Lead Quality Engineering

About Us

Slalom is a next-generation professional services company creating value at the intersection of business, technology, and humanity.

With our fiercely human approach, we deeply understand our customers and their customers to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact.

We go beyond traditional consulting with our local Slalom-Build-Hubs and design customized software, data, and cloud products as well as solutions to drive digital transformation for our clients.

Our consultants and technology experts have the opportunity to work according to our local approach and support our clients in eight countries and 45 markets worldwide.

Since opening our first location in Germany in 2022, we have grown steadily. At our locations in Munich, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf, we now offer over 130 employees a dynamic, inspiring and inclusive environment for their professional development - true to our motto : Love your Work and Life!

What You’ll Do

• As a Principal in Quality Engineering, you drive a culture of product quality into the engagements you work on, ensuring the whole team is engaged in Quality
• Define and evolve a robust test automation architecture, utilizing open-source frameworks for enhanced testing processes and reliability
• Develop and implement comprehensive quality approaches for large-scale client projects, ensuring a holistic perspective to optimize outcomes
• Provide thought leadership on complex, multi-workstream architectures, directing project initiatives and ensuring alignment with quality standards.

Leading other quality engineers on those engagements to ensure risk reduction on all deployments including by performing code reviews

Actively participate in Discovery and Delivery activities, contributing to the planning for successful future project teams and enhancing project success and client satisfaction

What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrate expertise in implementing test and automation strategies with a shift left / shift right approach to instil a quality mindset from project inception.
• Contribute to business development as a Quality Engineering subject matter expert, leveraging past experience and innovative thinking
• Design and architect trusted test automation patterns with high reliability, reusability, and relevancy.
• Showcase knowledge in designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks, understanding what aspects are best suited for automation
• Possess a practical understanding of all test pyramid layers, applying a risk-based mindset to evaluate new features, test design, and code;

also, apply a quality mindset to infrastructure as code, with extensive experience in various testing types

• A wealth of experience of different testing types, including mobile, performance, and other Non-Functional testing
• The drive to serve as a people leader, responsible for career development, performance evaluation, and alignment of your team to projects
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken German and English (B2 / C1)

Your Benefits

• Mobile and flexible working model, along with 30 days of vacation and 2 Impact Days for volunteering in your community
• We care about your future with an annual contribution to our pension fund (4% of base salary)
• You will receive a monthly individual mobility allowance for travel by train, plane, bicycle, etc.
• An annual budget of around €350 for your well-being. Whether it's yoga, fitness classes, massages, or a donation to a good cause - you decide
• You are important to us in addition to coaching and other support programs, we offer comprehensive insurance plans for you and your family
• Monthly smartphone allowance of €100 (gross) and the choice to choose your laptop (Apple or HP)
• Regular team events, get-togethers, and Lunch & Learns with the best colleagues in our central offices

Slalom is an inclusive, equal-opportunity employer dedicated to building a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will work to reasonably accommodate applicants’ needs throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.