"Do you have a passion for software testing and interested in working in the Blockchain space, Rakuten Blockchain Lab could be the perfect job for you! In return Rakuten offers a competitive salary and excellent company benefits"!
This is a great opportunity to work as a Staff QA Engineer on a modern, cloud, blockchain-based platform delivering solutions for a global leader in internet services with more than 1.2 billion members around the world. This role includes taking responsibility for coordinating releases of Blockchain lab software to test and production environments.
The Rakuten Blockchain Lab team in Belfast builds secure, high availability enterprise platforms that allow the many Rakuten Business/Developers to create solutions that take advantage of the benefits of distributed ledger or blockchain technologies without having to be concerned about the complexities of implementation. Our platforms follow a microservice architecture where services are developed in Node.js and deployed as docker containers into a cloud-based Kubernetes environment. There are integrations with relational databases, 3rd party APIs as well as specialised cryptographic services, and of course blockchain networks.
The overall test approach requires a balanced strategy of unit, integration, and end-to-end tests in addition to the non-functional testing such as performance, failure/failover, and security that you would expect for this type of platform. The team is currently working on a number of very exciting Rakuten HQ projects to be delivered in 2022 and is urgently looking for a Staf QA Engineer to work side by side with the platform engineers to design and execute an effective test strategy.
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ABOUT THE TEAM & ROLE
This position is located at the Rakuten Blockchain Lab in Belfast city centre. We currently have an engineering team of 20 who are working on a number of very exciting Rakuten HQ projects to be delivered in 2021/2022. The existing team collectively has many years of experience in building secure, high availability enterprise platforms for financial services, health, and consumer electronics sectors. As a result of the increased demand for blockchain-based solutions from Rakuten companies, we need to expand our QA function. We are looking for a Staff QA Engineer to work side by side with the platform engineers to execute our test strategy. The successful candidate will work as an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team focused on delivering high-quality enterprise-class blockchain-based solutions and platforms.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Staff QA Engineer and has strong technical skills, who is looking for a challenging role with a broader remit and greater responsibilities. You will get a chance to work on the emerging blockchain frameworks and learn from the experienced blockchain engineers in the team.
At the Blockchain Lab we pride ourselves on employee engagement and development. From the moment you send your CV and apply for our exciting roles your career journey continues.
Here is an example of what a new joiner can expect in their first year -
At Rakuten Blockchain Lab we offer:
TECHNICAL STACK
We take ownership of the full end-to-end solution from inception through to production and beyond. We follow a micro-services architecture and our services are built with Node.js and Typescript. We use various relational databases and our test framework uses a combination of Mocha and Chai. We work with multiple public and private blockchain protocols & frameworks depending on the requirements. We package our services with Docker and use Google Kubernetes for automating deployment, scaling, and management of these containers in both public and private cloud environments. We value short feedback loops and have implemented a CI/CD pipeline as well as an automated suite of unit, integration, and acceptance tests.
ABOUT YOU
We need a Staff QA Engineer who has can design and execute functional and non-functional test plans. You should be able to automate where it makes sense, but understand that manual and exploratory testing are equally as important. You need to be able to work in a collaborative manner with colleagues across multiple office locations in different time zones. You need to take ownership of the release management lifecycle for the lab, defining and evolving to meet the needs of the organisation.
Your key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE
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