Functional and Non-functional Test Engineer for Strasbourg

We are looking for a Test Engineer, with expertise in functional and non-functional (performance) testing for a client project in Strasbourg.

Location: 80% On-site work in Strasbourg and 20% Off-site

Start date: One month

Duration: 1 year; possible extensions

Contract: Freelance only

Preliminary Requirements: Candidate should be citizen of member states of the European Union (EU nationality), and should be able to get their criminal record, should accept security clearance process.

Functional Test Engineer:

Task description:

• Perform test of an institutional software
• Review project and test deliverables according to internal guidelines, improving the quality of test management
• Propose Improvements on the test management process including test tools.

Job requirements:

• University degree (master or equivalent) in Computer Sciences;
• Minimum 6 years of relevant IT experience;
• Minimum 4 years of automated and manual software testing experience.
• Proven experience of Testing tools (eg Qtest/TOSCA/ Selenium/Xray ) and testing technologies.
• Good knowledge in infrastructure and networking and tools such as Stress tests tools (Jmeter); Code Quality Review tools (eg SonarQube), Test Execution Monitoring tools (Splunk), etc.), Automation Testing tools (eg TOSCA), Test Management tool (eg Qtest, QC), Requirements and Defect Management tools (Jira); Selenium
• Keen interest on quality and intense attention to detail;
• Ability to analyze results of testing correctly and to report on them efficiently;
• Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies;
• Very good English writing skills;
• Capacity in writing documents;
• Good communication skills;
• Ability to communicate effectively with development team;
• Experience and willingness of working in an intemational/multicultural environment.

Performance (Non-Functional) Test Engineer:

Task description:

• Load Testing: Verify the system's behaviour under normal or slightly above-normal user load.
• Stress Testing: Push the system beyond its limits to observe how it reacts to overload conditions.
• Scalability Testing: Evaluate the system's ability to scale (horizontally or vertically) as user load increases.
• Soak Testing (Endurance): Verify system stability over an extended period under constant load.
• Volume Testing: Assess system performance when handling large volumes of data.

Tools Used:

• JMeter (Apache) - widely used open-source tool
• Gatling - developer-oriented, Scala Scripting
• LoadRunner - powerful commercial solution
• k6 - modern tool, JavaScript Scripting
• Locust - Python-base

infeurope is a Luxembourg-based IT service provider, designing, developing and managing multilingual information and documentary systems in many application areas and business sectors. For more than 40 years we have delivered IT systems and solutions.