Description
Junior QA Engineer (Web)
Junior Quality Assurance Engineer, Junior Agile QA
We are growing our Digital department and are looking for a Junior QA Engineer to join our ranks. With a collaborative focus and a drive to do the right thing, you’ll become a key part of Digital Delivery as we work to implement features to delight our customers.
You’ll get the chance to build your skills in Agile and testing for the UK’s largest retail insurers' digital applications, helping to drive their business, expand their offerings, and playing a pivotal role in assisting them with modernising their tech stacks.
By working with us you’ll develop a drive to iterate and innovate with a quality focus as your experience grows. You’ll learn all the basic testing techniques and some of the advanced ones too!
This is the perfect opportunity to develop yourself and be part of a culture of excellence.
About CDL
CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.
We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on cultivating an inspiring working environment with our employees at the heart of our company.
About the team
Within the Digital department we have several client implementation squads that focus on driving and delivering against customer roadmaps. Each delivery squad is multi-disciplined and consists of up to 10 members across delivery management, DevOps, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance and Software Engineering. You will be part of the Software Engineering community with other QA Engineers in the Digital department, inputting to the direction of software engineering, sharing and driving best practices, and contributing to documentation across the Digital department.
You must demonstrate a strong desire to not only improve yourself but participate in our culture of learning & sharing. You will have support from our QA Seniors, Leads and Principals, as well as support to gain industry-recognised certifications.
Key Responsibilities
As a contributor in a hybrid working environment, you will play a pivotal role in the quality assurance of innovative web applications. On a day-to-day basis you will:
* Be involved in the entire Software Delivery Lifecycle.
* Prevent the creation of defects in our software.
* Work proactively with the team to instil quality into our products and practices.
* Embed modern testing approaches as part of a whole-team responsibility for quality.
* Communicate and collaborate effectively in an Agile environment.
* Drive an automation approach with the Test Pyramid in mind.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
* Approximately 1 year of commercial experience as a QA Engineer
* Minimum A Level standard or equivalent, preferably with an IT-related degree
* Strong communication and collaboration skills
* A proactive, positive ‘can-do’ attitude
* Solution-orientated
* Understanding of left shifting and the testing pyramid
* Experience of working in a fast-paced Agile/Scrum environment desirable
* Experience with Cypress desirable
* Experience of using automation tools such as Selenium and Soap UI desirable
* Understanding of AWS cloud technologies desirable
* Insurance experience desirable
Benefits
Salary
The salary for the role of Junior QA Engineer (Web) pays £28,000 to £32,000 p.a. providing a fantastic opportunity for career progression through CDL’s clearly defined career framework.
Benefits
* Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD)
* Truly flexible working.
* 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.
* Top employer for 9th year running
* Excellent training and development platform
* Opportunities for career progression
* Health and Wellbeing programme
* Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups.
* Life and health assurance
* Electric Vehicle Scheme
* Established Recognition Award System
* Great Parental Benefits
* Diversity and Inclusion network
* Pension scheme
* Community projects and volunteer days
* Refer a friend bonus
Campus Benefits:
* On-site free parking
* Open plan modern offices
* Quiet Spaces are also available
* Shuttle bus to and from the station
* Subsidised restaurant
* Games room and chill out zone
* Annual Hackathon & Deep Racer Events
* Social activities, regular social events through our social group Xtra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more!
* Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site
* Cycle to work scheme
* Shower and dry rooms
Diversity and inclusion
We’re on a journey to keep innovating, that means welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking. CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants.
About CDL Software
The UK’s biggest insurance retailers rely on CDL's trend-setting solutions to drive success and growth. Our ambition and commitment has produced a track record of delivering exactly that. The result is a client base that includes some of the most profitable insurance operations in the UK.
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