Quality Assurance Engineer
About The Position
About Sonepar Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services. In 2024, Sonepar achieved sales of €32.5 billion. Present in 40 countries with a dense network of brands, the Group is leading an ambitious transformation to make its customers’ lives easier providing them with an omnichannel experience and sustainable solutions in the building, industry, and energy markets. Sonepar’s 46 000 associates are committed to accelerating the world’s electrification and driven by a shared Purpose: Powering Progress for Future Generations. www.sonepar.com How will you shape our tomorrow? We are looking for a Quality Engineer (QE) to strengthen Quality Engineering practices across the Spark ecosystem. This role applies to both AX (Associate Experience) and CX (Customer Experience) streams. During the recruitment process, candidates may be assigned to AX or CX based on interview feedback, team needs, and skill profile. Regardless of the final assignment, the expectations, ways of working, and quality principles are shared across both contexts. As a Quality Engineer, you will be part of a delivery team, contributing to both product quality and quality system maturity. You will ensure that automation, risk‑based testing, and early quality involvement are core drivers of delivery confidence.
Requirements
- Experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering in agile environments
- Strong understanding of Agile & DevOps principles
- Experience designing and executing automated tests at multiple levels
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and quality gates
- Ability to analyze failures, identify root causes, and provide actionable feedback
- Programming/scripting experience (preferred: JavaScript / TypeScript)
- Experience with modern test automation frameworks (e.g. Playwright, WebdriverIO, Cucumber…)
- API testing experience
- Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g. Jira, Xray)
- Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
- Ability to work in cross‑functional, international teams
- Quality‑first mindset with a focus on prevention over detection
- Comfortably make challenging decisions constructively when quality or risk is at stake
- Fluent English. French is a plus.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with large‑scale platforms or enterprise ecosystems
- Exposure to AI‑assisted testing or test observability
- Knowledge of SAFe or scaled agile environments
- International and multi‑team collaboration experience
Responsibilities
- Contribute to defining acceptance criteria and quality expectations for user stories and features
- Participate early in discovery, refinement, and technical discussions to assess risks and quality impact
- Drive risk‑based testing aligned with business criticality
- Define, implement, and maintain test strategies aligned with shared QE principles (quality built-in, shift-left, automate as a tool for confidence and scale, continuous improvement, continuous testing)
- Design and execute functional, end‑to-end (E2E), API, and exploratory tests, depending on the context
- Contribute to non‑functional testing activities (performance, reliability, accessibility) when relevant
- Design, implement, and maintain automated tests integrated into CI/CD pipelines
- Improve test reliability, maintainability, and execution time
- Contribute to shared automation principles and standards
- Work closely with developers, product owners, architects, and other QEs
- Promote Quality Engineering practices within teams
- Support knowledge sharing, documentation, and onboarding material
- Contribute to the evolution of quality processes, governance, and metrics
- Participate in cross‑team initiatives such as defect management, test observability, and AI‑assisted testing
- Continuously inspect and improve testing effectiveness and efficiency
Benefits
- 75% reimbursement of your monthly or annual transport pass.
- Swile Ticket restaurant card
- Gym exclusively reserved for the company and made available to employees free of charge.
- Sustainable mobility package
- Health insurance & Welfare
- Employee Savings Plan & Profit Sharing Bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
