they are reproducible and write clear & concise steps to do it in a bug report.
• Communicate issues and escalate if needed by understanding the bigger picture and impacts of any bug.

Your profile

•  Graduate, Bachelor, or Master in computer science or equivalent by experience.
•  Preferably, some experience in API or Web UI test automation.
•  You are an early adopter, always eager to explore new technologies.
•  Good communication skills with the confidence to challenge decisions where necessary.
•  Naturally curious, you are an experimented (or motivated) troubleshooter.
•  Experience with any programming languages is a plus.
•  Experience with GIT and continuous delivery tools is a plus.
• Experience in working in an Agile/Scrum development process is a plus.
• You have a good sense of humour (mandatory).
• You’re fluent in French and can sustain a basic technical conversation in English.

Our offer

By joining Alpha Networks, you’ll be able to take part in an international company with offices in multiple continents and several cultures. Depending on what you’re looking for, Alpha Networks can offer you different fast evolution paths. Becoming a team leader after one year is something possible if you are a challenger as we are! Alpha Networks also offers competitive salaries (depending on skill level and prior experiences) as well as collective benefits such as group insurance, hospital insurance, laptop…

Ready ?

 Next steps could be :

1.  Meeting with the HR Manager : classic interview, open discussion on what you’re looking for and what we have to offer.
2.  We challenge you with a technical assessment allowing you to showcase your skills.
3.  Meeting with the TU director : personal assessment and discussion of your career path and what you expect from Alpha Networks.
4.  Speed dating with the team if you wish to.
5.  We send you an offer.
6.  Welcome on board !