Quality Engineer Senior at Alma

Paris, Ile-de-France, France -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Quality Assurance, Automated Testing, Manual Testing, Agile Methodologies, Communication, Problem Solving, Test Strategy, Exploratory Testing, CI/CD, Python, React, Typescript, Playwright, Gherkin, Data Analysis, Team Collaboration

Industry

Mental Health Care

Description

About Alma At Alma, we believe sustainable commerce depends on fair, well‑balanced trade. Because finance plays a pivotal role in business, our mission is to put it back in its rightful place - serving merchants and consumers. Our installment and deferred payment solutions help merchants boost sales by 20% or more, increase customer loyalty, and deliver a seamless shopping experience - without encouraging bad debt. As the buy now pay later leader in France and active in 10 European countries, we’ve empowered over 21,000 merchants and 8 million consumers. With 360+ Almakers and €100M+ ARR, Alma is scaling rapidly across Europe—and we’re just getting started. Alma is the company for you if are looking for: Collective intelligence is the driving force behind Alma: we are looking for open-minded, curious, and ambitious people who want to actively participate in this exponential growth. To continue to deliver an optimal purchasing experience and absolute ease of use, all teams at Alma (Tech, Product, Sales, Operations, Data, Risk, Finance, Compliance, Legal, Marketing and People) will strengthen their members to maintain the highest standards of quality and trust while pushing these innovations at Alma’s pace. About the mission We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join one of our Product Tribes and tackle a critical challenge: elevating quality across fast-moving squads as hands-on contributor, facilitator, and coach. Your mission: empower developers to build robust features while proactively identifying quality gaps and driving a quality-first culture from conception to production. You'll collaborate with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and Developers across multiple squads, and contribute to our QA Community of Practice to shape quality standards company-wide. Your responsibilities Support and facilitate quality efforts across multiple squads, within your tribe, engaging early in product discussions to identify edge cases and define testing strategies from the start. Ensure new functionalities are covered by automated tests and legacy features remain properly tested during updates. Conduct exploratory testing campaigns and hands-on testing to maintain deep product knowledge and assess overall product quality. Ensure test suite quality and reliability, supporting developers in test maintenance and contributing to CI/CD improvements Track quality metrics, identify trends, drive data-driven improvements, and provide regular quality reporting Actively participate in the QA Community of Practice to share learnings, align on standards, and contribute to evaluating new testing tools and methodologies Our technical stack Backend: Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis. Frontend: React, Typescript, Jest, Playwright. Tooling: Datadog, Sentry, Github Actions Your profile 5+ years as a QA Engineer or Software Engineer in Test, ideally in agile, cross-functional product teams. Strong understanding of automated and manual testing best practices. Able to analyze test results, identify flaky tests, and drive improvements. Excellent communication skills – able to work closely with developers, PMs, and other QAs. Autonomous, pragmatic, and able to prioritize impact over process. Curious and product-minded — eager to understand how things work and where they can fail. Good level in English (spoken and written). Nice to Have Experience with or knowledge of Playwright and Gherkin is a strong plus. Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines, especially GitHub Actions. Nice to Have Experience with or knowledge of Playwright and Gherkin is a strong plus. Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines, especially GitHub Actions. About the recruitment process Phone interview with Recruiter (30-45 mins) Interview with Hiring Manager (60 mins) Take-home test, following by a remote feedback session (30 mins) Case study interview (60 mins) Team Fit interview (60 mins) More information on the hiring process can be found in our Interview Guide You're not sure if you meet 100% of the criteria and that's making you hesitate to apply? 👉 At Alma, we believe that diversity drives innovation and strengthens our community and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to contribute. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, experiences, merit, and business needs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. So please take your chance, apply anyway!

Responsibilities

Support and facilitate quality efforts across multiple squads, engaging early in product discussions to identify edge cases and define testing strategies. Conduct exploratory testing campaigns and maintain deep product knowledge to assess overall product quality.