Senior Test Engineer - Automation & QA in Agile Cloud Team

Kainos; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join a multi-skilled agile team working on public sector applications. You will design and execute automated and manual tests, ensure quality across front-end and back-end, and help improve testing processes.

Join a people-first culture and collaborate with talented colleagues, learning new technologies while delivering reliable software and strong client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn a new business domain quickly and provide an excellent client experience.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical detail to non-technical audiences.
• Experience creating, editing and executing automated tests covering front-end and back-end.
• Demonstrable experience in an Agile (Kanban, Scrum) team.
• Experience in Continuous Integration environments and using tools such as Jenkins/TeamCity and version control (Git/SVN).
• Solid understanding of Testing and Quality Assurance fundamentals.
• Knowledge or experience with at least one type of Non-functional testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated and manual tests to ensure software meets user needs in the public sector.
• Collaborate within a multi-skilled agile team to deliver working applications.
• Contribute to testing process improvements and artefacts.

Skills

Learning agility

Communication

Automation testing

Cloud architecture awareness

Continuous Integration

Version control

Testing fundamentals

Non-functional testing

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

REST Assured

Jenkins

TeamCity

Git

SVN

Job description

Kainos is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join a multi-skilled agile team working on public sector applications. You will design and execute automated and manual tests, ensure quality across front-end and back-end, and help improve testing processes.

Join a people-first culture and collaborate with talented colleagues, learning new technologies while delivering reliable software and strong client outcomes.