Summary:
We are looking for a QA Engineer to join our growing engineering organisation developing a wide range of market-leading InsurTech solutions. You will join us at an exciting time as we evolve our portfolio from desktop/on-premise towards cloud/SaaS.
As a QA Engineer, you will work closely with developers and product owners to ensure the quality of our business process automation applications. This is a great opportunity for a test engineer who is passionate about quality to join a friendly and professional team building an exciting new interface for workflow design.
The Role:
- Work within an Agile team to test newly developed software (primarily web based)
- Gain an understanding of the product under test and use this understanding alongside your testing experience to question and identify both defects and improvements to the features delivered
- Provide inputs on high-level test scenarios, challenges, risks, resources, test estimates etc., during test planning meetings
- Collaborate with the team to refine user story acceptance criteria and ensure quality is embedded from the requirements analysis phase
- Perform a high level of exploratory testing against acceptance criteria to ensure new features are introduced to a high standard
- Review the level and scope of automation testing in order to inform exploratory testing
- Develop and execute tests cases where automation is less applicable i.e. less ROI
- Work directly with developers in the understanding and resolution of defects
- Help the team to improve test processes and automation in an agile environment, supporting a regular release cycle
- Liaise with QA representatives from other teams where applications have an element of integration or share components
The Responsibilities:
- Proven work experience in software quality assurance
- Deep understanding of software testing, its main concepts and processes: different testing levels, methods and types; test estimation techniques
- Good communication and teamwork skills to interact with team members and stakeholders, from reproducing the reported issue to understanding how the defect has been fixed
- Natural curiosity with advanced analysis and problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail
- Experience with testing across a wide variety of software, including complex web-based applications and APIs
- Ability to review requirements and structure an appropriate test strategy
- Experience of analysing and leveraging existing automation test coverage to inform manual test activities
- Experience with issue management tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira
- Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile team and environment
- Experience of continuous integration and delivery
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate your thoughts, and receptive to the views of others
- Awareness of new testing tools and test strategies
Other highly desirable, but not essential skills are:
- General knowledge of the Insurance Industry
- Degree-educated with Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or relevant discipline
Equal Opportunity Employer
At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.
At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a "hybrid" style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and "hybrid" is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
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