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Test Engineer (SFIA 3)

Zaizi

City Of London

Remote

GBP 47,000 - 56,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

A leading tech consultancy in the UK is seeking a Test Engineer to ensure the quality of web applications. The role features remote work and involves designing automation frameworks, managing testing processes, and collaborating within cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate should be experienced in test automation, capable of effective communication, and eager to improve QA practices. Competitive salary up to £56,000, along with various benefits including 25 days holiday, medical insurance, and a workplace pension.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday

Vitality medical insurance

Workplace Pension

Group Life Assurance

Cyclescheme

Flexible working

Empowered to make decisions

Work on exciting projects

Qualifications

Must be able to work in a DevOps environment.
Experience in developing test automation suites is essential.
Ability to manage the release process effectively.

Responsibilities

Design and build test frameworks with DevOps CI/CD.
Manage exploratory and automation testing throughout projects.
Work collaboratively with developers to increase test coverage.

Skills

Shift to left QA mindset

Test automation (API, UI)

Performance testing

Excellent communication skills

Ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams

Tools

Cypress

Jmeter

Postman / Soap UI

AWS

This role is remote for the foreseeable future with onsite client working where required and occasional travel to head office in London for workshops/meetings

Zaizi is looking for a Test Engineer who will take ownership of the quality of our web applications. We need someone who will enjoy development of test automation suites, as well as creation of test cases and manual testing.

Role Objectives

These are the expected objectives for this role. We are happy to discuss this further during the interview process and jointly agree it with the successful candidate.

Design and build Automation, Web Services/API , Performance & Accessibility test frameworks with DevOps CI/CD.
Manage, plan and perform exploratory and automation activities throughout the project
Ensure that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified, documented, tracked, and resolved in our defect tracking system
Own and manage the release process to deliver the product effectively.
Work closely with developers and cross functional scrum team members to increase the test coverage and reduce the test bottlenecks.
Update and maintain regression suites as the product evolves
Work collaboratively and effectively in a DevOps way of working environment.

Technologies

Cypress
Jmeter
Postman / Soap UI
AWS

Competencies

Can work with cross functional teams and should have a Shift to left QA and DevOps mindset
Continuous improvement used to work on environments where multiple releases to production are done in a day
Empowers and helps developers to collaborate with test automation to prevent bottlenecks around QA
Ability to prioritise the automation testing over the manual testing and search for solutions first instead of waiting for people
Delivering test automation in agile and DevOps with CI/CD
Test automation including functional (API, UI) and performance testing
Experience working with reactive applications and cross browser/device testing.
Customer facing (build good rapport)
Integrity / honesty
Excellent communication skills

You don’t meet all the requirements?

Studies show that women and black, Asian and minority ethics people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to still apply. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role here at Zaizi.

We actively welcome applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, neurodivergent individuals, parents, carers, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If you need any accommodations to support your specific situation, please feel free to let us know. For candidates who are neurodiverse or have disabilities, we are happy to make any adjustments needed throughout the interview process—just ask!

SC Clearance

Zaizi works with UK Central Government departments on a range of projects. To be able to work on our customer projects, employees must be Security Cleared to a standard acceptable to our Government customers. Due to this restriction we can currently only recruit candidates who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously.

Interview Process

1st stage

Initial phone screening done by a member of the recruitment team

2nd stage

Technical interview, this stage evaluates your technical expertise and problem-solving abilities, especially if you're applying for a technical role.

Final Stage

10-15 min presentation and a panel interview where multiple people from different departments ask you questions.

Salary - Up to £56,000