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Location - Cambridge (must be able to work on site 2-3 days a week) No option for sponsorship. An amazing opportunity with one of Cambridge's leading and rapidly scaling technology businesses. We are looking for a skilled QA / Software Automation Tester who is passionate about ensuring the quality, security and reliability of our web applications. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and conducting manual and automated tests to identify defects, verify fixes, and ensure an exceptional user experience. Key responsibilities: Collaborate with the development team to understand project requirements and acceptance criteria. Create comprehensive test plans and test cases to cover functional, regression, and performance testing scenarios. Execute manual tests to validate the functionality, usability, and accessibility of our educational platform. Develop and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or similar frameworks. Perform thorough regression testing to ensure the stability of new features and enhancements. Report and prioritise defects accurately based on impact and severity, and work closely with developers to facilitate timely resolution. Continuously improve testing processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Provide feedback and suggestions for improving the overall quality of our platform. Qualifications: Proven experience as a QA or similar role, with a focus on writing automated tests for web applications. Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and best practices. Proficiency in creating test plans, test cases, and test scripts. Experience with automated testing tools/frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress. Familiarity with web technologies (e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, RESTful APIs). Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail. Effective communication and collaboration abilities. Passion for making a positive impact and contributing to meaningful projects. On offer is the opportunity to join an amazing values driven business that is developing software that truly benefits and changes peoples lives. They offer a broad range of benefits and a good salary with hybrid working and excellent opportunities for training, progression and development. Apply now!
Job Specification: Test Analyst Role Overview: We are seeking a Test Analyst with a proven history of enhancing team performance by introducing innovative techniques, processes, and best practices. The ideal candidate will possess extensive QA expertise in both manual and automated testing, coupled with practical knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with the Senior Test Analyst to evaluate and improve upon the QA team's strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities, contributing to the team's long-term vision and goals. Engage in hands-on manual and automated testing activities on a daily basis. Adhere to and document audit processes, such as test sign-offs, ensuring compliance and traceability. Innovate and refine testing procedures to boost efficiency and overall performance. Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to project and product managers, providing insights on risk assessment and project timelines to facilitate informed decision-making. About the Ideal Candidate: In-depth experience in manual and automated testing, specifically with .NET Applications. Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban frameworks. Proficient in testing APIs, databases, and technical aspects of software quality assurance. Independent, proactive, and comfortable in a distributed team setting. Comprehensive understanding of software product life cycles. Practical experience with tools like Oracle DB, Nunit, and Xunit frameworks. Skilled in working with multi-tier systems and integrating various platforms. Knowledgeable in data models, data integration testing, and industry best practices and standards. Capable of analyzing business requirements, creating test plans, estimates, strategies, cases, and data. Coordination with stakeholders for test plan approvals. Management and organization of test data for executing test cases. Exceptional communication abilities, both verbal and written. Agile and adaptable in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Prior experience in performance testing is advantageous. Experience with manual and automated testing of Power Platform applications is highly desirable. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Automation Test Engineer 6 Month Initial Contract £500 per day inside IR355 Bristol 1x a week Automation Test engineer required who will be responsible for the testing of reliability, performance, and quality of their developed technical solutions, including working within our agile delivery teams on new solutions/enhancements. Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. C#) for test automation. Experience using test automation tools (e.g. Cypress, Selenium). Expertise in managing the balance between manual and automated testing which works in conjunction with the build process. Proficiency in defect reporting and test management tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jira)
QA engineer opportunity to join a Automation Technology Specialist to work with other talented software professionals in the implementation of the QA strategy. The organisation uses manual QA testing practices along with automation and modern agile test principles to improve product quality and reduce lead times. We are looking for a forward-thinking, enthusiastic professional, with extensive experience of manual testing in the areas of Web, Mobile, Database and XML file testing. QA Engineer - Fully Remote - Up to £55,000 The candidate must be energetic, passionate and promote 'shift-left' consideration of acceptance criteria to the very start of the development cycle, as such they must be capable of thinking up scenarios based on the criteria provided to aid the development team in ensuring full automation coverage of features developed. Your duties will include: Contribution to product quality though implementation of agile QA principles. Maintain QA and UAT test plans Write manual tests Collaborate with developers on scenarios for automated tests Documentation of Acceptance Criteria using suitable notation techniques Perform hands-on manual/exploratory testing Perform tests on new types of lock and locker user interfaces and their associated firmware Own the various test/QA environments in collaboration with the rest of the Technology team Working with internal and external customers to complete QA and UA test plans You will be fully supported in your duties but will be expected to be an expert when managing your QA work. All technical team members are remotely connected, and communication is fully established, effective and easy. The Person The successful candidate will be an experienced agile test engineer with a demonstrable track record of agile testing and test automation within a strong software development team. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, are required, as is a genuine interest and passion for high quality software delivery. In addition, you will be responsible for developing and supporting the automated testing frameworks. The successful candidate will have: Solid understanding and experience of the agile software development lifecycle, and agile testing. Possess outstanding QA testing skills, including test case design, and test planning. Demonstrate an ability to work independently and as part of a team. Be self-disciplined and reliable, trusted to work unsupervised. Enjoy working with a disciplined team of talented technical experts, striving to achieve the very highest quality of software delivery. Be enthusiastic and pro-active in learning the technologies and capabilities of businesses existing software. Have experience working with Hardware Essential qualifications and experience: ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing (or equivalent ISEB) At least 5 years extensive current experience of testing API's, Websites, Mobile Applications and XML Files (CreationEditingProcessing) Demonstrable technical skills or experience with test plan management. Demonstrable skills in database querying (SQL skills) Demonstrable use of Postman Experience working with Behaviour Driven Development Your duties will also include: Manual testing of various systems. Reporting of/updating of issues within Jira. Managing your workload and delivering against agreed deadlines. Provide support investigating test/production issues with systems. If this sounds like something you are interest in, apply now. To find out more about Computer Futures please visit www.computerfutures.com Computer Futures, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy Registered office 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom Partnership Number OC387148 England and Wales