About Liferay

Liferay, Inc. is a uniquely profitable B2B enterprise software company with 1,200+ fiery-eyed employees all across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. As a renowned provider of enterprise open source technologies, we have been recognized by Gartner for empowering businesses around the world to solve complex digital challenges. Liferay Experience Cloud is an all-in-one solution that unites our Liferay DXP and cloud platform capabilities with built-in analytics and B2B commerce functionality, reducing the time to market and allowing for accelerated innovation - serving notable customers across the globe such as Airbus, US Bank, Honda, and Desjardins.

But we don’t just make awesome software, we are also fueled by a greater-than-profit vision. By building a vibrant business, making technology useful, and investing in communities, we make it possible for people to reach their full potential to serve others. We give our employees five days off to volunteer at charities they’re excited about, and Liferay donates 10% of our profits to charities around the world. Oh, we’re also self-funded which gives us the freedom to work on whatever we think brings the most value to customers and communities in the long run!

About You and this Role

The Tester role is responsible for assisting product teams across our international offices deliver on their quality initiatives. Teams often have a wide variety of tasks that can often fall on the back burner to more urgent or pressing concerns - this backlog can lead to diminished confidence in product quality. These tasks include the validation of defect reports (internal and external), the development, maintenance, and execution of manual test cases, and the writing of test case scenarios and automated tests.

The ideal candidate for the Tester role is resourceful, independent, flexible, has high intellectual curiosity, and has a spirit that is humble and eager to learn. Candidates for this role should be very comfortable with using a computer, willing to ask questions, and capable of following directions, and quickly learning basic testing tools and workflows. Candidates should be comfortable communicating across different roles and cultures, and teams, all the while inspiring and motivating others through technical excellence and best engineering practices.

Key Objectives

• Write and execute basic automated and manual test cases based on written and/or verbal requirements.
• Review and validate existing defect reports.
• Write clear, concise defect reports following QA standards and processes.
• Able to perform automation analysis and basic root cause analysis on failures.
• Demonstrate beginner level automation test writing and test fixes that require some review.
• Demonstrate basic-level ability to set up different testing environments.
• Demonstrate proactive communication.
• Complete tasks by deadlines.

Required Qualifications

• Capable of following written or verbal directions
• Self-directed in learning about Liferay and related technologies
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills to break down issues into their most simplified parts

Preferred Qualifications

• Windows CLI and/or Linux experience
• Familiarity with Selenium or other testing tools
• Basic knowledge of programming languages or familiarity with HTML, CSS, or other frontend framework
• Typing speed >= 50 WPM

What We Offer

• Salary package w/ competitive benefits according to qualifications and experience
• Opportunities to take responsibility and grow professionally
• A positive and collaborative work culture
• Working at a leading open source company

Equal Opportunities Employer - Statement

Liferay is committed to the equal treatment of all candidates, customers and employees and to fostering a culture of dignity at work. Our operating procedure provides for equal opportunities in recruitment and employment with the aim to eliminate discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or beliefs, marital or civil partnerships status, family or dependency status, disability, pregnancy and maternity or membership of a traveling community.