What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth, and an international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference.

At Cognizant, together with colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate to create solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, innovative and successful. This is your chance to join the success story driven by our Quality Engineering and Assurance (QE&A) Team. We’re looking for a

Junior Test Engineer Graduate (d/f/m)

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany (hybrid)

Program start date: January 2025

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Junior Test Engineer Graduate (d/f/m) in QE&A, you will work closely with customers in the different industries to define and refine their quality requirements. You’ll work in a team of onsite and offshore associates to create and maintain manual and automated tests, often invoked “lights out”. You’ll help to identify the most critical business processes and create tests to expose any deviation from expected behavior. You will need to identify selected test scenarios that can be automated and for use in regression testing. The team you work in will investigate test failures and manage defects to track their correction. And you’ll regularly report on the completeness of test coverage and status of test results.

Primary skills and experience required

· Minimum a bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g. Informatics, Engineering, etc.)

· Graduation completed in the last 2 years

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills (C1) in German and English

· Able to work independently, identify/mitigate risk, estimate effort for testing.

· Familiar with many types of tests, such as functional, interface, middleware, system integration, user-acceptance, regression and non-functional

· Familiar with modern methodologies such as Agile and V-model

Secondary skills and experience (Nice to have)

· Working Knowledge in test and defect management tools like JIRA or ALM

· Familiar with concepts of test automation.

What You can expect

A comprehensive graduate program with graduates from all over Europe, providing everything to set up your career for success A permanent contract right from the start Competitive compensation which includes paid healthcare The possibility to be involved in client projects in other industries Competent guidance by an advisor and a mentor assigned during your graduate journey Educational trainings for enhancing your consulting, technology and soft skills that enable you to grow to your full potential The opportunity to make an impact on societies globally The chance to contribute on shaping the future of world-leading organizations

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world. We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen. We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right. We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. 

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer: 
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.