Quality Assurance Engineer

Flutter; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in the UK seeks a Quality Engineer to enhance testing efficiency and lead automation strategies. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in quality engineering within agile environments, strong skills in both manual and automated testing, and experience in mentoring team members. The role promises a supportive and inclusive work culture, recognizing individual strengths and diverse perspectives. Join to build innovative solutions for millions of customers globally.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Flexibility

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a Quality Engineer in complex software projects.
• Experience in manual and automated testing methods.
• Working knowledge of development languages like Java, Python, or C#.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation strategy design and implementation for the project.
• Improve testing efficiency while enhancing product experience.
• Recruit quality assurance engineers and measure success metrics.

Skills

Software testing

Test automation

Mentoring

Technical problem solving

API testing

Service-oriented architectures

Version control (Git)

Linux command line

Tools

Xray

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Job description

Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment. We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment, we play an essential role in the Group's goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and iGaming, developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide. We are serious about Tech. We are problem-solvers with big ambitions, keeping a people-first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges. Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths, backgrounds and new perspectives, we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager in a team formed by 5 Developers and 1 QA, you will be using cutting-edge technologies to deliver amazing value to our customers, while scaling our platform to meet the demands of worldwide markets. You will be working as part of a multiple team, multiple location environment to power the Flutter Group to innovate and differentiate the experience we can provide to our customers across our multiple brands.

What you will be doing

• Will be focused on improving our ability to test efficiently as well as enhancing the product and customer experience;
• Will lead the automation strategy design and implementation of your team and project, so you must have a proven track record of software testing for fast paced organizations where time to market, quality and rapid change are critical to the company's success.

What You’ll Bring

• Passion for building a great consumer product that our customers will love;
• Proven-track record as an effective Quality Engineer in complex software development projects;
• Demonstrated experience of both manual and automated testing methods;
• Experience writing/maintaining test automation and test scripts;
• Experience supporting developers in writing better test automation;
• Experience mentoring and coaching other team members on software testing best practices;
• Working knowledge of a development language such as Java, Python or C#;
• Demonstrated experience of testing in service-oriented architectures and understanding data flow through such systems;
• Experience taking on complex technical concepts and information relatively quickly in most contexts and providing immediate advice on effective courses of action;
• Expertise demonstrating & illustrating an understanding of solution architecture including system design, data design and data flow;
• Expertise in testing at API layers (e.g. REST);
• Familiarity with test-driven development techniques (e.g. BDD and ATDD);
• Experience working with version control systems such as Git;
• Comfort with Linux navigation and script automation using shell;
• Understanding of build and configuration tools such as GitHub Actions and Ansible;
• Experience in designing service level automation testing strategies and lead it's implementation;
• Identify and measure the essential success metrics of QA including defect management;
• Help in the selection and recruitment of quality assurance engineers;
• Experience in test management processes and tools (e.g., Xray).

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Equal opportunities

At Blip, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply. We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. If you need any adjustments to apply for the position and to ensure this role aligns with your needs, please send an email [e-mail]. We will only respond to inquiries related to disabilities.