QA Engineer - API, Jira, CI/CD

About Babbel

It’s babbel! Babbel was the world’s first language-learning app and is also the best-selling. Its intuitive lessons, which have led to over 10 million subscriptions being sold, center on learning a language through real-life conversations. Because Babbel is for everyone, its team is as diverse as its content. From headquarters in Berlin and New York, 750 people from more than 60 nationalities represent the backgrounds, characteristics and perspectives that make all humans unique. Creating a true connection with millions of paid subscribers across the globe is what makes Babbel the most profitable language learning app worldwide.

About The Role

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer focused on improving the performance, features, and design of our core product. You will be part of a team focussed on delivering a seamless payment checkout experience to our users.

What You’ll Do

• Define the scope, objectives, and approach for testing during the tech scoping of new features, identifying risks and necessary resources.
• Engage in the software development lifecycle right from start to identify potential issues and improve product quality.
• Verifying design specifications to understand the function and scope of a change request, and creating the necessary test scenarios and test data
• Develop and maintain well-documented test cases that are easily understandable for developers and other stakeholders.
• Independently executing test cases manually and evaluating the test results
• Evaluate and prioritize bugs daily, ensuring timely resolution and proper assignment.
• Regularly track and report on quality KPIs to drive continuous improvement.
• Identify and document regression issues and work proactively to mitigate risks.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing.
• Continuously improve testing processes and suggest enhancements to ensure efficient QA practices.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and best practices.
• Experience with manual and automated testing tools.
• Familiarity with bug-tracking tools like JIRA, Bugzilla, or similar.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience in Agile development environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with developers and product teams.
• Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive test cases and documentation. Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.).
• Knowledge of API testing tools like Postman or similar.
• Basic programming/scripting knowledge for test automation.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.