Location: Spain (Fuengirola/Malaga) or Norway (Oslo) - hybrid role
Department: Tech
About Sector Alarm
Sector Alarm is one of Europe’s leading safety providers, offering smart alarm solutions to over 680,000 households and small businesses across eight countries. Renowned for our premium products and high customer satisfaction, we are rapidly growing and evolving. Since our investment by private equity firm KKR in 2019, we have been undergoing a digital transformation—placing technology and data at the heart of our strategy. This role is a crucial part of that journey, where innovation and customer experience drive our success. To learn more about our Tech organization click here.
Role Overview: Your Day-to-Day
As a Senior QA Automation Engineer you will play a key role in the development and delivery of our mobile applications on Android and iOS platforms. You will be responsible for developing and executing automated tests to ensure the functionality, performance, and stability of our apps. Our apps are a part of our effort to provide a premium home security platform for customers. Some of our testing is done in our lab with real alarm systems. Most of the automated testing is done on software emulated alarm systems. The ideal candidate can participate in maintaining our test lab and have the capacity to maintain and develop new functionality on our alarm system emulators. We strive to have a high coverage of automated tests; some level of manual testing related to releases must however be expected. This is a permanent, full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Developing, maintaining, and executing automated test scripts for Android and iOS applications.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and designers, to understand requirements.
• Providing input on testability and quality.
• Identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and effective bug resolution.
• Performing regression testing to ensure existing functionality remains intact across releases.
• Continuously improving the QA process by suggesting new tools, techniques, and best practices.
• Conducting performance and scalability testing to ensure optimal app performance on various devices and operating systems.
• Staying up to date with the latest trends and technologies in mobile QA and automation.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of experience in QA engineering, with a focus on automation for mobile applications.
• Proficiency in one or more of the major automation tools, ie Selenium, Specflow, Appium, Cypress, Robot, Jest, Puppeteer with a focus on mobile applications.
• Solid understanding of software testing methodologies, including unit, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and version control systems like Git and test platforms like Browserstack.
• Fluent in English.
• A valid work permit in the EU.

Nice-to-Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• Development skills in .Net and integration / rest api testing

About the recruitment process
We will recruit on a rolling basis, so please do not hesitate to apply with a CV in English. A criminal record check will be requested for the successful candidate.
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Daniela Diazgranados
Om Sector Alarm
Sector Alarm er en av Europas ledende leverandører av sikkerhet, og har mer enn 680 000 fornøyde og trygge kunder i Europa. I over 30 år har vi levert sikkerhet til våre kunder gjennom å tilby alarmløsninger med svært høy kvalitet for private hjem og bedrifter med utmerket kundeservice, noe som fremgår av vår kundetilfredshet på 95%.
Sector Alarm har hatt en sterk vekst gjennom årene, og har en spennende og lovende fremtid med fokus på ytterligere vekst i både nye og eksisterende markeder. Vi har mer enn 3500 ansatte i Norge, Sverige, Finland, Irland, Spania, Frankrike, Italia og Portugal, og har fokus på å ansette de riktige menneskene. Med de riktige menneskene på de riktige stedene i organisasjonen har vi tatt en sterk markedsposisjon i landene vi opererer i, fordi vi kan tilby våre kunder toppmoderne sikkerhetsløsninger.
Vi tilbyr spennende karrieremuligheter i et selskap med en ambisiøs vekststrategi. Hvis du deler vår lidenskap innen å tilby innovative produkter som gir sikkerhet og trygghet til mennesker i private hjem eller hos småbedrifter, er 100 % kunde- og målfokusert, og leter etter en rolle der du kontinuerlig kan utvikle deg mens du jobber med fantastiske kolleger i et morsomt og fartsfylt miljø, vil vi gjerne høre fra deg

• Developing, maintaining, and executing automated test scripts for Android and iOS applications.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and designers, to understand requirements.
• Providing input on testability and quality.
• Identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and effective bug resolution.
• Performing regression testing to ensure existing functionality remains intact across releases.
• Continuously improving the QA process by suggesting new tools, techniques, and best practices.
• Conducting performance and scalability testing to ensure optimal app performance on various devices and operating systems.
• Staying up to date with the latest trends and technologies in mobile QA and automation