Quality Engineer

Luminance Technologies Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI company in the UK is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to join their new Quality team. The role involves validating product functionality, writing tests, and assisting in defect resolution. Strong investigative skills, a relevant degree, and scripting experience are essential. Enthusiasm and a passion for software development are highly valued in this inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with a First or 2:1.
• Scripting experience in Python, Bash, JavaScript, Ansible, or SQL.
• Experience in investigating causes of defects in software products is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ask 'What if?' questions to ensure correct software behavior.
• Write tests to validate product functionality.
• Understand and assist in defect resolution.
• Act as a link between Development and Product teams.
• Lead the transition towards automation.
• Help expand product specification documents.

Skills

Investigative mindset

End-to-end testing

Scripting

Software Development

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical subject

Tools

Cucumber

Cypress

Playwright

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Luminance, the pioneer of Legal-Grade™ AI for enterprise. Backed by internationally renowned VCs and named in both the Forbes AI 50 list of ‘Most Promising Private AI Companies in the World’ and Inc. 5000’s ‘Fastest Growing Companies in America’, Luminance is disrupting the legal profession around the globe.

Luminance is looking for conscientious and logical individuals to join our new Quality team, who will play a foundational part in creating and maintaining a state-of-the-art Quality Assurance (QA) process; a process designed to ensure our product fulfils our users’ expectations and requirements. If you are excited about this role but your skill or experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Luminance we are dedicated to building and promoting an inclusive workplace where everyone can flourish. You might just be who we’re looking for, for this role or another – enthusiasm is by far the most important requirement for any applicant to Luminance!

Responsibilities

• Asking the ‘What if?’ questions to ensure the software behaves correctly in all circumstances – applying a strong investigative mindset and skillset to uncover overlooked edge cases and user workflows
• Writing tests to validate the end-to-end functionality of the product, using tools such as Cucumber, Cypress and Playwright
• Understanding defects that occur: assisting in their resolution and extending QA systems to catch any future reoccurrence
• Acting as a link between Development and Product teams: understanding product specifications and expected behaviour, and formalising these into testable units
• Leading in the transition of our engineering towards automation as standard Designing and implementing new metrics to measure the quality of each release, including how well it performs on product systems
• Working alongside Product teams to help expand our product specification documents, especially following resolution of a defect or for areas of the product with frequently misunderstood expected behaviour
• Successful applicants will show a passion for this area of Software Development, a willingness to learn the requisite knowledge, and an inquisitive, logical mindset. Experience in investigating causes of defects in software products would be beneficial, but not required.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with a First or 2:1, preferably in a technical subject
• Scripting experience in one or more of: Python, Bash, JavaScript, Ansible or SQL.