QA Engineer

Thrive; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading learning technology company in the UK is seeking a Test Engineer to join their technical team. As a Test Engineer, you will support the development lifecycle of new features, ensuring software quality through testing strategies and collaboration. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of modern development practices and at least 3 years of automation experience. This position offers a remote-friendly work environment and competitive salary up to £50,000.

Benefits

Unlimited Holiday

Flexible Working Hours

Health Cash Back Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years automation experience.
• Experience working with modern web testing frameworks.
• Familiarity testing and debugging web applications on mobile.

Responsibilities

• Participate in backlog grooming to influence quality.
• Develop and execute testing strategies for functionality.
• Advocate the use of BDD best practices.
• Support developers in implementing testable software.

Skills

Cypress

BDD

React

HTML

CSS

Git

REST

GraphQL

JSON

Job description

Overview

Thrive Learning is changing the way people learn at work. We believe learning should be easy, effective, and empowering, not a chore. We built the industry's first truly modern, all-in-one learning experience and rewrote the rulebook. Our technology is helping over 3 million people worldwide unlock their potential and grow their careers. Brands we work with include Volvo, Vodafone, Krispy Kreme, and Sky. We are the fastest-growing learning technology company, building something that matters and helps people thrive.

The Role

We are looking for a Test Engineer to join the technical team at Thrive Learning. You will play a key role in one of our development squads, supporting the development lifecycle of new features for our learning experience platform by collaborating to refine specifications, ensuring software is delivered with testability in mind, and supporting your squad to implement functionality that can demonstrate quality through automated testing. The ideal candidate will be committed to delivering quality software with a strong understanding of modern development practices that contribute to software quality, including version control, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and automated testing.

Core Responsibilities

• Participate in backlog grooming and refinement to influence quality and testability
• Develop and execute testing strategies for functionality
• Advocate the use of BDD best practices where appropriate
• Support developers to implement highly testable software
• Raise, investigate and document problems and known errors
• Implement and enhance testing tools, processes and platforms with reusability and maintainability in mind
• Review and contribute to technical documentation
• Communicate status information and issues to a variety of stakeholders

Essential Skills

• Experience working with modern web testing frameworks including Cypress
• Hands-on experience with BDD
• Familiarity testing and debugging web applications on mobile
• Experience with React, and understanding of modern HTML / CSS
• Understanding of version control systems including Git
• Understanding of REST, GraphQL, asynchronous messaging and data formats such as JSON
• Minimum of 3 years automation experience

Desirable Skills

• Experience with scalable cloud applications, distributed architecture and approaches for testing these
• Understanding of accessibility standards
• Experience with range of accessibility testing tools
• Experience of API testing and tools
• Experience of security testing and tools
• Experience of load testing and tools
• Experience of Continuous Integration and Deployment
• Familiarity with NoSQL systems such as MongoDB
• Appreciation of DevOps principles

Benefits

• Salary: Up to £50,000 PA
• Unlimited Holiday to support work-life balance
• Thrivedays - a reduced workday every Friday (10:00-15:00), with no internal meetings
• Flexible Working Hours within core hours (10:00-16:00)
• Birthday & Christmas Off, including festive shutdown between Christmas & New Year
• Work From Anywhere - fully remote-friendly (4 weeks a year)
• Health Cash Back Plan with Health Shield
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential support
• Financial support program via Maji
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Death in Service (4x annual salary)
• Green Car Scheme through salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work Scheme - save up to 42% on a new bike
• Perks at Work - 30,000+ national & local employee discounts via CharlieHR & Health Shield

What to Expect

We believe that finding a new job should be an enjoyable process. We are passionate about bringing our whole selves to work, so what you see is what you get. All we ask is that you show us your authentic self. We look for people who bring something new to the team, who add to our culture and make it even greater.

If we think you would be a great addition to our team, we will invite you to a first stage interview with someone from the team. This will be a call to get to know you and for you to ask questions about the role. We will also find out why Thrive interests you and what you feel you can add to our team.

At Thrive, we are on a mission to build an inclusive, welcoming culture that encourages and actively supports diversity. Our race, gender, religion, background, sexuality and beliefs are what make us unique. We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment with a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind.

If you require any assistance, accommodations, or support during the application or interview stages, please contact Ella Holland at [e-mail]. We’re happy to help!

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