Junior Test Engineer
Role details
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Job description
- 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
Requirements
We're looking for a motivated Junior QA Tester to join our Engineering team. This is a great opportunity for someone early in their QA career who wants to build hands-on experience in a supportive, Agile environment. You will be joining a team of 25+ engineers in the UK across web, mobile and data, within a global team of 50+ engineers. As a Junior Test Engineer you will be ensuring features are tested in an automated fashion to ensure maximum coverage to give our users the best possible experience. You know how testing fits within an agile environment and have an excellent attention to detail and are passionate about quality. Your role will form part of our full stack agile teams collaborating with Product, UI and Backend engineers., * Around 1 year of experience in a QA or testing role (desirable, not essential)
- Basic knowledge of test automation concepts and tools
- Working knowledge of JavaScript
- Understanding of an Agile development environment
- Good communication skills and a keen eye for detail
- A willingness to learn and grow as a QA professional
Benefits & conditions
This is a great 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. Join us at our bright, spacious open-plan office. Situated in the heart of London, we occupy all three floors of Yeoman House in Clerkenwell. The area is home to a wonderful array of cafés, restaurants, pubs and galleries. For the more adventurous, there's some of the best street food London has to offer right on our doorstep. We don't expect you to be in the office every day - there's plenty of flexibility so you can achieve a great work/life balance. Joining our team comes with a variety of benefits, including but not limited to:
- 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
