Senior QA Engineer

Job Title

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank's technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank's technology transformation.

We have a robust, hands-on engineering culture dedicated to continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, technical skill development and networking. We are an essential part of the Bank's technology platform and develop applications for many important business areas.

You are the ideal candidate if you are an excellent tester, an effective communicator, and feel comfortable interacting with stakeholders at various levels. You have a solid background in testing complex data projects, are motivated to contribute to our current Oracle-based reporting application, and are excited about the prospect of migrating and working with next-generation cloud data platforms.

Responsibilities

Analysis & Planning:

• Analyze business and technical requirements to gain a deep understanding of data flows and business logic.
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of the overall Test Strategy and Test Plans, while taking ownership of defining specific test scenarios.
• Contribute to test effort estimation and proactively identify risks.

Design & Execution:

• Design, write, and maintain Test Cases to validate data integrity, transformation logic, and the accuracy of reporting outputs.
• Cover all aspects of testing, including functional, integration, regression, and End-to-End (E2E).
• Create and manage the test data required to validate complex scenarios.
• Rigorously execute testing activities, analyze, and document the results in detail.

Defect Analysis & Reporting:

• Identify, troubleshoot, and document defects in JIRA, providing clear information for the development teams.
• Retest corrections to ensure defects are fully resolved.
• Coordinate testing activities with internal teams, third-party vendors, and business users (UAT Support).

Leadership & Continuous Improvement:

• Drive adherence to Deutsche Bank's testing standards and promote best practices within the team.
• Organize monthly demo sessions to present project status to stakeholders.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development and testing processes.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in software testing, with a demonstrated focus on data-centric projects

Solid technical experience with the data lifecycle for reporting:

• Database Testing Expertise: Strong, hands-on experience testing Oracle Databases. This must include:
• Data Integrity & Quality Validation: Verifying data accuracy, consistency, and correctness against business rules.
• Database Objects Testing: Testing stored procedures, functions, triggers, and views to ensure they function as expected.
• Source-to-Target Validation: Performing detailed checks to ensure data is transformed and loaded correctly into reporting tables.
• Advanced SQL: Excellent skills in writing complex queries not just for data extraction, but for validation, comparison, and anomaly detection.

Methodologies & Tools:

• Proven experience with Agile methodologies and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Excellent knowledge of testing techniques (Black Box, White Box, System, Integration, Regression).
• Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools: HP ALM and JIRA.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills in English (both written and verbal).
• Ability to work effectively under pressure with a pragmatic and delivery-focused attitude.
• Excellent teamwork, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving skills.
• Customer and service-oriented, with the ability to build effective working relationships with all stakeholders.

Well-being & Benefits

Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health.

• Empowering managers who value your ideas and decisions. Show your positive attitude, determination, and open-mindedness.
• A professional, passionate, and fun workplace.
• A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.
• Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.
• A culture where you can openly speak about mental health.

Physically thriving: We support you in managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. For example, Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones, healthier ways of working and check-ups.

Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being.

• 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).
• Hybrid working model with 40% remote work.
• Options for flexible working hours.
• Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, workshops, and more.

Financially secure: We support you in meeting personal financial goals during your active career and for the future.

• Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.
• Meal vouchers, bonuses for referrals

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.