Quality Engineer

Preservica; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital preservation company in the UK is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to uphold QA standards. You will maintain and automate test coverage, work within an Agile Scrum team, and engage in design execution. The ideal candidate will possess over 3 years of testing experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in automation tools. This hybrid role offers career development opportunities and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Career development opportunities

Dedicated training time

Qualifications

• 3+ years' testing experience, skilled in automation.
• Able to meet tight deadlines and collaborate with team members.
• Good attention to detail and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and increase the existing test coverage (manual and automated).
• Write well-designed, maintainable tests following industry practices.
• Attend Agile ceremonies to ensure sprint work meets QA standards.

Skills

Automation skills

Test design skills

API Testing

JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Agile development practices

Education

Degree in engineering, software, or system-related field

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Postman

Swagger

Job description

Overview

Are you a seasoned Quality Engineer passionate about Quality Assurance and eager to thrive in a dynamic, maturing agile environment? Do you excel in designing and executing elegant & repeatable test cases and have a knack for automation? If so, we want you on our team!

We are Preservica and our active digital preservation solutions are at the razor's edge of commercial software solutions, addressing the need for smart digital preservation technology. Our award-winning software is used by leading businesses, archives, libraries, museums and government organisations across the globe. We are world leaders and proud of our achievements - but to stay ahead we need the brightest and most talented innovators to join our development team. This will be a hybrid role with time split between home working and regular office days.

The Role

Working as part of an Agile Scrum team, your key input will be to champion Preservica's Quality Engineering culture & ethos, challenge & motivate your feature team to embrace the latest in exciting industry-standard techniques in QA; write and execute test cases for our automation framework in Playwright, increasing valuable coverage and assure your stamp on Quality for our releases.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and increase the existing test coverage (manual and automated).
• Write well designed, maintainable tests following established Industry standard practices in Test Design & Functional Testing.
• Attend all key Agile ceremonies to procure a deep Product Knowledge to challenge your feature team in ensuring all sprint work meets the highest QA Industry Standards.
• Design, Execute and maintain test scripts; maintaining their efficacy & investigate all failures and take remedial action.
• Extend the automation capability to increase both product & regression test coverage.
• Create and execute manual test cases where necessary.
• Stay up to date with trends in methodologies and techniques as appropriate to the role.
• Share knowledge with QA and closely aligned teams.

What We Look For

• Degree in an engineering, software, or system-related field, or equivalent training/experience.
• Be familiar with Agile development practices including Agile SCRUM.
• 3+ years' testing experience, design, and execution, skilled in automation.
• Strong test design skills alongside a can-do pro-active attitude.
• Able to meet tight deadlines, participate in Scrum ceremonies, and collaborate closely with team members.
• Be personable and utilise effective, strong communication skills; be pro-active, assertive, and confident to contribute to team meetings as well as present if required.
• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• API Testing and related tools such as Postman, Swagger, etc.
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and test automation tools like Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Contribute to initiatives and assist the wider organisation in continuous improvement.

What We Offer

We are an open progressive employer who values our staff as the heart of our business. As well as a competitive salary and benefits package, we offer tangible career development opportunities and dedicated training time to support professional growth. Our benefits package includes Life Insurance, Private Health Insurance and a range of other employee benefits. Come join us!

Preservica are an equal opportunities employer.