Software Test Engineer II

Job Summary 

As a Software Test Engineer II on the Digital Signage Platform team, you will be part of a cross-functional engineering team building and maintaining Poppulo's next-generation Digital Signage platform. The platform powers content management, scheduling, integrations, media delivery, analytics and reporting across thousands of customer deployments. 

Working within an Agile, DevOps-oriented environment, you will help ensure high quality software through automation, exploratory testing, API validation, risk-based testing and continuous improvement. You will work closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, Software Engineers and DevOps Engineers to deliver reliable, scalable and secure SaaS solutions. 

This role is ideal for someone passionate about modern Quality Engineering practices who enjoys building automation, improving delivery pipelines and contributing to a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility. 

The Person 

You enjoy solving complex technical problems and working collaboratively across engineering teams. You believe quality is built into software throughout development rather than inspected at the end. 

You are curious about modern testing techniques, automation and AI-assisted development while maintaining strong engineering fundamentals. You take ownership of your work, communicate effectively and continuously seek opportunities to improve products, processes and customer outcomes. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Validate quality across Digital Signage platform capabilities including:  
• Content Repository  
• Content Design  
• Scheduling  
• Device & Player Management  
• Integrations  
• Reporting & Analytics  
• Design, execute and maintain functional, integration and regression tests.  
• Develop and maintain automated tests at the appropriate layers including: API, Service, UI, Data Validation  
• Contribute to automation frameworks using Playwright/Selenium and modern testing practices.  
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and UX to define clear acceptance criteria and identify quality risks early.  
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement and story reviews to ensure testability.  
• Troubleshoot defects across cloud-based services using AWS tools such as: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, MySQL, S3, CloudFront, IoT Core  
• Support CI/CD pipelines by maintaining reliable automated regression suites within GitLab.  
• Perform exploratory testing and participate in collaborative quality activities including bug bashes and release validation.  
• Contribute to non-functional testing including performance, scalability and reliability testing.  
• Analyse production telemetry, logs and monitoring data to assist with defect investigation and quality improvements.  
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to improve productivity in test creation, log analysis, documentation and defect investigation while ensuring appropriate review and validation.  
• Contribute to continuous improvement of team quality practices and automation standards.  

Technical Skills / Experience 

Required 

• 5+ years of Software Testing / Quality Engineering experience.  
• Experience testing modern SaaS or cloud-native applications.  
• Strong experience with:  API Testing, UI Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing  
• Hands-on automation experience using Playwright/Selenium. 
• Experience with REST APIs and API testing tools.  
• Familiarity with Java or TypeScript.  
• Experience using GitLab or similar CI/CD platforms.  
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud services.  
• Understanding of Agile software development and DevOps practices.  
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.  
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.  

Nice to Have 

• Experience with: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry  
• Experience testing distributed systems or event-driven architectures.  
• Performance or load testing experience.  
• Experience writing SQL queries and validating data. 
• Familiarity with: ECS, EKS, Docker, Kubernetes  
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code concepts.  
• Experience using AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, GitLab Duo or similar to support testing and development activities.  
• Knowledge of Digital Signage technologies or media delivery platforms.  
• Experience with test data management or synthetic data generation.  

Who We Are

We are a values-driven organisation that encourages our employees to bring their authentic selves to work every day and empowers everyone to make a tangible impact on our products, clients, and culture. We offer a dynamic environment with driven, fun, and flexible individuals who thrive on challenge and responsibility. This is an opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that’s on the move.

We live the Poppulo values each day, as they are key to everything we do.

• Bring Your Best Self
  We show up authentically, are self-aware and always strive to be better.
• See it. Own it. Solve it.
  We proactively innovate and solve for our customers and each other. We set an example with high standards for our work. We foster a culture of learning, acknowledging our successes and our failures.
• Together We’re Better
  We value and celebrate our diversity. We learn from others, respecting their expertise, and focus on building trust. That's what makes us a team.

Named a Great Place to Work in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, we are a fast-growing global technology company, with offices in Ireland, the US, and the UK.

Poppulo is an equal opportunity employer.

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