QA Engineer

FARFETCH; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury fashion marketplace is seeking a Test Engineer to enhance quality within their development teams. You will advocate for quality practices, make testing part of the development process, and coach engineers on best practices. Candidates should have knowledge in object-oriented programming (C# or Java), experience with bug management, and be proficient in English. This position offers a supportive environment with benefits like health insurance and flexible working.

Benefits

Health insurance for the whole family

Extra days off and sabbatical program

Training opportunities and free access to Udemy

Flexible benefits program

Qualifications

• Understanding of test automation technologies and continuous delivery processes.
• Ability to interface with multiple engineering and product teams.
• Experience with UI and API automated tests is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for quality within development teams.
• Make testing part of the team’s development process.
• Coach other team engineers on quality and test automation best practices.

Skills

Knowledge of object-oriented programming languages like C# or Java

Experience in bug management tools

Proficient in written and spoken English

Job description

Overview

Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. The Farfetch Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world's best brands, boutiques, and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.

Technology: We're on a mission to build end-to-end products and technology that powers the an incredible e-commerce experience for luxury customers everywhere, understanding the motivations and needs of our customers and partners, to designing and testing hypotheses, to creating industry-leading experiences for luxury customers.

Porto: Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Test Engineer with high levels of critical thinking, attention to detail, user experience sensibility and knowledge on test automation technonogies and continuous delivery processes. If you come to the team, you will learn our business flows and user interface aspects of our applications, how to navigate in our codebase and help us to identify quality weaknesses. Combining the latest technologies, agile way of working and the continuous striving for the best solution, we will build a world-class e-commerce platform. You will also contribute to the unique culture that is all about people.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Advocate for quality within development teams
• Make testing part of the teams' development process
• Interface with Engineering, Product, Design, Infrastructure and Data teams
• Review software requirements and technical specification documentation
• Coach other team engineers on quality and test automation best practices
• Contribute to our Farfetch quality, continuous delivery process and infrastructure.

WHO YOU ARE

• Knowledge of object-oriented programming languages like C# or Java
• Used to specify and run scenarios and test cases (manual and automatic)
• Used to write algorithms and report bugs
• Experience in bug management tools
• Knowledge of databases and version control systems
• Knowledge about CI/CD processes
• Experience in UI and API automated tests is a plus
• Experience in Accessibility and Performance testing is a plus
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

REWARDS & BENEFITS

• Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
• Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
• Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
• Flexible benefits program

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT

• Farfetch is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

SCAM DISCLAIMER

• It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activities involving individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent Farfetch in order to attract candidates to a SCAM. Please be aware that Farfetch does not conduct recruitment processes through messaging apps or any unofficial communication channels, other than our official careers website. Additionally, Farfetch will never ask candidates for any form of payment during the recruitment process.