Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Oxbury Bank Plc; Chester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Bonus scheme (Oxbury Award)

Free Personal Training session

Private Medical Healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Insurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Job summary

A financial services provider in Chester is seeking an Entry-level Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to enhance quality standards in their engineering processes. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining automated test suites and ensuring quality in all project stages. Ideal candidates will have experience with QA methodologies and a strong understanding of test automation tools. The position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of QA methodology, including testing tools.
• Highly proficient in configuring and using Test Automation tools.
• Experience preparing and executing Manual Test Plans.
• Experience testing Web UIs and APIs (REST).
• Strong communication skills and basic SQL knowledge.
• Experience with mobile testing (Android/iOS) and BDD scripting.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain automated test suites.
• Analyse and report results.
• Represent QA in our Agile processes.
• Attend daily stand-ups.
• Champion quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Prepare results documentation for Senior Leadership.

Skills

Software quality assurance engineering

Testing and Bug-tracking tools (Jira)

Test automation frameworks

Manual Test Plans preparation

Non-Functional Testing

Excellent communication skills

SQL

UX best practices

Mobile application testing (Android/iOS)

BDD scripts for Gherkin or Behat

Knowledge of data formats (XML, JSON, EDI, CSV)

Automation test frameworks (Selenium, Playwright)

Education

Computer science-based degree

Job description

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We are looking for a quality-driven candidate to help elevate our engineering standards. As a QA Automation Engineer, you'll play a key role in assessing the quality of specifications and technical design documents, ensuring feedback is timely, relevant, and drives meaningful improvements. You'll be planning and implementing strategies for quality management, as well as testing.

We are Oxbury: The only UK bank dedicated to British agriculture. Founded by farmers, bankers, and technologists, we have combined the worlds of financial services, technology, and agriculture to provide bespoke financial products to support the rural economy.

Role Responsibilities

• Create and maintain automated test suites.
• Analyse and report results
• Represent QA in our Agile processes.
• Attend daily stand-ups
• Champion the drive for quality throughout our delivery lifecycle, ensuring that testing remains a first-class component even when project timelines are challenging.
• Preparing Results Documentation and presenting the outcome of testing activities to a broad audience, including members of the Senior Leadership Team.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience of software quality assurance engineering, backed up with demonstrable experience of QA methodology, including the use of Testing and Bug-tracking tools (Jira for preference)
• Ability to define and configure our testing framework. As such, you should be highly proficient in the configuration and use Test Automation tools, including the ability to script where necessary.
• Experience of the preparation and execution of Manual Test Plans, and also organising execution by other Business Users In collaboration with UAT.
• Experience of Non-Functional Testing and associated tools. You will have experience of testing Web UIs and APIs (preferably REST).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• At least a basic level of SQL experience.
• Experience with best practices in UX and a willingness to help improve user experience.
• Experience with Android and / or iOS mobile application testing.
• Experience writing BDD scripts for tools such as Gherkin or Behat.
• Knowledge of electronic data formats, such as XML, JSON, EDI or CSV.
• Computer science-based degree desirable but not essential.
• Experience with Automation test frameworks (Playwright, K6, codeceptJS, Selenium for example).

Benefits

• A very competitive salary with an excellent benefits package.
• 25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holiday (this increases with service).
• Oxbury Award (Bonus scheme).
• Free Personal Training session every week.
• Private Medical Healthcare.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Life Insurance.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave.

Please note that we do not offer sponsorship with this role.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Quality Assurance and Information Technology