Senior Automation Test Engineer
Posted 6 days ago by 1771524266
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, or Leeds. - hybrid 3 days per week on-site
Summary: We are seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer for a 12-month contract, requiring extensive experience in Typescript and automation, along with leadership skills. The role involves working on-site in Leeds three days a week. Candidates with non-functioning testing experience are also welcome to apply. The position emphasizes test planning, risk awareness, and the implementation of test frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake test planning activity including discovery capture, test definition and the estimation of test effort as part of a broader risk-based approach.
- Identify and raise awareness of risks arising from the automation test results.
- Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing.
- Be proficient in a range of coding languages.
- Advise other team members in testing practices.
Key Skills:
- Design and execute a wide range of functional and non-functional testing techniques and communicate test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to make decisions on the environment for testing.
- Identify defects, alerting the business to them, and help prioritise them based on defect severity.
- Working knowledge of different tools and techniques and ability to train others and advise on testing techniques and frameworks.
- Ability to think creatively, ask the right questions and critically evaluate and communicate findings to a larger team.
- Lead investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
- Drive the collection of information and creation of recommendations for improvements.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
We are currently recruiting for Senior Automation Test Engineers to work a 12-month contract for our client 3 days per week on-site in Leeds. We are seeking candidates with extensive Typescript and automation (functioning) experience and demonstrable leadership skills in driving change (and so must have managed/led a team). We are also open to candidates with non-functioning testing experience - either performance or accessibility.
Description:
- Undertake test planning activity including discovery capture, test definition and the estimation of test effort as part of a broader risk-based approach.
- Identify and raise awareness of risks arising from the automation test results
- Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing
- Be proficient in a range of coding languages
- Advise other team members in testing practices.
Skills:
- Design and execute a wide range of functional and non-functional testing techniques and communicate test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to make decisions on the environment for testing.
- Identify defects, alerting the business to them, and help prioritise them based on defect severity.
- Working knowledge of different tools and techniques and ability to train others and advise on testing techniques and frameworks.
- Ability to think creatively, ask the right questions and critically evaluate and communicate findings to a larger team.
- Lead investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
- Drive the collection of information and creation of recommendations for improvements.
If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
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