ZOO Digital Group plc. Sheffield, United Kingdom Software Development Hybrid
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Company Description
WELCOME TO ZOO
ZOO Digital are an award-winning cloud software company with offices in Sheffield, London, LA, Dubai, Korea, and India. We help the biggest names in global entertainment to reach audiences everywhere with our high-quality localization and media services, adapting original TV and movie content for different languages, regions, and cultures.
Our Mission: To help our clients share their stories, by adapting the world’s most watched TV shows and movies into new formats and languages for international audiences to enjoy.
Our Clients: Major Hollywood studios and streaming services, like Disney, Netflix, NBC Universal, Paramount, Facebook, Sony, and HBO, among others.
Our Services: Dubbing, subtitling and captioning, audio description, metadata localization, artwork localization and media processing.
ZOO Digital’s state of the art technology services are backed by the award-winning bespoke software created by our ever-growing Research & Development team, ZOO Digital Labs. The team create cutting edge software solutions to supercharge our services and make our customers’ lives easier. To find out more, visit https://www.zoodigital.com/
Position
ABOUT THE ROLE
Location: Hybrid working, office based in Sheffield city centre
ZOO Digital currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to join our award-winning Research & Development team based in Sheffield city centre. Research & Development work closely with the Product Support Team to create cutting edge software solutions for high profile and industry-leading customers. ZOO’s Research & Development department is thriving – you will work as part of a dynamic, lively team with plenty of opportunities for progression and professional development.
The Lead QA Automation Engineer will play a primary role in planning, implementing, leading, and executing all aspects of testing. The requires hands-on training and mentoring the team in automation, plus developing and evolving ZOO’s QA processes.
Duties and responsibilities include:
* Leading and mentoring a team of QA engineers, providing training and technical guidance.
* Developing and maintaining automated test scripts using Cypress.
* Conducting code reviews and providing feedback on automation code and processes.
* Collaborating with development teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
* Ensuring test coverage for critical path tests of internal and external products.
* Performing API testing, with experience in tools like Schemathesis being a plus.
* Driving the quality assurance process and ensure best practices in test automation.
Requirements
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
The Lead QA Automation Engineer is a key role for ZOO’s Research & Development team. We are looking applicants experienced in software quality assurance, with previous demonstrable experience of leading a team of QA engineers. Extensive automation experience is essential. The successful applicant will have a full understanding of the software development process and testing methodologies, as well as excellent communication and leadership skills.
We are also looking for applicants with the following skills and experience:
* Proven experience in leading QA and automation efforts.
* Experience with CI/CD tools, preferably GitLab.
* Familiarity with test management tools such as Xray Test Management for Jira.
* Strong understanding of software testing principles and methodologies.
* Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
We are also keen to hear from applicants with the following:
* Experience with API testing tools such as Schemathesis.
* Familiarity with other automation frameworks.
* Experience in the globalisation industry.
Other information
WHY CHOOSE ZOO?
Our technology is constantly evolving, so there’s never a dull moment with ZOO! Our team is made up of creatives, innovators, linguists, and collaborators from all corners of the world, and we employ the brightest and most original thinkers in our industry. Along with a competitive salary, we also offer excellent company benefits, which include;
* Flexi time
* Westfield Health & Rewards Portal
* 25 days holiday
* Free fruit and snacks
* Staff Socials
We value all the folks that make ZOO a great place to work.
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