Senior QA Engineer (In sourcing for UK Company)

An exciting opportunity to join an established UK-based company with 20% year on year

growth rate. A rapidly growing UK based software (SaaS) company dedicated to providing

cutting-edge solutions for the logistics and transportation industry. With ongoing investment

in new products, we offer the excitement and innovation of a start-up coupled with the

stability and benefits of an established business.

What would you be doing?

• Be a key member of the software quality assurance team helping to ensure the

quality and reliability of our mobile apps and SaaS platform.

• Ensure that the work you and other team members produce is fit for use by our

customers.

• You will join our Quality Assurance team and you will report to the Senior Quality

Assurance Manager.

• Benefit from working in a multi-disciplinary team, that uses modern software and

product development techniques, and values continuous improvement.

• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge and documentation of tests.

• Working with Colleagues to ensure the platform and data are tested and maintained

in the on a continuous basis.

• Learn new skills to test and maintain automation tests to maintain product quality

for our customers.

• Work independently, without needing a set of already formulated acceptance

criteria or test cases to further explore the application and find possible coverage

gaps.

• Gain deep knowledge of product functionality.

• Be a creative thinker and problem solver and collaborate and communicate with

team members and community; we welcome people who are willing to challenge

established norms.

• Define your career path and embrace the opportunity to grow and learn.

What are we expecting from you?

• BS degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience

• This Senior QA Engineer role, which focuses on test automation, is also applicable to

Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) with a strong background in

automation frameworks and coding.

• Experienced candidates with 8+ years in Test Automation and Manual testing and worked as Senior Quality Assurance engineer or similar role and a minimum of 3+years of experience in manual testing.

• In depth knowledge and experience of Java, working with Web services and API

understanding.

• Results based individual with a proven track record to proactively identify issues/

problems and provide solutions.

• An innovative team member able to think outside of the box who possesses the

ability to proactively identify risks and potential issues whilst having the ability to

resolve them.

• An individual who can prioritise workload and can work on tasks in parallel.

• Ability to acquire subject matter expertise in assigned area of business.

• Hands on experience with aspects of both functional and non-functional test phases.

• Ability to work and collaborate in a team-based environment.

• A thought partner with the ability to drive initiatives to completion with no

supervision.

• In depth understanding of using and maintain test frameworks such as Selenium/

Playwright and Java programming and design pattern experience in Page Object

Model.

• Experience using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines and

code repositories with tools such as Jenkins and GitHub.

• Experience in Agile Software Development environment with Data Driven Testing

driven along with a strong knowledge of test management tools, test case

management and defect tracking system.

• Knowledge and understanding of SQL syntax and ability to write SQL queries.

• Understanding the structure of JSON objects, the ability to work with them (create,

edit), and apply JSON objects in different interpretations

• A clear, deep understanding of Client-Server Architecture, the ability to understand

and analyse problems associated with it, look for the causes of problems and have an

idea of solving their causes.

• Ability to work with and vast experience in Database Management Tool such as

DBeaver, Google Chrome Browser toolbox and Tariff sniffer.

• Hands on experience building test automation frameworks from scratch to Web

Applications and strong Web Application testing experience.

• Experience to manually valid Restful APIs, Web Services, Apps, PostgreSQL using tools

such as Postman and SwaggerUI.

• Ability to read, write, maintain, and execute both manual and automation tests.

• Contribute to the QA Guild and sharing best practices.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Individual has the proven experience and ability to support operations team by

resolving production incidents which are assigned to them in an appropriate time

framework.

• Proven experience in supporting, coordinating, and ensuring all releases in

Production have been validated successfully.

Nice to have.

• Building CI/CD pipelines for post deployment verification.

• Experience in Contract testing.