About Balance

Experts in digital commerce.

Founded in 2008, Balance specialises in designing, developing, and supporting high- performing, fully integrated, digital commerce solutions. We partner with leading brands (B2C, B2B and D2C), educational institutions, corporations and government departments to drive growth through digital-lead innovation.

Our passionate team of digital experts live and breathe our four pillars of Progression, Positivity, People, and Perspective. At Balance, we bring our A-game to every project and work collaboratively with our clients to achieve their goals and drive positive outcomes. Our team is dedicated to designing transformative digital experiences that simply work.

About the role

We are looking for a QA Specialist who is a guru in all stages of the manual testing starting from analysis of the project scope and creation of the test plans to completion of the functional, front-end and cross-browser testing and preparation of the reports. The specialist would have some exposure to automated testing tools in the areas of functional testing, API testing and load testing.

You will be assigned to the project teams delivering complex compelling eCommerce implementations working with team members in different locations.

Key responsibilities:

  • Review of the project scope artefacts (JIRA tasks, specifications, etc) and preparation of the test plans.
  • Maintenance of the test plan templates for current versions of the platform to reflect the standard set of features.
  • Manual testing as per the test plans (alignment with the designs, cross- browser testing, functional testing), preparation of the reports and lodging the corresponding tickets in Jira.
  • The configuration of the automated test tools (Cypress, Selenium or Postman- based) and performing the testing. Identification of the issues/bugs and documenting them in Jira.
  • Review of the issues marked as resolved by developers.
  • Mentoring of junior QA specialists.

About you

  • 3+ years of experience in manual testing.
  • 1+ years of experience in automated functional and API testing (Cypress / Selenium / Postman).
  • 2+ years of experience of testing of transactional and eCommerce projects.
  • 1+ year of experience of working with Magento, Adobe or other eCommerce platforms.
  • Experience and proficiency in preparing the test plans leveraging the project documentation and collaboration with the development team.
  • Understanding and experience in different testing phases.
  • ISTQB certification (Foundation or higher).
  • Good English written and verbal communication skills.
  • Basic Extract / Transform / Load and MySQL skills.
  • Understanding of API integration, standards and protocols.
  • Understanding of testing strategies for different development artefacts.
  • Atlassian suite including JIRA / Confluence / Bitbucket.

Knowledge and experience with the following items are not essential, but are highly regarded:

  • Understanding of WCAG accessibility standards, requirements and testing toolsets.

When applying, please attach your CV and a cover letter. In the cover letter, we ask that you to outline your experience, write about the most compelling projects you have contributed to and address the key criteria listed above.

What we’ll offer you

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern businesses enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:

  • Work with a diverse team where we value all the benefits of harnessing differences for our people, our clients and our business.
  • A committed Diversity and Inclusion and Belonging strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité and First Peoples RAP (reconciliation action plan) programs.
  • Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
  • A creative, fun and rewarding environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
  • Access to employee benefits including – wellness programmes, learning and professional development opportunities and networking events.
  • Confidential 24-hour support via our employee assistance programme.

Balance, as a part of Publicis Groupe, believes that our people are our greatest asset. Our people are chosen for their skill sets, their ethics and professional qualities without any exclusion, preferential treatment, or discrimination. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate by reason of age, gender, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion or disability or any other difference. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and will provide appropriate assistance for candidates who may need other considerations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process upon request.

01. About Balance

About Balance

Experts in digital commerce.

Founded in 2008, Balance specialises in designing, developing, and supporting high- performing, fully integrated, digital commerce solutions. We partner with leading brands (B2C, B2B and D2C), educational institutions, corporations and government departments to drive growth through digital-lead innovation.

Our passionate team of digital experts live and breathe our four pillars of Progression, Positivity, People, and Perspective. At Balance, we bring our A-game to every project and work collaboratively with our clients to achieve their goals and drive positive outcomes. Our team is dedicated to designing transformative digital experiences that simply work.

02. About the role

About the role

We are looking for a QA Specialist who is a guru in all stages of the manual testing starting from analysis of the project scope and creation of the test plans to completion of the functional, front-end and cross-browser testing and preparation of the reports. The specialist would have some exposure to automated testing tools in the areas of functional testing, API testing and load testing.

You will be assigned to the project teams delivering complex compelling eCommerce implementations working with team members in different locations.

Key responsibilities:

  • Review of the project scope artefacts (JIRA tasks, specifications, etc) and preparation of the test plans.
  • Maintenance of the test plan templates for current versions of the platform to reflect the standard set of features.
  • Manual testing as per the test plans (alignment with the designs, cross- browser testing, functional testing), preparation of the reports and lodging the corresponding tickets in Jira.
  • The configuration of the automated test tools (Cypress, Selenium or Postman- based) and performing the testing. Identification of the issues/bugs and documenting them in Jira.
  • Review of the issues marked as resolved by developers.
  • Mentoring of junior QA specialists.
03. About you

About you

  • 3+ years of experience in manual testing.
  • 1+ years of experience in automated functional and API testing (Cypress / Selenium / Postman).
  • 2+ years of experience of testing of transactional and eCommerce projects.
  • 1+ year of experience of working with Magento, Adobe or other eCommerce platforms.
  • Experience and proficiency in preparing the test plans leveraging the project documentation and collaboration with the development team.
  • Understanding and experience in different testing phases.
  • ISTQB certification (Foundation or higher).
  • Good English written and verbal communication skills.
  • Basic Extract / Transform / Load and MySQL skills.
  • Understanding of API integration, standards and protocols.
  • Understanding of testing strategies for different development artefacts.
  • Atlassian suite including JIRA / Confluence / Bitbucket.

Knowledge and experience with the following items are not essential, but are highly regarded:

  • Understanding of WCAG accessibility standards, requirements and testing toolsets.

When applying, please attach your CV and a cover letter. In the cover letter, we ask that you to outline your experience, write about the most compelling projects you have contributed to and address the key criteria listed above.

04. What we’ll offer you

What we’ll offer you

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern businesses enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:

  • Work with a diverse team where we value all the benefits of harnessing differences for our people, our clients and our business.
  • A committed Diversity and Inclusion and Belonging strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité and First Peoples RAP (reconciliation action plan) programs.
  • Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
  • A creative, fun and rewarding environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
  • Access to employee benefits including – wellness programmes, learning and professional development opportunities and networking events.
  • Confidential 24-hour support via our employee assistance programme.

Balance, as a part of Publicis Groupe, believes that our people are our greatest asset. Our people are chosen for their skill sets, their ethics and professional qualities without any exclusion, preferential treatment, or discrimination. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate by reason of age, gender, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion or disability or any other difference. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and will provide appropriate assistance for candidates who may need other considerations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process upon request.