Senior Associate Tester

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Job Summary:

As a Senior Associate Tester at RWS, you will be a key contributor to our quality assurance efforts, leveraging your experience to ensure the delivery of high-quality software and applications. You will be responsible for leading testing activities, mentoring junior team members, and driving improvements in our testing processes. You will work closely with development, product, and other stakeholders to ensure our products meet the highest standards of functionality, reliability, and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, design, and execution of comprehensive test strategies and test plans for complex projects.
• Identify, document, track, and thoroughly analyze software defects, working closely with development teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Perform advanced testing types, including performance, security, automation, and data validation testing, as needed.
• Collaborate closely with product owners and business analysts to understand requirements and translate them into effective test scenarios.
• Mentor and provide guidance to Associate Testers and other junior team members, fostering their technical growth.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of test automation frameworks and scripts.
• Design and maintain test data and test environments to support various testing needs.
• Analyze test results, identify trends, and provide insightful reports to stakeholders on the quality of the software.
• Drive the adoption of best practices and continuous improvement within the QA team and testing processes.
• Participate in risk assessment and mitigation activities related to software quality.
• Effectively communicate testing progress, issues, and risks to project stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of industry best practices, emerging testing tools, and technologies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).  
• Minimum of [1-3] years of proven experience in software testing.  
• Strong understanding of various software testing methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) and their application.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in using bug tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Bugzilla) and test management tools (e.g., TestRail, Zephyr).
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles and quality assurance principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead testing efforts for medium to large-scale projects.
• Globalization experience is a plus.   
• Good to have Automation testing knowledge.

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.   

Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 45+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise. 

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

For further information, please visit: RWS   

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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