Test Specialist

Job Title: Test Specialist

Location: Madrid

Who are we?

The RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services.  Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our combination of AI-enabled technology and human expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.

Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client understanding and technical understanding, our services and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance and gain actionable insights into their data and content.

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.

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 of the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa 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.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com

What is this role?

The successful candidate will be bilingual demonstrate native level expertise in a foreign language, a working knowledge of software testing in various phases of software development cycle, as well as hands-on experience with a multitude of software applications in a corporate network environment including servers, databases, and mail systems.  Leadership experience including supervisory experience or project management is highly desirable.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated individual to gain exposure to the global software development and testing world, while working with cutting-edge technologies.

• Hands on support of challenging functional & linguistic software testing/QA in the secure onsite testing facility.
• Work as part of a dynamic team on a wide variety of projects (cutting-edge consumer tech, inc. video/audio streaming, smart speakers and displays, smart home devices, travel and commerce apps, etc) for an exciting client – global industry leader in search. 
• Support operational and technical aspects of complex projects, including project assessment, coordination, and delivery.
• Support efforts to create and validate localization and functional test plans based on UI/UX and functional spec from client.
• Setup test beds and test environments, troubleshoot, problem solve in a dynamic deadline-driven environment.
• Review, validate, and triage identified defects within the software for clarity, classification, and prioritization.
• Help coordinate onsite and remote testers, including hands-on technical and project-related support.
• Support screenshot projects.
• Provide status reports regularly to Test Lead.

Requirements:

• Bi-lingual, translator-level fluency in native language preferred. Strong command of written and spoken English.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Engineering related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Excellent problem solving, defect investigation and analytical skills.
• Good written/verbal communication skills
• Highly detailed and organized
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to work on a team and communicate effectively with other team members
• Motivated and ability to learn fast

Desirable skills and abilities

• Previous experience in software testing
• Knowledge of test management tools
• IT support experience in software development / testing environment

Benefits

• Amazing benefits. (Seriously!)
• Infinite training, professional development and personal growth opportunities.
• The rare opportunity to impact how organizations communicate globally. There’s a reason we work with 80+ of the top 100 brands.
• Smart, engaged co-workers, a culture of diversity, innovation and opportunity.
• Relaxed, fun environment with a game room, in house happy hours and many great office events throughout the year.
• Great work life balance with 5 weeks of PTO and 40 hours of volunteer time per year!

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means 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, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

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. 

RWS Values 

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

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Holdings PLC does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees.  Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.