QA Engineer( on ON-SITE Kraków, Poland)
Summary
QA Engineer tests smart home/IoT devices and wearables for international markets, focusing on localization, device testing, and accessibility across iOS/Android ecosystems.
At Virtusa, every innovator has the potential to transform and lead in a digital world—but unlocking that potential takes more than technology; it takes a trusted partner who combines engineering excellence, creativity, and an AI-first mindset.
Together, we co-create solutions that help businesses grow faster, operate smarter, and make experiences better with technology.
- Internationalization and Localization Experience
- Device Testing: Smart Home and Health including smartwatches, health trackers, smart displays, speakers, home security cameras, and camera doorbells.
- Hands-on experience in localization and Internationalization testing with a primary focus on mobile and physical device testing.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and QA best practices.
- Ability to think & execute testing from a user’s perspective
- Technical i18n Knowledge: Strong understanding of character encoding (UTF-8, UTF-16), ICU standards, CLDR data, resource file formats (JSON, XML, .po, .strings, XLIFF), and Bidirectional (BiDi / RTL) layout handling.
- L10n Testing Best Practices: Hands-on experience identifying truncation, text overlap, line wrapping, and font rendering issues across various localized builds.
- Device Lab Familiarity: Hands-on experience testing on actual physical devices as well as cloud-based device testing platforms (e.g., BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Kobiton).
- OS & Tool Knowledge: Solid understanding of iOS (TestFlight, Xcode logs) and Android (ADB, Logcat, APK installation) ecosystems and debugging utilities.
- API Tools: Basic familiarity with tools like Charles Proxy, Fiddler, Postman to inspect and debug device issues.
- Core QA Skills: Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and QA best practices.
- Basic understanding of test automation concepts or scripting to partner with automation engineers.
- Experience testing IoT devices, wearables, or specialized embedded systems.
- Familiarity with accessibility testing standards (WCAG, VoiceOver, TalkBack).
- Tooling Proficiency: Experience with Translation Management Systems (e.g., Smartling, Phrase, Crowdin, Transifex) and defect management platforms (Jira).
- Language Skills: Professional proficiency in English; fluency or native-level proficiency in additional languages is a strong plus.
- Core QA Expertise: Solid understanding of software testing methodologies, test planning, and manual/exploratory testing techniques.
- Methodologies: Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum development cycles and QA methodologies.
- Familiarity with regional regulatory, privacy, or cultural standards in key international markets (e.g., EMEA, APAC, LATAM).