Test vacatures in 1703 Heerhugowaard

As a QA Engineer, you are responsible for helping engineering teams deliver high-quality software by combining hands-on testing, risk-based quality assurance, and test automation. A key part of the role is expanding and maintaining automated test coverage for business-critical functionality, embedding quality controls into delivery pipelines, and helping teams release software with confidence. You will also perform exploratory and targeted manual testing, assess risk, identify defects, and provide independent assessments of quality and risk where human investigation adds value.

You will become part of the Architecture & QA Team at SCOR Digital Solutions, collaborating closely with technical architects, software engineers, product managers, designers and an experienced QA Engineer. Together, you will help shape the future of quality engineering within an evolving software delivery environment that is increasingly enhanced through AI-assisted and agentic software engineering practices.

Key duties and responsibilities

Quality Assurance & Testing

• You validate new functionality, bug fixes, and enhancements delivered by engineering teams through structured manual testing and exploratory testing.
• You assess changes using risk-based testing principles, prioritizing testing effort on the areas with the highest business impact and likelihood of failure.
• You identify, document, reproduce, and track defects while collaborating closely with developers to ensure timely resolution.
• You verify fixes, confirm regression impact, and provide clear release sign-off recommendations.
You evaluate both expected behaviour and edge cases to ensure software performs reliably in real-world scenarios.

Test Automation & Engineering

• You transform manual test scenarios into maintainable automated test suites that improve coverage and reduce repetitive manual effort.
• You contribute to the development and maintenance of automated testing frameworks and pipelines integrated into our software delivery process.
• You build and maintain automated end-to-end, integration, and regression tests using modern testing tools and engineering practices.
You help improve testing scalability, reliability, and maintainability through continuous improvement of frameworks, tooling, and processes.

Collaboration & Quality Ownership

• You partner with developers to build a culture where quality is a shared responsibility rather than a final checkpoint.
• You contribute to discussions on requirements, acceptance criteria, solution design, and testability before development begins.
• You help engineering teams improve testing practices, quality awareness, and risk identification throughout the SDLC.
You communicate quality risks, testing outcomes, and release readiness clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• You stay informed about modern quality engineering approaches, including AI-assisted and agentic testing techniques.
• You contribute ideas that help the organization keep pace with accelerating software delivery while maintaining high quality standards.
• You help identify opportunities for improved automation, metrics, reporting, and quality processes.

What Will Help You Succeed

• Experience performing structured software testing in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience designing and executing test cases, test scenarios, regression tests, and exploratory testing.
• Experience creating or maintaining automated tests using modern test automation frameworks.
• Experience with software development practices, source control, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery workflows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an eye for detail and edge cases.
• Ability to balance thoroughness with pragmatism through risk-based testing.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build productive relationships with developers and stakeholders.

Technical Skills

Experience with the following technologies or equivalent is expected:

• Playwright or similar test automation frameworks
• Modern CI/CD practices
• JavaScript
• GitHub Actions
• Atlassian Jira and Confluence
• Sentry
• Elastic / Kibana
• API testing

Experience working with or testing solutions built using the following technologies is beneficial:

• Ruby on Rails
• Kubernetes
Cloud-native applications

Additional Experience We'd Love to See

• Experience within insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries.
• Experience with accessibility testing, performance testing and usability validation.
• Experience with AI-assisted testing or modern quality engineering practices.
Experience contributing to testing strategies, quality metrics, dashboards, or QA process improvement initiatives.

Personal Qualities

• Quality-focused with strong attention to detail.
• Curious and eager to learn new technologies and testing approaches.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• Able to challenge assumptions constructively while maintaining strong working relationships.
• Pragmatic, organized, and capable of managing competing priorities.

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.