Total 2 job vacancies by Balsam Brands

Reports directly to the Software QA Supervisor and responsible for implementing and developing the test automation infrastructure of the Quality Assurance team, involving test automation development, establishing coding standards and best practices for test automation, analysis and discovery of tools, and maintaining the test automation environment where the test scripts will run on. To ensure sufficient overlap with functional and cross-functional team members globally, this position reports on a flexible night shift schedule (usually 8pm to 4am PHT, adjusted to 8pm to 5am PHT when Daylight Saving Time ends) and is eligible for night differential pay.

What you'll be doing:
Implementation of tools, standards and best practices 

1. Implements best practices for test automation and shares it with the team. 
2. Works with the Test architect to design and implement the Automation framework.
3. Develops and implements automation test planning and strategy.

Automation environment maintenance 

1. Maintains and oversees the status of the test environments along its test data.
2. Ensures that the test environments are functional and caters to the needs for test automation.

Test Case Automation 

1. Designs and develops automated test scripts using standard automation tools and frameworks.
2. Conducts code reviews on teammates' pull requests.
3. Maintains and updates automated test scripts.
4. Plans automated suites to support project teams during regression testing.

Software Quality Assurance Exercise

1. Collaborates with teammates to establish internal processes and best practices for Software Quality Assurance.
2. Proposes and implements process improvements that could benefit not just the QA team, but the project team as well.
3. Allocates work, estimation, along with script development, within the automation team.
4. Stays up-to-date with the new testing tools and test strategies.

Cross-Functional Agile Collaboration

1. Participates in agile ceremonies like scrum meetings, sprint planning, project retrospectives and provide personal input and feedback.
2. Attends production or live deployments and monitors deployment status after performing sanity testing.
3. Creates a recording of user documentation of configurable components or any related functionalities for business users or as needed.
4. Collaborates remotely with cross-functional teams in the United States, Philippines, and India, including developers, product managers, and manual test engineers, to ensure the delivery of high-quality software.
5. Collaborates with the development team to integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.

Software Test Life Cycle Management

1. Executes test cases and/or scripts, including thorough regression tests, white or black box testing of new and existing functionalities, and manual execution of end-to-end scenarios.
2. Assesses scope of testing and create test suites in Zephyr for JIRA.
3. Reviews and collates test cycle metrics, including test progress, test results, defects found, overall testing status and potential risks, and reports to project stakeholders.
4. Investigates and debugs test failures, provides detailed reports and collaborates with the development team to resolve issues promptly.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

1. Performs other duties that maybe assigned from time to time.

What you bring to the table:  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of four (4) to six (6) years of experience as a Test Automation Engineer or in a similar role.
• Must have experience in test automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, TestComplete, JUnit, TestNG, REST Assured, Cucumber, etc.
• Must have a solid understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and best practices, and be accustomed to Agile Development.
• Must be familiar with CI/CD concepts and tools and performance testing and security testing.
• Must be able to work a flexible night shift schedule (typically 8pm-4am PHT, adjusting to 8pm-5am PHT after Daylight Saving Time ends).

As a Regulatory Compliance Analyst at Balsam, you'll lead our charge in upholding data privacy regulations and delving into requests. as well as staying updated on regulatory changes. You'll conduct comprehensive research, ensuring our compliance initiatives are robust. Your role is pivotal in safeguarding our data integrity and security through monitoring, QA, and guiding our compliance strategies. Your insights will shape our approach, significantly impacting our regulatory compliance efforts.

What you'll be doing:

Data Privacy Requests

• Manages and coordinates the processing of each data subject request to ensure its resolution and closure within the required deadlines.
• Processes requests internally and externally by coordinating with the appropriate functional team process owners and vendors via email, Slack, or Zoom calls as necessary.
• Sends timely updates and responses to data subject rights requesters for any possible timeline extension of request processing.
• Maintains the data privacy request tracker, vendor list, and reports such as request volume status, closure rate, issues, and challenges.
• Recommends processing improvements based on gathered information through actual request processing and document sourcing activities.

