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Overview
At Esri, we make the world’s most powerful software that accelerates decision-making by unlocking the crucial context of location. Our customers tackle complex issues like sustainable development, supply chain management, public health, and community resilience. We create technology to support their efforts and shape our future; our customers inspire everything we do.
ArcGIS Hub is quickly expanding the ability to bring people together to discuss and collaborate spatially around ArcGIS’s catalog of authoritative data. In this role you will focus on working directly with product and software engineers to ensure functionality meets our high standards of release readiness.
Responsibilities
- Partner with product and software engineers to clarify acceptance criteria and translate them into maintainable manual and automated test coverage
- Perform risk-based testing of functionality, including validation of accessibility, internationalization/localization, security, and privacy requirements
- Perform structured exploratory and scenario-based testing across key user workflows to uncover usability, edge cases, and integration issues
- Validate and triage defect reports in collaboration with Esri Support Services, review with development team for resolution
- Communicate quality status, risks, and recommendations via dashboards, written summaries, and verbal updates to support informed release decisions
- Review automated test coverage and results to assess effectiveness, surface gaps, and recommend areas for improvements
- Lead risk assessment for assigned features, evaluating functional, technical, and user-facing risks to inform test focus and release readiness decisions
Requirements
- 2+ years of QA experience testing modern web applications in an Agile environment
- Experience with web UI test automation tooling such as Playwright
- Experience testing REST APIs and validating integrations (JSON/HTTP)
- Familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript to read and reason about automated test cases to better understand coverage and recommend areas of improvement
- Intermediate understanding of web fundamentals (HTML/CSS, components, APIs) and UI/UX principles
- Intermediate understanding of accessibility (WCAG) and internationalization/localization (i18n/l10n) practices
- Proven problem-solving skills to isolate issues, document clearly, and collaborate effectively to resolve product deficiencies
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, GIS, Information Science, or another related technical
Recommended Qualifications
- QA experience testing modern web applications in an Agile environment Experience supporting enterprise-scale or other developer-focused products
- Experience working closely with product to assess delivery risk and release impact
- Familiarity with interpreting automated test results, monitoring dashboards, or other quality signals to assess system health
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Total Rewards
Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
The Company
At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life’s best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri’s Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.
If you don’t meet all of the preferred qualifications for this position, we encourage you to still apply!
Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email askcareers@esri.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
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Job title: Head of Software Testing
Employment status: Full-time
Location: Vienna, Austria – Hybrid
Compensation: Competitive compensation + performance-based bonus and equity options
Benefits: Wiener Linien ticket, yearly company retreat, regular team events, free in-office lunch, drinks & snacks
About Ketryx
At Ketryx, we’re on a mission to help medical software teams build secure, reliable applications that make a real difference in people’s lives. We give them the tools to automate the tough parts of compliance and quality so they can focus on what matters most: creating life-saving products with confidence.
The Role
As Head of Software Testing, you’ll define and execute our quality strategy, ensuring that every release of our platform meets the highest standards of safety, reliability, performance, and compliance. You’ll lead a talented team of software quality engineers, testing product features and strengthening our automated testing frameworks, and play a vital role in helping medical device companies bring high-quality technology to market faster. As a quality professional, you will have an impact on our own product that you will also use on a daily basis.
About You
You’re a proven leader in software quality who knows how to build high-performing teams and scalable testing systems. You combine a deep passion for reliability with strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset. You’re detail-oriented, enjoy uncovering edge cases, and take pride in building reliable, maintainable automated tests. You thrive in fast-moving environments where you can influence processes, improve standards, and shape product direction. Above all, you’re motivated to apply your expertise to technology that directly improves patient outcomes.
Ideally you're already located in Vienna or able to relocate quickly. Unfortunately, we are unable to support people without an existing work permit for this position in Austria at this time.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and grow the quality engineering team
- Plan and coordinate verification & validation for software releases and other testing activities
- Drive scaling up of automated testing with a team using Playwright, TypeScript, Cucumber
- Work with the team to keep CI/CD pipelines fast and reliable
- Coordinate work between different teams such as Engineering, DevOps, Product, Customer Success, and Sales, representing the quality and test engineering team
- Own verification & validation for software releases
- Apply quality principles at scale
- Perform risk management
- Prepare and field audits (IEC 62304 & co.)
- Champion a quality-first culture across product and engineering
- Define, track, and share goals and metrics for test automation & product quality, to keep leadership and stakeholders informed and to identify areas for improvement
What We’re Looking For
Must-Haves
- Extensive experience (10+ years) in software quality and testing, with at least 5 years in leadership
- Experience in a high-growth company
- Experience in establishing and running processes to improve overall quality
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript or JavaScript
- Practical experience with test automation tools such as Playwright or Cypress
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- Familiarity with BDD practices, ideally using Cucumber
- Experience working in an early stage, product-based start up.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience preparing for and managing audits
- Experience working in a regulated industry such as MedTech, healthcare, finance, automotive, or aerospace
- Experience using test case management tools such as Xray, TestRail, Azure DevOps, or HP ALM
- Experience with performance and security testing
- Knowledge of ISO 13485 / IEC 62304
Compensation & Benefits
- At Ketryx, we offer a competitive compensation package that reflects your experience and skills. The annual gross salary starts at €100,000+ based on an all-in contract. Final compensation is tailored to your qualifications and experience.
- In addition to the base salary, our package includes a performance-based bonus and stock options, aligning your success with the company’s growth.
- Lunch, snacks, and coffee provided in-office
- Annual Wiener Linien public transportation pass
- Yearly company retreat and regular team events
Keywords: quality lead, test automation engineer, QA, Verification & Validation, V-Model, change request, change requirement, regulation, feature descriptions, SaaS, customer feedback, computer science, comp sci, startup, software development, Series A, Series B, technology, software
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation
- Generous stock options possible
- Work in an exciting field with a positive impact on the world
- Opportunity to learn and grow as part of a global team
- Generous PTO for full-time
Ketryx is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances
Ketryx is saving and improving lives by making medical software safe and reliable. We empower software teams building medical applications to create safe, secure, and compliant products used by patients and providers worldwide. We believe that, by automating much of the documentation and quality processes, teams will be able to produce safer and more innovative medical software faster.
Ketryx is at the forefront of helping teams incorporate AI/ML into medical software and that’s why we need you!
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