QA/Automation Test Engineer

Join a team making an impact one country at a time worldwide using the latest tech. Your work will make a difference and from day one you are empowered to do your best work.

The role will be charged with writing scripts and creating automation environments for repeated tests from project inception right through to production. Our QA’s test to the best of their ability to ensure the highest level of quality in our digital products. Using different automation tools, you will design, test, and deploy effective test automation solutions. Your goal is to automate as much of the testing effort as possible with a minimum set of code. Our intermediates are expected to spend most of their time testing in multiple applications from front to back-end.

The ideal candidate will come with a natural curiosity and analytical nature.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

Collaborate with management, while also thriving autonomously. Generally, we need an innovative self-starter.

We work as a team, being a team player is very important for us.

Good communication skills are very important, as we work with team members in different locations around the world.

Coding skills.

Skills with playwright or other testing frameworks.

Knowledge of fundamentals of QA methodology. A QA automation engineer should be well versed in manual and automated testing.

Jira experience.

Git experience (advantageous).

Persistence.

An ability to communicate and collaborate.

End-user empathy.

Flexibility.

Eagerness to learn.

Knowledge of development methodologies.

Fit in with the team culture.

Participate in all testing activities, work closely with software development engineers, database, UI design, and cross-functional teams to build scalable, maintainable automation framework and test cases.

Undertaking all system test-related activities in support of our client's products.

Understanding system requirements and creating test cases.

Be a key contributor in driving QA best practices, procedures and standards and apply to the testing process.

Contribute to the wider quality function, improving automation testing strategy, with a strong focus on integration, regression, and functional testing.

Understand requirements, articulate options, and solutions, communicate pros and cons and participate in the decision-making process related to platform architecture.

Proactively identify and determine solutions to obstacles during the testing and development process.

Work closely with Product Management and Project Management to deliver sprints/releases on time that meet or exceed documented requirements and expectations.

Be an active participant in defining and overseeing overall development governance and standards and ensure compliance to standards and best practices are followed.

Represent QA in cross-functional team meetings.

Demonstrable experience designing and implementing automation frameworks, preferably Playwright or similar.

Extensive experience testing web applications.

History implementing reliable test automation (unit/integration/regression) into CI/CD.

Proven experience implementing quality as a mindset within a fast-moving organisation.

Effective communicator with an ability to influence.

33 day’s holiday inclusive of bank holidays. Increases with service to 36 days.

Company bonus scheme*.

Contributory Pension Scheme.

Company Sick Pay Scheme.

Long Service Awards.

Death in Service Scheme*.

Flexible working options.

Employee Awards.

Discounted Gym.

Childcare Vouchers Scheme.

Nursery Workplace Benefit.

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay.

Free Eye Tests.

Free tea/coffee and fresh fruit.

Break out area with Xbox, Pool Table, Table Tennis.

Company Away Days.

Team Socials.

Sponsorship for qualifications.

In-house learning and development.

*Qualifying criteria in place