Quality Assurance Engineer

About us

DeepSea was founded to bring the latest AI technology to make the world of shipping leaner, greener, and better connected. Our cloud platforms harness deep learning models trained on real-time data to enable our customers to optimise the routes, speeds, operation, and maintenance of their vessels, saving fuel, money, time and reducing environmental impact. DeepSea talent is spread across Greece, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Romania, Thailand and Japan and we are growing quickly.

We are a scale-up company - meaning you will be bringing us to the next level and deliver a tangible contribution to a more sustainable shipping world. There is no complex hierarchy nor long approval processes. We just deliver. You will be joining a company with highly skilled and smart people who love solving complex problems.

About the position

You will work with our engineers, product owners and the rest of our QA team at every stage of the development process to ensure that our products reliably provide value to our customers. You will be responsible for the development and implementation of inspection activities and the detection and resolution of problems.

Our products are used by shipping company engineers and captains to optimise the technical operations and navigation of their vessels based on our in-house developed AI and optimisation algorithms. You will need to gain a good understanding of the vision and underlying technology behind our products and the needs that they satisfy. 

You will:

• liaise with researchers, product owners and upper management at an early stage to understand the vision, technology and customer needs behind upcoming releases
• support engineers during their research, development and testing with guidance on technique, standards, tools and test cases.
• design, develop and implement test standards
• plan, execute and oversee inspection and testing of incoming and outgoing products
• collect information to design and document reusable test scripts
• work closely with engineers to diagnose issues, resolve defects, and make sure that product releases follow project specifications

• Proven track record and competency in Quality Assurance roles for SaaS products, including test planning, test case design, test case prioritization, test case execution, bug reporting & tracking. 
• 3+ years experience in a related role
• Experience in testing web applications, including both back-end systems and front-end GUIs, web services, and relational databases. Experience with DB scripting. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of testing best practices, version control practices, and defect management practice. Knowledge of test automation frameworks is considered a plus.
• Hands-on experience with Java, JavaScript/JQuery, HTML5, XML, SQL queries and RDBMS. Experience with NoSQL engines is considered a plus.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a self-motivated, driven way in a highly dynamic environment with changing requirements, tight deadlines and multi-tasking. Experience in a start-up environment is a plus.
• High level of spoken and written fluency in English, including ability to produce clear, readable documentation
• BSc / MSc university degree in Computer Science or related field

What we offer:

• Competitive remuneration package: Skill & experience-based salary. Eligibility for bonuses.

• Health Package: Private health and/or life insurance coverage and mental health benefit.

• Tech Equipment Package: Laptop and other policy-based equipment.

• Paid leaves: Paid study, emergency, and medical leaves.

• Learning and Development Package: Access to courses platform and eligibility for seminars, conferences and workshops.

• Team Building: Team outings and events.

• Flexibility: Great office space in the heart of Athens and flexible options.

At DeepSea, we are looking for people who share our values and are aligned with our mission. It is important to us to ensure that no-one who is eager and capable of contributing constructively to our team is excluded because of ethnic or social origin, gender or sexuality, age or family status, disability or medical conditions etc. Diversity is well-proven to be a vital characteristic of teams that succeed, so we do everything we can to make our environment welcoming and safe for everyone.