About Vanderlande
Vanderlande provides baggage handling systems for 600 airports around the globe, moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage per year. In the parcel market, our systems handle 52 million parcels every day. All these systems generate vast amounts of data. Our Digital Service Platform (DSP) team is on a mission to use that data to create innovative, data-driven services for our customers. Do you want to help shape the quality of these services and ensure they meet the highest standards? Then this role might be for you.
Your Position
We are seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our MyVanderlande Customer Web Portal team within the Digital Service Platform.
This role goes beyond testing. You will be a quality coach for the team, driving a quality-first mindset and ensuring that testing, quality practices, and agile principles are deeply embedded in our way of working. As Quality Engineer you are expected to have good development skills to independently automate tests and occasionally fix simple bugs by yourself. You will work closely with developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master to enable the delivery of high-quality software and act as a servant leader in alignment with Scrum values and principles.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement a comprehensive quality strategy and test approach for the MyVanderlande platform.
Coach and guide developers on quality best practices, code quality, and test automation.
Review and provide feedback on Java backend and cloud code written by other developers.
Ensure adherence to clean code, SOLID principles, and secure coding standards.
Execute automated tests, including unit, integration, and end-to-end scenarios.
Perform risk analysis and identify potential quality issues early in the development process.
Manage bugs from detection to resolution and track quality metrics.
Collaborate with the Product Owner and Scrum Master to embed quality activities in the sprint process.
Participate in and improve CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing and deployment.
Qualifications
Must Have:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
At least 5 years of experience in quality assurance and software development
Strong knowledge of unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
Strong Java development skills with experience in backend code reviews.
Experience with cloud technologies (preferably Azure, including Kubernetes, CosmosDB, Functions).
Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks such as Cypress or Playwright.
Proven experience in test strategy, test design, risk analysis, bug management, and quality metrics.
Solid understanding of Scrum and agile principles, with the ability to mentor teams on quality.
Nice to Have:
ISTQB Foundation Level certification or higher.
Experience with Docker, SQL, event-driven and microservices architectures.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Bamboo, Azure DevOps) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Azure Bicep).
Knowledge of web components and front-end test strategies.
What do we offer?
In the challenging and responsible position of Senior Developer, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.
This position offers a competitive salary range of € 5449 to € 7396 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.
On top of your fixed salary you’ll receive the following secondary benefits:
Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.