Senior QA Engineer

**About** Swan, a European fintech company, is the easiest way to add banking features to your product. This can be called “Banking-as-a-Service” or “Embedded finance”. We built Swan so that anyone can start embedding banking features within just minutes of visiting our website. Swan is truly fast and easy to use. Swan already has 60 customers across 10 European countries, large enterprise and startups alike. They include Carrefour, Pennylane, Alma, and Ride.Capital. We’re on track to take things much, much further, by embarking on Europe — localizing our product, and internationalizing our team and partner portfolio. Swan has received 21M€ funding from VCs like Accel and Creandum. We’re a Mastercard principal member and a licensed financial institution, passported across Europe. We have a hybrid remote-work policy, with 100+ Swanees across offices in Paris, Berlin, with Barcelona on the way Wherever you’re coming from, come as you are We’re open to all kinds of people, from all walks of life. If you’re excited about joining a European fintech adventure, Swan is the way * **Job description** Swan has a diverse team of engineers from all over the place. Co-building is at the heart of the way we work. We believe in challenging each other. Being frank, but empathetic is the best way to get things done It’s also more fun. We’re looking for a Senior QA Engineer who is excited about helping us growing our software quality. Reporting to our CTO, you will work closely with the IT team, the integration team, the product team and other business stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle. **Your mission**: - Design and develop test automation for web services and APIs - Drive the QA strategy of Swan in collaboration with he CTO and the teams. - Help the developer to maintain the continuous delivry quality - Maintain and update an automation framework with a test case repository in gitlab-CI. - Maintain and optimize existing automated test cases - Develop and run web performance tests - Execute and report test results - Collaborate with other teams who are responsible for software engineering - Collaborate with other testing teams for knowledge sharing and technology unification * What is a typical week for a QA Engineer at Swan ?* - Every morning you will assist to the team meetings. - You will monitor with the QA team the tests that need to be automated - You will create the automation tests based on the test case requirements and integrate them in the CI - You will run the perf and charge tests monthly - You will run the automated TNRs before every release * Technical stack :* - GraphQL - GitlabCI - Playwright * Preferred experience* **You’re a great match if**: - 4-6 years of QA automation experience in a start-up, scale up, or in the banking / fintech industry - Experience with Web Services Test Automation Tools with a Good understanding of modern Web protocols (REST, GraphQL) - Strong analytical skills, you have an eye for detail - You are enthusiastic, curious and persistent. You enjoy helping to develop elegant solutions for complex problems - You enjoy working in a challenging, fast-paced and team-oriented environment - Ability to communicate with clarity, humility, and precision - Excellent working abilities in English - Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other and leave our egos at the door. It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposture syndrome prevent you from applying * About Swan* **Perks of being a Swanee**: - ESOP packages available - Flexible remote policy, ask us about it - The best health insurance: Alan - Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib. - We respect your lunch break. Mid-day free-time is sacred and our French office even provides a Swile card to cover your meal on work days. - Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax. - This isn’t a perk, it should be the rule, but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day. **Our values**: **Be human**: Be straightforward, transparent, and sincerely care. It's all about integrity and doing the right thing. **Ambition**: We’re in this for the long game. We want to transform the entire market, and be the engine for Europe’s next tech champions **Collaboration**: We believe in the power of collective intelligence. We love to challenge others' ideas and be challenged in return. May the best ideas win. **"Move fast, don't break things”**: If we must choose between security and going fast, we choose security. We are in banking, after all. **Make everything simple**: Simplicity. * Recruitment process* - A 30-min video call with Amélie, our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions - An i