Data Privacy Laws Monitoring and Field Research Assistance

• Assists in providing regular updates to the legal and regulatory team with the latest news with respect to the development and enforcement of the data privacy and security laws in the EU, US, AU, and other jurisdictions relevant to the company and its businesses.
• Assists in regularly monitoring the current practices in the industry, including but not limited to the use of cookies (e.g., banners and consent), tracking technologies, data subject request processing, etc

Technical Coordination Assistance

• Serves as the data privacy team’s technical coordinator to the technology, data insights, and operations teams.
• Conducts quality checks on the company’s systems and processes involved in data privacy request processing to ensure compliance with data privacy laws, in consultation with the relevant internal system owners (e.g., data retention in various database platforms after data anonymization/pseudonymization)
• Reviews and audits existing internal and vendor processes and technologies to help mitigate data privacy vulnerabilities and prevent potential future privacy risks.
• Assists in investigating data breaches and incidents and works closely with the Senior Compliance Manager in drafting internal and external data privacy breach/incident reports.

What we’re looking for:

• College graduate of any course.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, including the ability to send comprehensive, coherent, and accurate responses to requesters and instructions to internal and external contacts. Collaborative, friendly, balanced, and inclusive when communicating with cross-functional teams.
• Any related experience to at least three of the following, with a preference for (1) and (2):
  1. U.S. and European privacy laws and data subject request processing
  2. Customer communication through email
  3. Project Management and Documentations Tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence)
  4. Cross-functional coordination
• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy with the ability to thoroughly understand which type of data subject right the customer is requesting to exercise.
• Comfortable in working through a task via electronic means (e.g., email, chat, and task management applications).
• Ability to open, track, manage, and move to complete customer cases.
• Advanced computer skills: using MS Word, MS Excel, Managing emails, Slack, etc.
• Able to present information in forms, tables, and spreadsheets.
• Displays a learner’s attitude (e.g., asks questions, gives feedback, clarifies potential issues, etc.).
• Good time management skills (e.g., ability to prioritize).
• Ability to have phone/web conferencing calls in the early morning or evening with team members in U.S. as necessary.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of database query and any programming language.
• Experience in fraud analysis.
• Intermediate to advanced presentation skills using MS PowerPoint.
• Knows how to create infographic materials in Canva or other similar tools.
• Advanced research skills.

Location: The Regulatory Compliance Analyst position is a work-from-home position for Balsam International Unlimited Philippine ROHQ in Manila. Team members in the Philippines are located within Metro Manila, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga, Rizal, and Tarlac areas only.

Our must-haves:

• Must be open to joining some face-to-face gatherings, like our monthly functional meetings and quarterly teamwide events.
• Must have a back-up laptop or desktop for use, if primary laptop encounters issues.
• Must have a fast, reliable DSL, Fiber or Broadband connection (not mobile or broadband stick) as the primary internet connection with a minimum actual speed of 10MBPS.
• Must have a back-up internet connection of the same speed, if primary connection becomes spotty.

Status: This is a full-time, permanent position with benefits.

Hardware Provision: Company-issued Laptop will be provided on the first day.

At Balsam International, we strive to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package. For permanent, full-time team members, this includes:

• Government-mandated Benefits (SSS, PAG-IBIG, PhilHealth)
• 13th Month Pay
• Paid Leaves. We use time off to rest, go on vacation, or just sleep in! Our paid time off is flexible to our needs.
• Internet Subsidy. With internet allowance, we are set up for success.
• Healthcare Coverage (+ 2 dependents). We worry less about rising medical costs with flexible quality healthcare benefits.
• Maternity, Paternity, and Solo Parent Benefit. We make sure parents are supported while they navigate work and family life.
• Continuous Learning and Professional Development Benefit. Our professional and personal development are fully supported. Whether it be online courses, workshops or books!
• Mental Health Support. We manage work and life's challenges through Mental Health Day breaks, 24/7 professional counselling, and curated webinars.
• Company Incentive. An additional cash-based perk for all our Brandits based on company's performance.
• Meeting & Team Building Allowance. Happy tummies make our meetings more fun and productive!
• Shutdown Week. We can spend more time on things that matter with an additional one week paid time off on top of paid leaves.
• Volunteer Time Off. With two paid days off, we are able to volunteer for advocacies we believe in.
• Bereavement Leave. We get additional paid leaves when a loved one passes to grieve and provide immediate support to our families.