This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment.  We also offer relocation support.

The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Group Corporate Services Directorate – Group Digital Office (GCS-GDO), Platforms & Services Department (P&S), Integration Division (INT), Integration Solutions Unit (ISU) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a (Senior) Software Quality Assurance Engineer.*

This is a full-time position at grade 5/6 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.

*internal benchmark: (Senior) Engineer IT Technology & Infrastructure

Panel interviews are anticipated for August 2024

Purpose

We are looking for someone with a strong background in software testing methodologies, encompassing manual, automated, performance, and regression testing, combined with a deep understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC). If you're interested in defining test strategies, coordinating test activities and leading a team of test engineers in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software integration solutions, this position is perfect for you! Hands-on experience in writing manual or automated test cases for complex and long-term software products is essential for the role. Join our team and take your career to the next level.

Operating Network

You will report directly to the Head of Unit and will work in close contact with platform leads and with the other colleagues across the department.

The Integration Solutions Unit focuses on designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining integration solutions that facilitate seamless communication and interaction between different software systems, applications, or components within the EIB Group.

Accountabilities

• Define test strategies and plans to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Coordinate test activities and prioritize testing requirements.
• Assess the performance and scalability of the integration solutions under different conditions to identify bottlenecks or performance issues.
• Lead a team of test engineers and developers to execute testing activities effectively.
• Write manual or automated test cases to validate software functionality.
• Develop and implement automated testing frameworks and tools.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous testing and early defect identification.
• Analyse test results and collaborate with development teams to address issues.
• Ensure adherence to software quality standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• University degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor) preferably in computer science, economics or related disciplines
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in manual and/or automated software testing 
• Experience in testing of APIs including authentication/authorisation mechanisms (such as OAuth, SAML)
• Experience in using test management tools such as Jira, Xray, TestRail 
• Experience with tools such as Postman, RESTAssured, SOAPUI, selenium, cypress, katalon, JMeter, LoadRunner, Mockito, WireMock, DBUnit, Jenkins, Azure DevOps 
• Experience in writing and executing SQL queries for database testing
• Experience in working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud as a nice to have
• Experience in writing and maintaining automated test scripts using testing frameworks and programming languages like Python or Java would be an asset.
• Excellent knowledge of English and/or French (**), with a good command of the other. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage.

Competencies

Find out more about EIB core competencies here

(**) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire.  As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development.  Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process).  Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).  The Bank offers appropriate training support. 

We are an equal opportunities employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business.  We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, disability or neurodiversity.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Recruitment team Jobs@eib.org who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

Deadline for applications: This is an open campaign to consecutively fill open positions. The campaign will remain open until position is filled. Applications will be reviewed in order of receipt

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