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About Merkle
Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, we have put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and our performance, Merkle delivers holistic, experiences that promote growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle's expertise has earned recognition as a "Leader" by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit www.merkle.com.
Job Description
We are looking for a skilled QA Automation Engineer with a focus on backend and API testing to join our team. If you're passionate about ensuring the quality and reliability of backend services and APIs, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute automated tests for backend services and APIs, ensuring seamless integration and high-quality delivery.
- Perform API testing, contract testing, and integration testing using tools like Postman, Pact, and RestAssured.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test strategies and ensure applications meet functional, security, and performance requirements.
- Utilize DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Jenkins) for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Manage test cases and defects using tools such as Jira and Xray, ensuring efficient test execution and bug tracking.
- Work within an Agile environment, applying BDD, TDD, and ATDD techniques for continuous improvement.
- Contribute to the overall success of the team by fostering collaboration, attention to detail, and creative problem-solving.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong experience with backend and API testing, including hands-on experience with tools like Postman, RestAssured, and Pact.
- Expertise in test automation frameworks and scripting in JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes (e.g., Jenkins) to streamline testing and delivery pipelines.
- Experience with test and defect management tools such as Jira and Xray.
- Proven ability to work effectively in an Agile development environment, using BDD, TDD, and ATDD approaches.
- Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
Preferred Experience:
- Knowledge of cloud technologies, especially Amazon AWS.
- Experience with test automation tools like Playwright and PactumJS.
- In-depth understanding of lower layer testing, including API and contract testing.
Additional information
We do not sponsor work visa.
For those who don't have Portuguese documents (NIF and NISS), we suggest you to search for more information at local country Social Security entity, for possible roles in Merkle Portugal.
Benefits and perks:
- Work in international environment.
- Modern Technology & Latest IT tools.
- Software-house environment.
- Agile and Flexible working hours.
- Digital nomad policy.
- Focus on career development.
- Health insurance (also included for the household).
- Mental health support.
- Volunteer experiences and sustainable mindset.
- 25 vacation days + 3 wellness days per year.
- Beers (after 6pm), foosball, and ping-pong! #workhardplayhard
- Free breakfast every second Monday of the month.
- Employee discounts.
- Team & Company events 🎉
Inclusion & Diversity
We value the strength diversity brings to our business and are working to build a more inclusive workplace through partnerships with Stonewall, Business Disability Forum and Business in the Community's race and gender equality campaigns. We are happy to discuss all approaches to working for all our roles – we can't promise we will offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly.
If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-MERKLE
Location:
LisbonBrand:
MerkleTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
PermanentSimilar Jobs
What We Do
We are dentsu. We team together to help brands predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. We know people better than anyone else and we use those insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. We are the network designed for what’s next
