Functional Software Tester - Freelance

Bitrock; Italia; On-site; EUR 39,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitrock is seeking a skilled and motivated Functional Software Tester - Freelance to join our QA management project for an eye care application. You will be part of the software development life cycle delivering high quality solutions.

You will collaborate with product owners, perform in-sprint testing, manual and automation testing, and report defects in Jira. Strong Italian and English communication is required; potential renewal after six months.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA management projects within the SDLC.
• Eye care domain experience is a plus.
• Strong communication in Italian and English.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Sprint Planning and Refinement to provide testability feedback.
• Define clear acceptance criteria with Product Owners.
• Execute in-sprint testing and document defects in Jira.
• Perform manual and automation functional testing across UI and business logic.
• Provide daily stand-up updates and collaboration with developers.

Skills

Manual Testing

Automation Testing

Acceptance Criteria

Test Planning

Education

ISTQB Foundation Certificate

Tools

Jira

Job description

Bitrock is a high-end consulting and system integration company, strongly committed to offering cutting-edge and innovative solutions. Our tailored consulting services enable our clients to preserve the value of legacy investments while migrating to more efficient systems and infrastructure. We take a holistic approach to technology: we consider each system in its totality, as a set of interconnected elements that work together to meet business needs.

We thrive on overcoming challenges to help our clients reach their goals, by supporting them in the following areas: Data, AI & ML Engineering; Back-end Engineering, Platform Engineering, Front-end Engineering, Product Design & UX Engineering, Mobile App Development, Quality Assurance, FinOps, GovernanceThe effectiveness our solutions also stems from partnerships with key technology vendors, like HashiCorp, Confluent, Lightbend, Databricks, and Meterian.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Functional Software Tester - Freelance to join our team in Bitrock. You will be part of a QA management project linked to the software development life cycle for an application in the field of eye care.

Key Responsibilities

Sprint Integration

• Requirement Analysis: Participate in Sprint Planning and Refinement to provide "Testability" feedback on User Stories.
• Acceptance Criteria: Collaborate with Product Owners to define clear, measurable Acceptance Criteria (AC).
• In-Sprint Testing: Execute functional testing as soon as developers move a task to "In Progress," ensuring bugs are caught before the sprint ends.

Test Execution & Analysis

• Manual and Automation Functional Testing: Perform end-to-end testing of new features, focusing on UI/UX, business logic, and workflow validation.
• Exploratory Testing: Go beyond the written scripts to find "edge case" defects that automated tests might miss.
• Regression Testing: Ensure that new code hasn't broken existing functionality (often through a mix of manual checks and triggering automation suites).
• Bug Reporting: Document defects with clear steps to reproduce, screenshots, and logs in tools like Jira.
• Daily Stand-ups: Provide concise updates on testing progress, blockers, and "ready for release" status.
• Feedback Loop: Provide immediate feedback to developers to reduce the cost of fixing defects.

Nice to have

• ISTQB foundation Certificate

Other

• Excellent communication skills in Italian and English

Project duration: 6 months (with possible renewal)

Recruitment process

Our recruitment process has 2 stages:

• First discovery short interview with our HR team
• Technical interview with our Software Quality Assurance Manager