Prepare test cases corresponding to business and functional requirements
Devise and carry out both manual and automated tests to establish the quality of the software under test
Use the appropriate test-automation software to execute test-automation scripts
Follow Test Data and Test Case execution processes
Provide the link between the development team and business representatives regarding testing and quality
Detect bugs and issues as early as possible in the process. Log, prioritise, and track bugs and issues
Prevent bugs and issues by thinking of relevant scenarios that can help meet the validation of acceptance criteria at story development stage
Contribute to project status meetings daily scrums and agile planning as required by the project
Be the advocate for quality when testing is being discussed
Contribute to planning sessions with estimations and timelines
Identify and communicate patterns to improve software development
Advocate for best practices like Test Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)
Help to maintain and develop automated test suites, aiming for constant improvement
Work with the Delivery and Agile Leads to ensure all testing and QA tasks are accurately planned within the overall agreed timeframes of the projects
Provide regular and accurate reports of progress
Be the point of contact for testing within a Scrum team
Make testing related decisions on behalf of the Scrum team
Look for gaps in process and seek to make improvement
Knowledge, skills and experience required:
Good understanding of agile software development lifecycle including test automation tools and frameworks
Experience of working in a fast-paced Agile team with CI/CD and heavy javascript/typescript test automation environment
Experience of working with Vitest and playwright with SerenityJS
Extensive knowledge of automating, debugging and maintaining API tests and frameworks
Write and execute unit, integration, end-to-end, migration, and API-contract tests.
Understand and apply SOLID principles for patterns in developing Automation frameworks.
Ability to work with team members to troubleshoot any problems and ensuring that all relevant personnel are kept informed of progress.
Excellent written & spoken English & interpersonal communication
Expertise in identifying and documenting defects using JIRA
Thrive working in Agile environments using tools like Git, Jira, and Confluence, with a mindset of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Desirable - Cross platform/browser testing preferably using BrowserStack
Desirable - Experience of non-functional testing such as Security and Performance
Desirable - Embedding DB tests in API
About us: Our story
The group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering products and services now accessible to over 400m end consumers.
We have more than 25 years' experience, with 28 global locations, servicing over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 1,800 people.
Key clients include: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.
Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to
Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
Recruiter for this role:
Andre Braz
Purpose of the job
The role of a QA Engineer is to collaborate and work within agile scrum teams - ensuring functional and non-functional testing has been done to mitigate risks for the solution/delivery. You will work closely with the agile team members, such as Product Owners, Developers, and Technical Leads and champion quality through understanding business risk and impact and ensure that an accurate quality level is accessed and communicated for the application under test.
You will assess what tests are suitable for regression and automate tests at different levels (feature level, user journey/end-to-end) depending on the requirement.