We are looking for a Senior Software Quality Assurance Specialist to join PPG’s Integral Custom Software Solutions team.
As a Senior Quality Assurance Specialist, you will work as an experienced individual contributor within distributed Agile teams, ensuring software quality through structured testing practices, adherence to established QA processes, accessibility compliance, and a continuous improvement mindset. You will collaborate closely with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders and actively contribute across all phases of delivery.
**- Location: Wrocław/Brno/Barcelona**:
**Work Model: Hybrid (3 office days)**
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Perform static testing of requirements to assess completeness, consistency, testability, accessibility impact, and potential quality risks
- Define the scope of testing and contribute to test planning activities, including estimation of testing tasks, coordination of test activities, and management of test environments
- Design, write, maintain, and execute manual and automated test cases based on user stories and acceptance criteria written in Gherkin
- Develop technical test cases validating integrations, APIs, data flows, and functional dependencies (e.g. API validations, SQL queries, system integrations)
- Execute required testing activities, identify and log bugs detected in non-production environments, collaborate with developers on fixes, and validate resolution through re-testing
- Maintain and continuously update test suites, including manual test cases and automated test scripts
- Analyze testing results and trends to identify recurring issues, quality risks, and opportunities for defect prevention.
- Actively use AI-powered QA tools and agents as part of daily testing activities to support test design, execution, defect analysis, and continuous improvement
- Contribute to improving and optimizing QA processes, tools, and testing practices based on lessons learned and data-driven insights
- Support release and deployment activities by executing and validating required testing (e.g. smoke, sanity), and provide test execution evidence and quality status, including accessibility validation, to support go/no-go release decisions
- Support analysis and validation of defects identified in production environments, contributing to triage, root cause analysis, and verification of fixes
- Ensure full traceability by linking requirements, test cases, test execution results, defects, and release evidence to unique work items in Azure DevOps
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with Scrum Team members to discuss business processes, rules, test cases, defects, and accessibility considerations
- Validate adherence to Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD), ensuring quality and accessibility criteria are met before development starts and before work items are considered complete
- Write, maintain, and update QA documentation, including test plans, test schedules, test reports, and supporting accessibility evidence
- Plan and monitor testing-related work to meet sprint timelines and release commitments
- Update and maintain all QA-related activities, artifacts, and execution evidence in Azure DevOps
- Collaborate with QA peers across squads to align testing approaches and share best practices- Provide guidance and support to junior QA team members as needed, without formal people management responsibilities
- Complete required training and professional development activities in line with the defined development plan
**- Qualifications**:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience and technical training
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in software quality assurance and testing
- Solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and QA lifecycle
- Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Proven ability to design and execute complex manual and automated test cases
- Solid understanding of test automation concepts and practices.
- Experience testing integrations, APIs, and data flows.
- Mandatory experience using AI-assisted QA tools as part of daily testing activities- Experience using Azure DevOps (or equivalent ALM tools) for test management, traceability, and reporting
- Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively in a remote, distributed environment.
- Proven ability to adapt to changes in tools, processes, and methodologies
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