About Us:
We’re a UK-based digital healthcare company with ambitious goals and a strong footprint in education and workplace support, local authority social care teams and NHS trusts. We deliver a combination of human and technological support to end users with a range of needs, including many who are autistic or who have neurological differences or mental health challenges. As a rapidly scaling business, our ultimate aim is to change the way support is delivered with an overall purpose to make the world a fairer more accessible place.
About you:
You’re a proactive and detail-oriented Test Engineer with a proven track record of delivering high-quality automated and manual testing solutions. You have a strong understanding of agile testing principles, excellent problem-solving skills, and a collaborative mindset. You thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy mentoring others, and are passionate about building efficient testing frameworks that ensure reliable, scalable products.
What you’ll be doing:
The Test Engineer is responsible for supporting the Test Manager and broader development team in delivering robust test automation across our web, mobile, and API applications. Working with all stakeholders in the development team, they will also promote and enable best practices in agile testing, QA, and test automation. They will carry out acceptance, exploratory, and regression testing as required to support the team in delivering high-quality releases to our users. We expect there to be a split of around 50/50 manual to automated testing. The Test Engineer will work closely with the Test Manager and be instrumental in the design, delivery, and maintenance of the BiH automated test suites. They will assist with test design, planning, execution (both manual and automated), release management, and test reporting. They will also be expected to assist in the training and development of more junior testers, particularly around automation.
Your responsibilities:
* Design, delivery, and maintenance of the BiH web and mobile automated test suites.
* Test design, planning, execution, and reporting.
* Carrying out manual/automated testing of the BiH web and mobile apps.
* Acting as deputy for Test Manager.
* Helping develop more junior testers.
* Promoting best practices in agile testing, QA, and automation.
What you’ll bring to Brain in Hand:
We’d love someone to come on board who brings these skills and experiences to complement our talented team:
* Educated to degree level or equivalent.
* ISEB/ISTQB foundation level certificate.
* 5+ years of commercial test automation experience.
* Strong coding and automation skills in dotnet/C#.
* Advanced knowledge of Nunit (preferred) or Xunit test frameworks.
* Advanced knowledge of Selenium WebDriver and Appium.
* Experience in both manual and automated API testing.
What success looks like in this role:
* You’ve helped to establish a robust and maintainable automated test suite for BiH’s web and mobile applications, significantly reducing the time needed for regression testing.
* You’ve contributed to delivering consistently high-quality releases, with fewer defects reported post-launch.
* Junior testers in the team are growing their skills and confidence in test automation, thanks to your guidance and mentorship.
* You’ve fostered collaboration across teams to embed agile testing best practices and improve overall efficiency.
* You’ve identified opportunities for process improvements, ensuring the testing function continues to evolve and support the organisation’s growth goals.
What you can expect:
We’re scaling fast, we work at pace, and we work hard. We actively support our colleagues to relish the pace, challenge, and ambition of Brain in Hand, so you can expect:
* A 9-day working fortnight, with every 2nd Friday focused on you, for you, to do what you need to support your well-being.
* A values-driven, supportive, and collaborative team culture.
* Opportunity to shape the future of Brain in Hand through regular colleague consultation and feedback.
* A competitive salary and pension.
* 33 days leave annually (incl. bank holidays).
* Support for professional and personal development.
* Involvement in various internal groups and events like ‘Brew Mondays’ and our employee support groups.
Where you’ll work:
We trust our teams to work remotely, from anywhere in the UK. That said, the Test team meets weekly in our Head office in Exeter to collaborate and support one another, so you’ll need to be willing to travel. There might be times when you’ll need to travel to other UK locations for meetings or events, but these will be planned ahead of time.
Salary:
£45-55k per annum depending on experience.
Closing Date:
24th December 2024.
How to apply:
We welcome and celebrate people from diverse backgrounds. We value your personal principles and cultural fit within our teams. If you think you’re right for a role but you’re worried about lacking some experience or skills, we still want to hear from you.
We look carefully at all applications to find the right candidate. Our teams are diverse in age, gender, nationality, religion, and beliefs, and we strongly support neurodiversity in our teams. We’re also a disability confident employer, so if you need reasonable adjustments to apply and attend the interview, we’ll make those as required. We look forward to receiving your application.
Please note we are not in a position to offer sponsorship, so please only apply if you are resident in the UK and able to regularly visit our head office in Exeter.
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