QA Test Engineer III — Automation & Performance (Flexible)

RX Brasil; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier in the United Kingdom is seeking a QA Test Engineer to develop and run automated and performance tests, ensuring high-quality software across education and data analytics platforms.

You will collaborate with product management, engineering and operations, implement testing best practices, and contribute to continuous improvement while embracing innovative, AI-assisted testing tools.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing or a similar technical testing role.
• Strong hands-on experience with test automation, with a focus on automated testing.
• Proven experience testing backend applications and services.
• Solid experience with API and integration testing, including automated API-level testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated and performance testing for assigned projects to enable delivery of high-quality software on time, on budget, and to specification.
• Interact with Product Management, Project Management, Engineering, and Operations teams to plan testing for delivery of products and enhancements and to assure products meet product requirements and quality standards.
• Work with QA/Testing staff, project managers, technical leads, and subject matter experts to plan and execute automated and performance tests.
• Report issues and results, researching and identifying root causes as appropriate, documenting accordingly.
• Research available tools and participate in initiatives to implement those that will cost-effectively enhance testing capabilities and product quality.
• Research and identify root causes of performance issues in partnership with architects, developers, and network and system engineers.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices.
• Work across teams to enhance quality assurance/testing and help to develop/execute performance and automation testing throughout the business as appropriate.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test automation

API testing

Backend testing

Java

Python

Playwright

CI/CD

Tools

Playwright

Cucumber

Job description

Elsevier in the United Kingdom is seeking a QA Test Engineer to develop and run automated and performance tests, ensuring high-quality software across education and data analytics platforms.

You will collaborate with product management, engineering and operations, implement testing best practices, and contribute to continuous improvement while embracing innovative, AI-assisted testing tools.