Senior Test Engineer

ThoughtLabs Belgium; Strasbourg; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

ThoughtLabs Belgium is seeking a skilled QA engineer to define testing scope for each product release, collaborate with Test Engineers, and craft robust test scenarios and data. You will plan activities, align priorities, and ensure environments and tools support efficient testing. The role emphasizes API testing, SQL/database usage, and automation within an international, agile setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience for the nature of tasks.
• Experience in API testing and test automation.
• Experience with enterprise system integration and UAT management.
• Ability to prioritize, communicate with tech-focused teams, and report test outcomes.
• Experience working in an international/multicultural environment.

Responsibilities

• Define the scope of testing within the context of each product and release by collaborating with Test Engineers, defining test approaches and writing test scenarios.
• Plan test activities, monitor progress and alignment, and coordinate environments and tools.
• Prepare assessment of product quality by reviewing requirements, designing test data, and creating test cases including automation.
• Run assessments of product quality by executing tests and reporting outcomes.
• Continuously improve QA by refining requirements and testing approaches across teams.

Skills

Testing standards & methodologies

Test planning & scenarios

API testing

SQL & databases

Test automation

System integration testing

Defect management

Agile testing

UAT management

International collaboration

Tools

Postman

Kreya

SQL databases

Containerized solutions

Observability tools

Test automation tools

Defect tracking tools

CI/CD tools

Job description

• Define the scope of testing within the context of each product and release by collaborating with Test Engineers, defining test approaches and reviewing and writing test scenarios.
• Planning test activities, follow up on progress and approach by ensuring priority alignment inside the team, driving alignment with the involved parties in setting up the environments and tools.
• Prepare assessment of the product quality by reviewing requirements, design documentation, creating the test scenarios, test cases and test data including automation of the test cases.
• Run assessment of the product quality by running tests and reporting on the outcome.
• Continuously assess and look for ways to improve the quality of the product including requirements review and improvement to the testing approach.
• Leverage test analysis and test automation patterns to ensure requirement coverage, fast and reliable test execution.

Knowledge and skills

• Excellent knowledge of testing standards, methods.
• Hands on experience in creating efficient test approaches, test planning, test scenarios, test case creation and execution.
• Experience in API testing using Postman, Kreya or similar tools
• Experience using DBs and SQL, containerized solutions and observability tools.
• Experience in writing and editing automated tests.
• Experience with system integration testing.
• Ability to understand business context, define priorities, communicate with technology focused teams and communicate the outcome of test campaigns.
• Defect Management including prioritization of defects and root cause analysis.
• Test and Defect Management tools.
• Experience in complex, enterprise system integration.
• End User (UAT) management.
• Experience in agile software development and testing methodologies
• Experience and willingness of working in an international/multicultural environment.

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience for the nature of tasks.