Be who you are, do stellar work – a QA consultant’s career at Wave

Theo works in quality assurance. He originally studied software production and ended up doing quality assurance and test automation by coincidence. His main focus is a little unconventional, since a teammate does most of the more traditional testing, and Theo himself works as a consultant looking for points of improvement and building test automation tools.

Theo’s route to Wave started when a friend working at Wave messaged him. Wave was building up its QA consulting and Theo happened to be open to new opportunities, so the story began: he became one of Wave’s first QA consultants.

“If I’m honest, the pay model was a big reason for joining. It’s super flexible and the compensation tops all competitors. It works so well that other companies have started copying it”, Theo says.

Theo’s project team members are located in different time zones, so his working hours are very flexible and there aren’t too many meetings. Theo works for one client 100% of the time, but meets his Wave colleagues when he visits the office and at parties.

“What I appreciate the most is our open and relaxed atmosphere. While everyone is extremely professional, people still have fun. We’re never tense or overly serious”, Theo explains.

Theo also sees Wave’s size as an advantage. He prefers a smaller company to a big corporation: the pace is freer, and he has more say in how things are done. Ideas are welcome, including ones about sales opportunities, and anyone who brings in a client gets a bonus.

According to Theo, consultants are often not the ones matching talent to projects, and it shows in traditional tech recruiting. At Wave, the person matching a candidate to a project is always a tech expert too, so the matches are on point.

Because Wave recruits this way, they also understand consultants and what they want. This is reflected in the many ways a consultant can choose to work with Wave. You can be a freelancer, on the payroll, or find something in between. You can work fully at the client and still have Wave’s support behind you.

Theo’s main message to anyone thinking of joining is simple: “At Wave, you can be who you are. See you at the party, where I’ll be making the cocktails!”

Interested? Join us!