QA Lead Role - Finance / Payments - Contract (RP/QALEAD)

GCS; East Hampshire; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance-focused technology firm is seeking a QA Lead to oversee quality assurance for an integral payment system. The role emphasizes API testing and requires collaboration with development teams. With a hybrid working model based in Hampshire, you will need 3+ years of test automation experience and expertise in modern testing practices. The position offers a 6-month duration with high potential for extension.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Test Automation experience required.
• Experience identifying test cases using boundary valuation analysis, negative testing, etc.
• Experience testing and implementing API service architecture with Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA on an integral payment system within the payments team, with emphasis on API testing.
• Drive quality discussions around requirements in refinement sessions.
• Collaborate with development and product teams to ensure quality attributes are addressed.

Skills

Java

JUnit

Cucumber

Gherkin

Gatling

Xray

Selenium Webdriver

TestNG

Pact Testing

API Testing Frameworks

AWS expertise

Hoppscotch

Postman

API service architecture

Spring Boot

DevOps

Jenkins CI/CD

Gradle

GitHub

Nexus

SonarQube

Job description

Overview

QA Lead - Finance / Payments / Contract. Lead QA working on an integral payment system for a major finance company within their payments team. Emphasis on API testing.

Role

QA Lead

Duration

6 months with very likely extension

Location

Hybrid / Hampshire - 3 days per week in the office

Responsibilities

• Lead QA on an integral payment system within the payments team, with emphasis on API testing.
• Drive quality discussions around requirements in refinement sessions.
• Collaborate with development and product teams to ensure quality attributes are addressed.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java, Junit, Cucumber, Gherkin, Gatling, Xray, Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, Pact Testing, API Testing Frameworks. AWS expertise preferred.
• Hoppscotch or Postman experience testing APIs.
• Experience identifying test cases using boundary valuation analysis, negative testing, etc.
• Payments network experience.
• Exposure to modern software testing practices including Test Automation, Test First, TDD, ATDD and BDD.
• Experience in DevOps (preferably working with containerized environments) and build tools using Jenkins CI/CD, Gradle, Github, Nexus and SonarQube and other code coverage tools preferred.
• Experience testing and implementing API service architecture with Spring Boot.
• 3+ years of Hands-on Test Automation required.

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