QA Engineer Operations - TrendMiner

TrendMiner is an innovative software development company specializing in industrial analytics for the process engineering industry. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to provide advanced analytics solutions for timeseries, event, and asset data, both on-premise and in the cloud. Our dynamic team is committed to delivering high-quality software products that empower our clients to optimize their operations and drive business growth. We are a fast-growing company based in Hasselt, Belgium, with a global customer base spanning across several industries, including chemicals, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals.

Your challenge

We are looking for an experienced QA Engineer to join our Operational Features team. This team is pivotal in ensuring the security, stability and maintainability of the infrastructure underpinning our applications. You will play a key role in in ensuring the quality of the processes for installing and upgrading TrendMiner, both on-premise and in cloud environments (AWS), as well as of our solutions for observability (logs, metrics, tracing), operational dashboarding, cost management & reporting and alert management.

What you will do

• Collaborate with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to understand user requirements and acceptance criteria, and translate them to multi-level test plans that can be used as a foundation for test-driven development and behaviour-driven design.
• Design, develop and maintain multi-level automated test suites together with your team that can be integrated in our CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform rigorous testing on infrastructure components to guarantee robust security, maintainability and stability.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to the QA chapter by sharing knowledge, best practices, and participating in cross-team initiatives.
• Stay updated on emerging QA technologies and industry trends, and propose improvements to our front-end architecture and processes.

What you bring along

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• Proven experience as a QA engineer in software development.
• Proven experience with test-driven development and behaviour-driven design.
• Proficiency in creating detailed test plans and scenarios based on requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environment with knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure (configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting) is a plus.
• Experience Linux infrastructure (configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting) is a plus.
• Experience with Ansible for infrastructure automation and configuration management is a plus.
• Familiarity with monitoring and testing tools such as Cypress, Gatling, Playwright, Grafana & Prometheus is a plus.

What we offer:

• The opportunity to work with a dynamic and fast-growing company in the industrial analytics space.
• Work with a global team of experts in data science, software engineering, and industrial automation.
• Competitive salary and benefits package, including a company car.
• A developer laptop (Linux, Mac).
• A flexible (up to 60%) remote work policy.
• A great office at the Corda Campus in Hasselt
• Career growth and development opportunities in a rapidly expanding company.
• Joining a visionary technical innovator where you can work with state-of-the-art tools.
• Fun, collaborative, and challenging work environment.
• Flexible working hours and attention to work/life balance.
• An open-minded culture where you can 'be your best you.'.
• Personal Learning and Development budget and guidance.
• Company managed and external training opportunities.

We are committed to providing a fun, collaborative, and challenging work environment, and we offer a competitive salary and benefits package. We also offer career growth and development opportunities in a rapidly expanding company.

About TrendMiner

Founded in 2008 as a spin-off from the University of Leuven, TrendMiner develops discovery, diagnostic & predictive analytics solutions for the process manufacturing industry. Our cross-functional agile development teams are developing an innovative big data analytics product for the process industry. TrendMiner is growing fast, so we are always on the lookout for ambitious and enthusiastic new talent.

TrendMiner is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

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