Test Engineer I

Ziff Davis Shopping; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online platform based in the UK is seeking a Test Engineer to join their Engineering team in a hybrid role. The position involves developing automated test suites and collaborating with a team of skilled engineers to ensure software quality. Candidates should have at least 2 years of QA experience, with a focus on automated testing and a good understanding of Javascript and Agile development. The company offers competitive benefits and values work/life balance.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Subsidised gym membership

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience within a QA role.
• At least 1 year of experience automating tests.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop automated test suites.
• Contribute to planning sessions with estimations.
• Devising and carrying out both manual and automated testing.

Skills

Automated testing

Communication

Javascript

Agile Development

Tools

CI/CD

SQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The Opportunity

VoucherCodes, a key part of Ziff Davis Shopping, is looking for a Test Engineer to join our Engineering team in London. In this hybrid role, you will join a collaborative squad of over 25 UK-based engineers within a global team of 50+, reporting to the Engineering Manager. You will play a vital role in our full-stack agile teams, partnering closely with Product, UI, and Backend engineers to deliver the best possible experience to our 8 million monthly visitors. This is a great chance to lead high-impact projects and own the quality strategy for our next-generation platform. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for their next challenge in their testing career; collaborating with our talented Engineering squad to improve our test suites quality and efficiency.

Benefits

• The flexibility to get that perfect work/life balance with hybrid working - especially when balancing work with family or personal commitments.
• A supportive, inclusive culture; we care about each other, our customers and our planet
• Two uninterrupted hours a week dedicated to your personal development
• Pension, with employer contributions up to 8%
• Subsidised gym membership
• Private medical insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free lunch from JustEat for Business when you’re in the office
• Regular social events
• 16 hours volunteering time per year along with donation matching
• Enhanced parental leave, with specific support in place for returning to work parents

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining and developing automated test suites, aiming for constant improvement
• Preventing bugs and issues by thinking of relevant scenarios that can help meet the validation of acceptance criteria at the story development stage
• Contributing to planning sessions with estimations and timelines
• Devising and carrying out both manual and automated testing to ensure the quality of the software under test
• Helping keep our CI pipelines healthy
• Working closely with your team to ensure all testing, manual or automated, is accurately planned within the overall agreed timeframes of the project - helping to embed quality as early as possible
• Adopting logical approaches to tasks

Job Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience within a QA role
• At least 1 year of experience automating tests
• Experience with Javascript
• Experience of an Agile Development environment
• Good communication skills
• Any experience with CI/CD desirable
• Any experience with SQL desirable
• Any experience with AWS technologies, Docker, Kubernetes is desirable

How to apply

Please submit your application with a covering letter and tell us why you're excited to apply to VoucherCodes (remember we’ll also have your CV so use this space to tell us what you’re excited about rather than what you’ve already achieved). We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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