QA Engineer

Octopus Energy Group; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to revolutionizing electric vehicle ownership through a powerful public charging platform. As part of a dynamic team, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring quality across mobile apps and backend services. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced environment, where your insights will directly impact product development. Collaborate with talented engineers and contribute to innovative solutions that enhance the EV experience. If you're passionate about quality and eager to make a difference, this is the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools is essential.
• Ability to write clear test plans and collaborate with teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead testing activities across the Electroverse ecosystem.
• Enhance automated testing frameworks and ensure quality.

Skills

automated testing tools

test plans and test cases

API performance testing

collaboration with engineers

quality principles

Tools

source control

continuous integration

Job description

We’re making electric vehicle ownership as smart and simple as possible, by building the world’s largest, public charging platform.

In just four years, Octopus Electroverse has grown to become one of the largest eMobility players globally, with over 850,000 connected electric vehicle chargers and a customer ecosystem spanning web, iOS, Android, CarPlay, Android Auto & Automotive OS, and more.

But it’s just the start: we’re busy expanding internationally, working with more automotive and tech partners, building exciting new features at scale, and creating the integrated charging experiences of the future - all in the name of making public EV charging super simple for customers.

Electroverse is a multifunctional team made up of product, development, commercial, operations, marketing, partnerships and more - all focused on making Octopus Electroverse the go-to name in public EV charging. And we’re looking for smart individuals with an interest in the space who can help us make it happen.

Overall, you'll work with a small, high-energy project team to bring the product to life - an exciting opportunity to work like a start-up within a rapidly scaling EnTech business.

What you'll do

• Be the focal point for testing activities across the Electroverse ecosystem
• Examine our processes across our mobile apps, frontend platforms and backend services and ensure quality is embedded throughout
• Champion system testability, collaborating with the development teams to mentor and educate them in good testing practices to improve quality
• Contribute to and drive efforts to enhance automated testing coverage
• Continuously evaluate and improve automated testing frameworks to ensure they remain effective and efficient
• Work as part of an autonomous product team, making EV ownership awesome. Engineers have a real say over what we build and how we approach it.
• Implement clear quality principles for all development teams to follow, including our approach to cross-functional requirements such as security & performance

What you'll have...

• A pragmatic approach to balancing quality and delivery in a fast-paced environment
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases for stories & features
• An understanding of approaches to building and testing for performance, including testing API performance
• Familiarity with source control best practices and continuous integration
• An ability to apply your 'test' mindset to exploring and understanding other teammates' perspectives
• An ability to collaborate with backend engineers, designers and product owners, and propose creative solutions
• Bonus experience (but not required - as long as you're excited at the opportunity to learn!): Experience with mobile test automation

If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!

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