QA Specialist II

The Company

Lightspeed is a one-stop commerce platform that empowers merchants around the world to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our culture is driven through shared values and initiatives that support our employees, we encourage a work-life that works for everyone. Your happiness, whether you're working, hustling, or vacationing, is at the core of our company.

The Team

We are the eCommerce business unit and our goal is to enable merchants to grow their businesses. As Lightspeed grows, we are bringing and integrating the Lightspeed ecosystem including payments, shipping, and other services to help our merchants build the most unique experience for their customers.

The Job

Do you have an eye for details? Is your first thought “How can I break this?”. Are you not afraid to ask questions like What if…? and Why? Then we are looking for you.

As a QA Specialist in Lightspeed eCom you will have a central role in the team where you will work closely with Product Managers and Developers to ensure software quality through continuous involvement in the software development process.

You will play a key role reinforcing the quality standards in the organization. You will have a chance to work with some of the smartest people in the company, making an impact on the fastest growing part within Lightspeed.

Primary Responsibilities

• Be an advocate for quality throughout the development process from planning to production
• Take ownership of managing the regression test suite
• Running and understanding failures in automation tests (using our internal analyzer programs)
• Aligning product quality with customer needs in collaboration with the PM
• Cooperating with fellow QA engineers to maintain quality standards
• Collaborating with the direct team to guarantee product quality.

What you need to bring to the team:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Excellent creative, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Experience writing clear and reproducible defect reports

Nice to have:

• Develop, maintain and execute manual test cases during the development stages
• Commercial experience with creating and executing acceptance, functional, regression, and exploratory testing
• Experience with performance testing
• Solid understanding of agile testing practices
• Knowledge of database queries (e.g., SQL, noSQL)
• Familiarity with Tools like Jira, Testrail & Postman
• Knowledge of test automation
• ISTQB or some other QA certification
• Knowledge of Russian language is a plus

What’s in it for you

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and possibility of remote work
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.
• Benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale
• Exposure to modern and proven technology
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family

and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• 20 legal + 5 extra-legal paid vacation days
• Pension contribution and holiday allowance
• Health and wellness benefit of 400€ per year
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents
• Language classes & LinkedIn Learning license
• Volunteer day
• Transit allowance
• Food & drinks, pilar day office lunch (Tuesday to Thursday)
• Yoga & Bootcamp classes
• Central office in the heart of Amsterdam

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.