QA Engineer (Hybrid – Remote / Harewood, Leeds)

Assured Data Protection Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Assured Data Protection is seeking a QA Engineer to join its agile development team. The role focuses on ensuring software reliability through effective testing practices. Candidates should have experience in Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle. The position offers hybrid working options and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Regular team-building events

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing, ideally in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of Performance, Automation, and API Testing.
• Willingness to learn new skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute tests to support various development stages.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure timely testing.
• Document and report defects clearly.

Skills

Software Testing

Communication

Task Prioritization

Education

ISTQB Foundation

Tools

Jira

MySQL

Postman

Playwright

VSCode

Job description

Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

Job Type: Full-time

About Us

Assured Data Protection is a global leader in data backup and disaster recovery managed services, specializing in safeguarding against data loss and downtime in the event of a disaster, cyber, or ransomware attack. Our fully managed services include immutable backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resiliency to protect data on-premises and in the cloud, with 24/7/365 expert support.

We offer a flexible, consumption-based model to grow with your business, making data protection cost-effective and scalable. Our purpose-built software provides industry-leading monitoring and reporting capabilities to provide actionable insights into your data protection strategy. Our global data centers ensure data sovereignty, meeting your organization’s compliance requirements. A dedicated team is always available to recover your data and minimize disruption in the event of a disaster.

Job Summary:

The QA Engineer at Assured Data Protection is a member of the agile development team and has a part in requiring our software is reliable and helps to minimize errors and defects. The role for a QA Engineer is to provide good quality tests and follow best practices in software testing. You understand the software development and testing lifecycle working in an Agile environment. You will ensure that our software meets the defined requirements, quality, and our clients’ expectations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Software Testing:
• Understand the differences between the various testing types and the benefit each provides.
• Able to create a variety of tests to support different stages in the development lifecycle.
• Understand and analyse Acceptance Criteria and produce tests according to the requirements.
• Provide clear and concise defect reports and able to document / demonstrate steps to reproduce.
• Have good communication skills.
• Able to work autonomously or part of a team.
• Ability to prioritise and organise their tasks.
• Testing Processes:
• Follow and have an input into areas of improvement to our software testing processes.
• Be a member of the Agile development team, following the ways of working and our Scrum adoption.
• Collaborate closely with the team to determine the software requirements defined.
• Developers:
• Work closely with the developers to ensure work is completed and tested within the agreed deadlines.
• Maintain software quality through testing protocols, and documentation practices.
• Contribute to software releases by ensuring they are tested to the correct level.
• Able to work with other teams such as Support/ Marketing/ Client Services to ensure our software is tested in line with their needs

Key Requirements:

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience of software testing, ideally in an Agile working environment (Scrum or Kanban).
• Good knowledge of the software development and testing lifecycle and agile methodologies.
• ISTQB Foundation
• Knowledge of Performance Testing
• Knowledge of Automation Testing
• Knowledge of API Testing
• Willingness to learn new skills.
• Ability to prioritize and organize their tasks.

Technical:

• Jira/ Confluence or other project management tools.
• MySQL/ SQL Databases
• Postman (nice to have)
• Playwright (nice to have)
• VSCode (nice to have)
• QAlityPlus (nice to have)

What We Offer

• Hybrid working options for flexibility.
• Regular team-building and off-site company events.
• A dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.

At Assured Data Protection we value diversity and inclusivity. We offer perks such as flex holidays and flexible working practices to allow our employees to show up as their whole selves. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

You must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.