* Innovative and progressive Scale-up business.
* Recession-proof market, more growth to come.
* Up to £65K + bonus, office once a month in Wiltshire.
We’re looking for a UK-based, confident and communicative Senior Test Engineer to join an EdTech scale-up in Wiltshire. Automation experience with Playwright & Typescript is needed, as well as a repertoire of other test environment skills.
Background:
***Experience creating automation frameworks from scratch, not overseeing or dabbling. We're keen for people who really know their stuff with Playwright & Typescript, at a level where you can educate others***
We need you to have a very good understanding of -
* source control mechanisms.
* expert ability to code, debug and maintain tests.
* releasing procedures as well as CI and CD tools.
* TDD and BDD, and frameworks such as Gherkin.
* Agile, Lean and DevOps practices, as well as frameworks such as Scrum.
* web application development processes and practices.
You’ll also be well versed in a number of functional and non-functional testing types, such as:
* unit
* integration
* end to end
* exploratory / sanity
* regression
* security
* accessibility
* performance / load / stress
* cross-device/cross-platform
* user acceptance
What you’ll be doing:
You’ll be engaged in the refinement of the backlog, by working with the product team and software engineers to reduce risks and ambiguity and increase ability to deliver work fast. Especially with focus on testability and impact on other work. Assist in the planning and execution of sprint work, especially performing various types of testing as required to achieve sprint goals and meet their expected quality standard. Typically, this might include:
* Creating and maintaining test plans.
* Coding and maintaining automation tests.
* Define and execute manual tests.
* Research and define strategies to test roadmap items.
***You’ll also have the ability to coach and mentor engineers from all disciplines in both technical and theoretical skill areas***
What you’ll get in return:
You’ll join a highly progressive, innovative and flexible environment in which each team member can genuinely impact success. There’s 5% minimum time allocation for training, Pluralsight and other tailored training opportunities. A very competitive salary of up to £65K + bonus + more, and the opportunity to continuously grow and develop your career. There’s a hybrid, flexible working environment where you can plan your week to allow for work-life balance, with a visit to their Wiltshire office once a month on average to be with the team.
What’s next?
UK-based applicants only please!! Get your CV to me asap for review :)