Senior Test Engineer

Test Engineer – Integrated Planning & Forecasting

Location: Schiphol area, Netherlands

Working hours: 36 hours per week

Working pattern: Hybrid

Start: ASAP

Contract: Initial assignment until November 2027

Education: HBO / higher professional education level

About the Role

We are looking for a Test Engineer – Integrated Planning & Forecasting to help develop and maintain business-critical applications that support airport operations.

The Integrated Planning & Forecasting platform consists of several applications supporting passenger-flow forecasting and asset planning across areas such as:

• Terminal operations
• Airside operations
• Baggage
• Gate/stand planning
• Bus planning
• Check-in and baggage reclaim

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary Agile team consisting of business analysts, architects, information analysts, test engineers, DevOps engineers, product owners and application management professionals.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise test conditions
• Write test cases for Gate/Stand, Bus and Baggage applications
• Set up and maintain test data
• Perform functional and non-functional testing
• Set up and execute regression and integration tests
• Work closely with different teams and departments
• Create test reports and document test findings
• Support application issue and support processes
• Optimise testing processes
• Set up and maintain test automation
• Execute tests for application releases, OS patching and lifecycle management
• Create automated tests that can run through Azure DevOps or GitHub pipelines
• Contribute to increasing test automation, particularly for regression testing
• Develop automated tests using Playwright

Requirements

• HBO-level education and professional thinking
• ISTQB Foundation certification
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with test frameworks
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a tester in an Agile environment
• Strong experience with functional and integration testing
• Minimum 3 years of experience setting up test automation frameworks and writing automated tests
• Experience with Playwright or a comparable automation framework
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Experience with Splunk or similar tools for analysing metrics, traces and logs
• Experience with Postman for API testing
• Experience with Java and/or JavaScript frameworks for test automation
• Basic understanding of modern cloud and web technologies
• Structured and methodical approach
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and take ownership
• Ability to work across multiple applications
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment
• Proficient in both Dutch and English

Working Environment

The role operates on a hybrid basis, combining remote work with working from an office/collaborative workspace. Regular interaction and collaboration with colleagues are an important part of the role.

Key Technology & Testing Areas

Testing: Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Non-functional Testing, Test Automation

Automation: Playwright, Java, JavaScript

API: Postman, API Testing

CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Pipelines

Monitoring & Logging: Splunk or similar tools

Methodology: Agile / Scrum