Quality Assurance - Test Software Engineer

About

At LimeSurvey we are on a mission of building the world's #1 survey platform emphasized on ease of use, stability, and extensibility. We do this together with our fast-growing community and an international team of survey fanatics in Hamburg. We can find LimeSurvey in over 140 countries and 80+ languages: from local governments, NGO's and universities to students, small business owners and public traded companies.

This will be your arena

Our survey platform provides capabilities to create and collect online surveys and analyse and share survey data. The survey platform can be used to conduct simple questionnaires with just a couple of questions or advanced assessments with conditionals and quota management. We work closely with our community and partner network to co‑create, fix bugs, translate, and share knowledge. You will join our creative team and get involved in building the world's #1 open‑source survey platform.

This is your challenge

• Setup testing strategies for LimeSurvey
• Manual testing and acceptance testing of newly developed features and bugs
• Development of automated tests
• Development of quality criteria and user acceptance tests (UAT)
• Build and set up test infrastructure
• Coordination of external test studios
• Release management
• Increase awareness and promote testability

Requirements

• Exceptional knowledge and experience in one or more testing methodologies relevant in LimeSurvey context
• Hands on experience with testing approaches and techniques
• Deep knowledge of dev tools supporting testing activities
• Affinity to web technologies and knowledge of PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript, preferably coding skills
• Experience in dealing with ticket and bug‑tracking systems
• Preferably experience with Travis, PHPUnit and Selenium with Headless Firefox, React.js Tests and Jest
• Good to very good written and spoken English
• Curiosity and a quick mind

Tech we use

• Yii-3, Yii-1, PHP Framework
• React JS, JavaScript, jQuery
• Typescript
• Bootstrap 5
• Redis
• MySQL, MSSQL and Postgres
• Docker, CI, CD

Benefits

• Varied, interesting, and challenging tasks
• Opportunity to work in a growing, dynamic, and internationally distributed team
• Plenty of room for creativity and to contribute your own ideas
• Wide range of training opportunities, including language courses
• Flexible working environment with adjustable hours
• Option to work remotely, from home, or from our office in Hamburg if nearby
• Salary range for Germany: €65,000-€80,000 gross per year
• For international hires, compensation aligned with local market benchmarks and cost of living