Quality Test Engineer III

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

Elsevier seeks a Quality Engineer to drive automation, performance testing, and quality engineering best practices across software projects. You will design test strategies, improve automation frameworks, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to ensure delivery of high-quality software on time.

You will work with Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript) and REST Assured for API testing, while applying root-cause analysis and risk-based testing to elevate overall product quality and

Qualifications

• Experience applying test strategy and test-case design across software projects.
• Ability to manage defects and drive risk-based testing in delivery cycles.
• Proven skills in performance and non-functional testing with measurable quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated and performance tests to ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Collaborate with Product, Project, Engineering and Ops to plan testing for products and enhancements.
• Plan and execute automated and performance tests with QA and technical leads.
• Identify root causes, document issues, and verify fixes across complex environments.
• Research and implement testing tools and capabilities to cost-effectively improve quality.

Skills

Test strategy

Test design

Defect management

Performance testing

Root-cause analysis

Automation frameworks

Cross-functional collaboration

Non-functional testing

Analytical thinking

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript/JavaScript

REST Assured

Job description

About our Team

Our global team support products education electronic health records that introduce students to digital charting and prepare them to document care in today's modern clinical environment. We have a very stable product that we've worked to get to and strive to maintain. Our team values trust, respect, collaboration, agility, and quality.

About the Role

As a Quality Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products through automation, performance testing, and quality engineering best practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and execute test strategies, improve automation frameworks, and help drive a culture of quality across the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated and performance testing for assigned projects to successfully and consistently enable delivery of high-quality software products and services 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.
• Maintain flexibility to react quickly to changes in priorities or circumstances to meet the needs of the business.
• 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.
• Ensure that testing addresses requirements as agreed with other stakeholders.
• 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.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of quality engineering methodologies, including test strategy, test-case design, defect management, risk-based testing, and acceptance-criteria coverage.
• Strong knowledge of the software development process.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ownership of overall product quality and experience driving quality practices across functional, integration, end-to-end, and non-functional testing, including performance and accessibility testing.
• Strong analytical and root-cause analysis skills, with the ability to distinguish test-design issues from genuine system defects in complex, distributed environments.
• Strong experience creating, maintaining, and enhancing test automation frameworks.
• Experience using Playwright with TypeScript or JavaScript for browser-based, end-to-end, and API testing.
• Strong API test automation experience using REST Assured with Java, or equivalent API-testing libraries.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120. We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: EEO Know Your Rights. RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions. Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.