Software QA Engineer I

Job Description:

Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working start-up environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals. Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance. We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported. We believe in rewarding all our employees with competitive salaries, performance based annual bonuses, stock options and training opportunities.

If you’re looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth – join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making reading lives better.

The Role:

Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Software QA Engineer I to join our amazing Web team! You will be joining one of our development teams to deliver awesome new features for our many users to enjoy.

Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, from front-end to back-end to CI/CD and infrastructure. We take full responsibility for our work, from requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing, to deploying and monitoring how our code behaves in front of real customers. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate eager to start a career in software testing and quality assurance.

Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, the Software QA Engineer I will work with the delivery team made up of software engineers, product manager, designers and take an active part in delivering high quality software to Rakuten Kobo’s users.
 

Responsibilities

• Perform manual & regression testing to validate software stability after changes or updates
• Collaborate with team to understand product requirements and create comprehensive test plans
• Work with other engineers to troubleshoot and resolve issues, providing detailed bug reports
• Monitoring the health of the application after release
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for our web applications

The Skillset:

Required:

• Has experience working with frontend technologies
• Knowlege of software testing techniques
• Experience with source control
• Comfortable with and enthusiastic about learning new technologies
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills

Nice to Haves:

• Test Automation using WebDriver
• Working with GitLab, GitHub, AzDo
• Knowledge of Jest, ViteJS, yarn
• Writing shell scripts
• Working with Gitlab CI/CD
• Some knowledge of working with modern UI frameworks e.g React/Angular

The Perks:

• Flexible hours and remote working environment
• 4 extra long weekends around bank holiday weekends
• Full benefits starting from your first day
• Paid Volunteer days, unlimited sick days
• Monthly commuting allowance for those who are hybrid
• Flexible spending account
• Talent and development training budget
• Free Kobo device + free weekly e-book or audiobook
• Weekly Kobo Tech University sessions
• Maternity/paternity leave top up

About Rakuten Kobo Inc.
Owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten and headquartered in Toronto, Rakuten Kobo Inc. is one of the most advanced global ecommerce companies, with the world’s most innovative e-reading services offering more than 6 million eBooks and audiobooks to 30 million + customers in 190 countries. Kobo delivers the best digital reading experience through creative innovation, award-winning e-readers, and top-ranking mobile apps. Kobo is a part of the Rakuten group of companies.
Rakuten Kobo Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Accessibility accommodations for candidates with disabilities participating in the selection process are available on request. Any information received related to accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially.

Rakuten Kobo would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this role however only qualified candidates will be shortlisted.

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