Lead QA Engineer (m/f/d)

We are transforming the flexible workspace industry!

Valve was founded to propel forward and democratise access to the fast-growing flexible workspace industry. As work transitions to a more distributed and hybrid normal, flexible workspaces will be a key enabler of a richer, more enjoyable workplace experience for employees. We believe flexible workspaces confer huge social, lifestyle and economic benefits to all their occupiers through improved work/life balances, human-centric workplaces, greater communities, and lower occupancy costs. Valve provides vital industry infrastructure to professionalise and accelerate the flexible workspace revolution.

Your new role:

Are you energised by producing excellent work collaboratively?
Do you have a passion for engineering and want to grow your career?
You will have the opportunity to hone your skills by working with both flexible workspace operators and traditional real estate brokers; expanding accounts with Valve’s suite of sales & marketing technology solutions. We provide a range of SaaS solutions that enable flexible workspace operators to both automate workflows and maximise sales & marketing distribution to resellers. You will be a key asset to Valve’s engineering team by owning the QA function within the team.

What will keep you challenged:

• Work closely with designers, DevOps & Fullstack engineers and product managers in a cross-functional environment
• Develop, maintain and own test protocols and procedures through software automation and “test rails”
• Manual testing, automation testing and regression testing
• Identification of bugs and proactive troubleshooting
• Ensure the quality, functionality, usability and compatibility of all applications
• Transfer manual testing and documentation in spreadsheets to “test rails”

• JS
• HTML
• Potentially JUnit & Browser Stack in the future - Open to your ideas and expertise!

Which skills/traits contribute to your success?

• Several years experience as a QA engineer, ideally in a SaaS Startup environment
• First hand experience leading a team and previous work experience as a software developer or QA engineer
• Expertise in testing software systems and familiarity with unit testing
• Strong knowledge of QA testing tools and ability to experiment with and implement these effectively
• Excellent skills in communication and business partnering in English

Please note that we are looking for support either in our Warsaw, Barcelona, France or London office or remotely within the UK or Europe. Eligibility to work within the UK or Europe is required as well.

Our commitment to you:

• Competitive salary & equity package
• Training and development - first month in Valve we will invest in a training course for your specialist area with a plan for future training.
• Flexible working - we are pragmatic not dogmatic; be where you are most effective at producing the best outcome for the company.
• Investment in your home working setup; we want to support your productivity, satisfaction and effectiveness.
• Proven management and leadership team that invests time to progress your career as fast as possible - your rapid success is our mutual interest.
• Budget and resource to build own department in the future
• Quarterly offsites, monthly team nights out, and annual international company events.

Valve is committed to diversity and equal opportunities for all – applicants and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Our diverse team has different ethnic and cultural origins, gender identities, sexual orientations, family arrangements, religious and political affiliations, socioeconomic statuses, age groups, and abilities.