Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Posted Today by eTeam
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Isleworth, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of QA Automation Engineer involves developing and executing automated tests within a hybrid work environment in Osterley. The position requires collaboration within an agile team to ensure high-quality software delivery, utilizing various programming languages and testing frameworks. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining test automation frameworks and implementing best practices in software testing. This is a 6-month contract position with a focus on both frontend and backend testing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand design specifications and scenarios, and produce detailed test plans
- Produce high quality automated tests to agreed specifications and deadlines
- Work collaboratively within a project team using agile methodologies
- Participate in sprint planning, sprint demos and retrospectives
- Use and improve Test Automation Frameworks and craft frameworks
- Be the go-to person for coding standards within Ruby or Java
- Work across enterprise and digital applications such as Web, Mobile and Desktop
- Implement leading and Open-Source tooling and best processes (GIT, Jenkins, JIRA, Cucumber)
- Collaborate with developers and business/product owner to clarify requirements, especially in terms of testability and completeness
Key Skills:
- Strong Java/Python programming skills
- Experience in agile, test-driven software development
- Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills
- Understanding of automation using Cucumber/Gherkin testing
- Ability to work to tight timescales
- Flexibility and teamwork
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities
- Deep understanding of Software Testing and/or Quality Assurance
- Strong experience in Automating frontend and backend API testing
- Experience using Continuous Integration tools (Hudson, Jenkins etc.)
- Experience with JIRA – Defect Management and reporting
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Isleworth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.
Job Title: QA Automation Engineer
Duration: 6 months contract
Location: Osterley (Hybrid)
Responsibilities of the successful Automation Tester will be:
- Understand design specifications and scenarios, and produce detailed test plans
- Produce high quality automated tests to agreed specifications and deadlines
- Work collaboratively within a project team using agile methodologies
- Participate in sprint planning, sprint demos and retrospectives
Skills:
- Strong Java/Python programming skills - experience and strong ability of agile, test-driven software development.
- Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills
- Understanding of automation using Cucumber/ Gherkin testing
- Ability to work to tight timescales
- Must be flexible and work as part of a team
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities with the ability to become expert with the internal software
What you'll do
- Use and improve our Test Automation Frameworks as well as crafting frameworks!
- Be the go-to person for coding standards within Ruby or Java
- Work across enterprise and digital applications such as Web, Mobile and Desktop!
- Implement leading and Open-Source tooling and best processes (GIT, Jenkins, JIRA, Cucumber)
- Work on React and Node JS stack
- Collaborate with developers and business/product owner to clarify requirements, especially in terms of testability and completeness
What you'll bring:
- A deep level understanding of Software Testing and / or Quality Assurance.
- Experience working in Agile (TDD / BDD) environment
- Strong experience in Java or Ruby and Hands-on experience with Cucumber & Gherkin
- Strong experience in Automating frontend and backend API testing
- Creating and maintaining the test automation framework and identifying tests to be automated using BDD
- Experience using Continuous Integration tools (Hudson, Jenkins etc.), version control solutions (GIT, SVN etc.)
- Experience with JIRA – Defect Management and reporting
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.