Who We Are

You may not have heard of us, but you’ll know our brands! AS Watson is the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 16,800 stores in 29 markets. Each year, over 5.3 billion customers and members shop with our well-known retail brands, both online and offline, including the likes of Superdrug, Kruidvat, Watson’s, Marionnaud, The Perfume Shop, and many more.

Based in Milan, eLab Technology is ASW Group digital hub. It takes care of Omnichannel Strategy for European Brands of the group, delivering eCommerce, Mobile and in store Innovative solutions. The AS Watson Group eLab Technology department is looking for a passionate Automation QA Specialist to join the team in Milan. The Automation QA Specialist will be dedicated both to the automated software validation and reporting for the eCommerce platform on all the Group Business Units over Europe and responsible to assure a quality service to the client on test of new releases and fixes as part of the software development lifecycle.

A Typical Day In This Role Includes

• Bug lifecycle management: from the opening till the validation
• Produce reports on QA activities
• Strong coding skills to implement the test cases based on the specified steps and verification points
• Programming languages: java, python is a plus
• APIs tests skills
• Confidence with code versioning, design patterns, CI/CD tools
• Able to estimate and plan own test activities efforts
• Daily communication with cross-functional teams and the BUs to ensure the quality throughout the test automation process
• Support junior colleagues
• Informs QA Lead about issues and priorities
• Could be required to travel across Europe
  
  

This role would be a good fit for you if:

• You are endowed with very good written and verbal communications skills
• You are proactive with a high attention to detail
• You can easily work in a team
• You are good at interpersonal relationship
• You get satisfaction though daily personal improvements
• You are results driven
• You are humble and willing to adapt to changes
• You are passionate about technology stacks and QA processes
• You equally like coding and supporting the team processes and flows
  
  

What You’ll Need

• Degree in Computer Science Engineering or another related field
• 2/3 years of experience in retail or consulting company
• Knowledge of e-commerce, mobile, multichannel and/or digital application systems. Knowledge and experience on Hybris and microservices is an advantage
• Experience of automated/API/manual testing
• Fluent in Italian, English is a must, we are international!
• Proactive with a high attention to detail
  
  

What You’ll Get From Us

• Competitive salary, benefits and bonus scheme
• Excellent refer-a-friend scheme with up to 3000 euros up for grabs!
• A fantastic learning and development offering to explore
• Ticket Lunch
• International and inclusive team based in Milan Fashion and design district
• Lots of opportunities to get involved in wellbeing initiatives to support your physical and mental health + monthly CSR/Team events
• …plus much More!