Junior QA Engineer

Reference:

3103258
Hybrid working (1-2 days London Head Office/Home Working)

Purpose:

As a Junior QA Engineer you will work in a great atmosphere on stimulating projects with other talented QA engineers. We will need you to provide high quality manual testing services to the engineering team, working with other testers assigned to a project.

You will be working closely with developers and the product owner, gaining a deep understanding of the product so that you can carry out both exploratory and scripted testing to a high level of quality.

Principle duties:

  • Gain a deep technical understanding of the product you are testing
  • Work with developers, other testers and product experts to write efficient and effective tests
  • Actively participate in sprint planning and other project group activities
  • Assist other QA Engineers in test issues and team technical discussions

Essential Skills:

Essential

  • STEM degree or other relevant qualifications
  • A strong interest in the technical side of information technology and software development
  • Use of defect tracking and test management tools (Jira, Xray)
  • Debug/troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent communication, both written and verbal
  • Familiarity with API testing
  • Design, document and maintain clear, structured and efficient test cases

 

Desirable

  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certification
  • Demonstrable experience with networking
  • Demonstrable ability to write efficient and effective tests
  • Working knowledge of Ubuntu or other Linux distribution
  • Enthusiasm to learn and apply automation using BDD and python

 

Qualities

  • Team player
  • Excellent communicator
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solver
  • Self-motivated

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Additional Information:

Package & discretionary benefits:

  • 25 days annual leave plus an additional 2 days after 2 years’ service

  • 5 days additional holiday purchase available

  • Private medical insurance

  • Heath cashback plan with Healthshield

  • Pension scheme

  • Life cover 4 x salary

  • Season ticket loan

  • Salary exchange benefits (ride2work, pension)

  • Subsidised gym membership

  • Employee referral scheme

 

Role will be subject to an employment screening process and will require security clearance.

Interested?

If this sounds like you, and you’re looking for your next exciting challenge, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch.

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