Quality assurance engineer

QA Engineer

📍Location: Harlow

💼Salary: £40k

🕒 Full-time: Fixed term contract – 12 months

Job summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive User Acceptance Tester (UAT Tester) to join our team. The UAT Tester will be responsible for validating that business requirements have been met and that the solution is fit for purpose from an end-user perspective. This role acts as the bridge between technical delivery and business stakeholders, ensuring quality, usability, and compliance before go-live. You will report to a Product Owner and work with the development and project teams to deliver workable software solutions across a number of customer cohorts.

What you’ll do:

* Collaborate with business stakeholders, business analysts, developers and project teams to understand functional requirements.
* Develop, maintain, and execute UAT test scenarios, scripts, and cases based on business requirements and process flows.
* Coordinate and conduct UAT testing sessions with business users.
* Perform manual testing across applications
* Gain a deep business domain knowledge in order to be able to confidently build test scripts and plans
* Identify, document, and track defects and issues using test management and defect tracking tools
* Work closely with software developers to reach a common understanding of the code base and test coverage at all levels
* Work with developers to address the outcome of regression test reports
* Communicate testing progress, results, and issues clearly and effectively to stakeholders.
* Participate in triage meetings to assess the severity and priority of defects.
* Validate fixes and perform retesting of resolved issues.
* Ensure sign-off criteria for UAT are met and support go/no-go decisions.
* Provide input into test planning and overall project delivery timelines.
* Other reasonable duties as required.

What you’ll bring:

Skills and competencies

* Functional testing: You can implement appropriate modern testing patterns implementing modern frameworks that ensure the quality of our applications.
* Proven experience in UAT test roles
* Non-Functional testing: You can implement modern testing patterns using modern frameworks that ensure the quality of our applications.
* Analytical: You can identify edge case scenarios and highlight user journeys that ensure a high level of quality. You will approach testing with an ‘outside the box’ thought process which will drive relevant questions. You will be able to review the business requirements with your own knowledge to suggest recommendations and improvements.
* User focussed: Your driving motives will be to enhance user experiences through easy to use and robust applications. You will work closely with user experience designers and the product team to drive a best-in-class experience for our users.
* Service support: You can participate in a team to respond to issues and clearly define scenarios to recreate issues seen by customers.

Personal attributes

* Driven to learn new things and grow your skillset
* Detail Orientated
* Seek opportunities to share your expertise, knowledge, and opinions with people you interact with daily
* Decisive and Receptive; Given the correct understanding and necessary data you can take considered decisions

What we’re looking for:

Essential:

* Automation testing experience in recent roles
* Experience with manual functional testing
* Experience in UAT testing with the ability to help end users build solid test plans
* Knowledge of Agile software development practices

Preferred:

* Experience within the Insurance / Finance industry
* Experience with API testing
* Awareness of modern testing frameworks
* Awareness of CI

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for work permits. Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK.

Join AutoProtect Group and Shape the Future:

Are you ready to be part of an innovative company that's transforming the automotive industry? At AutoProtect Group, we are dedicated to providing products, platforms, and services that empower vehicle retailers, manufacturers, finance lenders, and brokers. Our solutions simplify operations and boost profitability, while our award-winning customer service ensures a smooth experience for users.

Our diverse business includes four key branches:

* AutoProtect: Recognised for its outstanding warranties and value-added insurance products.
* Shine!: Our expert, BSI Kitemarke and carbon neutral mobile vehicle repair network.
* DealTrak: A cutting-edge software platform connecting automotive finance providers with their customers.
* iComply: Specialised compliance consultancy serving the automotive sector.

We offer our products directly to consumers through online sales channels, ensuring affordability and accessibility. With an agile, efficient team, we're well-positioned to respond to market demands and introduce new products when the time is right. Our mission is to sustain our impressive growth for years to come, and we invite you to be a part of our journey.

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