QA Engineer

dmg:media; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company seeks a QA Engineer to ensure the quality of digital products, with responsibilities including testing applications across multiple platforms. The role requires at least 3 years of experience, a relevant degree, and strong problem-solving skills. You'll work closely with development teams to optimize products and enhance user experience while promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience as a QA engineer or similar role.
• Excellent communication skills and great attention to detail.
• Experience in Manual and Exploratory testing in a web application context.

Responsibilities

• Plan and carry out functional, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Raise defects using JIRA and report test progress.
• Analyse test results and work with the development team to correct bugs.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Fast learner

Education

Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

JIRA

HTML

XML

SQL

Job description

QA Engineer

Location: Metro Headquarters - London

About Metro

Metro is the nation's most loved and fastest growing newsbrand. Under the banner of 'Free to Read. Free to think', Metro has the highest weekday circulation of any UK paper, and prides itself on being free and impartial.

Across print, website, socials, emails, Reddit and WhatsApp, Metro is the fifth most read newspaper in the UK, reaching a young and diverse audience of over 3.4 million Brits per day who come to the title to keep informed, updated and entertained. Recently relaunched for a user-friendly, mobile-first experience, Metro's website offers a wide range of award-winning digital and video content.

www.metro.co.uk

Main Responsibilities

• Plan and carry out functional, integration, and end-to-end testing of desktop, mobile, and tablet applications.
• Raise defects using JIRA as our defect-tracking tool.
• Designing test scripts, plans, scenarios and procedures
• Execute manual integration, regression, browser compatibility, and SEO tests.
• Execute ad-hoc functional testing on request.
• Analysing test results and reporting to the development team.
• Working with the development team to correct bugs and errors.
• Report test progress to development lead and Project Manager

Person Specification

• At least 3 years' experience as a QA engineer or similar role
• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
• Excellent communication skills and outstanding attention to details
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Experience of Manual and Exploratory testing in a web application context
• Good understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle
• The ability to recognise and resolve problems quickly and efficiently
• Keen learner who is actively looking at new trends in testing
• The hunger to learn and work on your own initiative, but also have the people skills to be part of a team
• Good understanding of the web technology and Internet
• Basic skills such as HTML, XML, SQL
• Basic knowledge of any Programming language

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process