Test Engineer

Mercator Digital; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions firm based in Camden Town is hiring for an automation engineering position focusing on writing and debugging functional automation tests across multiple platforms. Candidates should have experience with Selenium, JMeter, and strong communication skills. This role is ideal for detail-oriented individuals with agile project experience.

Qualifications

• Experience with Scala or Java, and automation testing.
• Knowledge in Selenium and non-functional automation tools.
• Ability to document and follow detailed test scripts.

Skills

Writing (Scala, JavaScript, Java)

Selenium automation framework

Non-functional automation tools (JMeter, Gatling, etc.)

Version control (GIT)

Rapid learning of tools & languages

Detail-oriented documentation

Cross-device testing

Communication skills

Agile project experience

Tools

Jenkins

BrowserStack

Job description

PERMANENT

Essential Skills and Experience

• Writing (looking for experience with Scala, JavaScript, Java or any ideally procedural programming or alternatively object-orientated language), running and debugging functional automation tests on an integrated development environment (IDE) for Front End and API testing and frameworks including Cucumber BDD or Junit or Rest Assured
• Experience in Selenium automation framework
• Non-functional automation experience with tools like JMeter, Gatling, Zap, Wave, Axe
• Version control tools like GIT
• Development approaches
• Able to rapidly learn tools & languages as required
• Proven ability to independently research & communicates new testing technologies or approaches
• Detail-oriented: able to document and follow detailed instructions within test scripts and defect-tracking documents
• Experience in testing software across multiple web browsers and devices
• Communicate with and present to technical and non-technical people
• Automation engineer, or software developer experience in an agile project

Desired Skills and Experience

• Continuous integration tools like Jenkins
• Assistive technologies: JAWs/NVDA/VoiceOver/TalkBack/Dragon
• Cross-device testing: BrowserStack
• Agile methodology experience
• Public sector experience