Senior Backend QA Engineer

October 21

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51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Description

• Responsible for testing new front-end, rest-api backend features and microservices manually and by automation • Working within a dedicated team of highly experienced backend and frontend developers • Creating Test Automation Feasibility Review, Test Automation Approach, Test Automation Plan, Test Automation Strategy • Continuously liaising and collaborating with developers and other specialists within and outside your team • Driving quality from start - being involved in the user story definition process and writing test scenarios upfront • Writing and leading API automation within the squad • Leading performance testing using K6 • Integrating test automation and generating reports from the CI tooling after automated test executions • Sharing your knowledge of the latest test automation technologies and best practices • Design, build, implement, improve and continually maintain automated testing frameworks • Configuring test environments for manual testing and automation using terraform, kubernetes and helm

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant QA/testing and test automation experience • Excellent programming skills in Javascript/Typescript or any object-oriented language. • Proven track record of testing and automating microservices • Experience with performance testing (e.g. knowledge of K6 is a plus ) • Proficient in version control system ( e.g. Git ) • Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams • Nice to have: Demonstrated experience in designing and maintaining test frameworks and scripts • Experience in integrating automation tests with any CI/CD system • Experience in creating and implementing test automation strategies, tools and techniques ( unit, functional, integration ) • Strong knowledge of mocking test dependencies and debugging test failures • Strong grasp on SDLC and STLC with a DevOps approach • Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery( CI/CD ) practices and Agile Scrum methodologies • Ability to switch context effectively between feature validation, automation, manual testing, and documentation • Knowledge of kubernetes, helm , terraform or other container management and IAC solutions is a plus

Benefits

• Discretionary share option bonus • Workplace pension scheme • Private medical insurance (medical history disregarded) • Employee Assistance Programme • Cycle to work scheme • Season ticket loan • Free ChipX subscription for UK-based employees • Unlimited holiday (policy not to count) • £1500 Personal Learning Allowance • £30 per month Chip Fitness Benefit to suit your Mental/Physical Wellbeing • Company laptop • Opportunity to have a huge impact on our product while fast-tracking your knowledge, responsibility and skills in a high-growth fintech startup