Lead QA Engineer for a Swiss Startup

About Assaia

Assaia International Ltd. is working on a deep learning-based system that monitors and analyses aircraft turnarounds using the incoming video streams. See details and demos on our website and YouTube channel!

We were founded in February 2018 and are working on pilot and production deployments in airports across the whole world.

We currently have a working system developed. However, there is still a lot of work to be done to convert it into a scalable and stable product. This is where we rely on you!

Responsibilities

• On a daily basis perform testing and quality assurance for our product, communicate the best testing practices with the developers.
• Together with developers and product managers work through requirements.
• Plan releases, help limiting the scope and cutting out unnecessary things.
• Understand how our AI works, suggest improvements and ideas for the algorithms.
• Help ensuring security, scalability and reliability of our solutions.
• Write automated tests to be integrated into our CI pipelines.

Requirements

Hard:

• Min 5 years experience in software quality assurance/testing.
• Solid understanding of QA processes, best practices, testing techniques, and methodologies.
• Min 2 years experience in writing automated tests, preferably Python.
• Experience with Linux/command line is a must, Docker is a big plus.
• Experience with agile development lifecycle.
• Solid experience with managing bug/task tracking workflows.

Soft:

• At least upper-intermediate English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to clearly express yourself via chat and write good documentation is a must.
• Self-sufficient: you don’t need detailed instructions, you know what makes a good QA job.
• Self-driven: you are capable of setting up deadlines for yourself and meeting them.
• Never afraid of confronting management or developers for the sake of the best outcome, capable of being a leader when necessary.

Why Assaia

Assaia is a unique place where you can work on a technically advanced product built with novel technologies, in a team of people that have a lot to learn from each other — all this without leaving your home — or sunbed, if you wish!

As an early employee, you will enjoy watching the startup grow from inside and will be able to steer the direction of the company’s development. Additionally, we offer:

• Flat hierarchy and close to zero bureaucracy; you have to make important technical decisions from day 1.
• Your ideas will be heard and directly implemented if they bring value to the product.
• Always remote work and flexible schedule.
• Stock options.
• 5 weeks of paid vacation, paid sick leaves.
• Great company culture based on honesty and mutual respect.
• Live team events, including trips to Europe.
• Paid relevant conferences/online education/english courses.

We are a team of more than 25 now. We are looking forward to expanding it with you!