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QA Engineer

Posted 5 July by WTW
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Location icon Reigate , Surrey

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Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Software QA Engineer to join our growing business developing a wide range of market-leading Insurtech solutions. You will join us at an exciting time as we focus increasingly on cloud/SaaS solutions, upgrading existing products to new technologies and modern UX, as well as developing brand-new applications.

As a QA Engineer, you will work alongside other engineers as part of a close-knit Scrum team to ensure our products meet high levels of reliability, maintainability, usability, and performance. 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 SaaS based application.

The Role:
  • Define test strategies to support the development of major new features or of new applications
  • Design, implement and document test environments and frameworks supporting the agreed strategy
  • Work with the Product Owner and the Technical Lead to help define User Stories and acceptance criteria
  • Define story-level test plans in collaboration with software engineers to achieve high levels of test automation
  • Develop tests at all levels of the testing pyramid – UI, API, system, integration, and unit tests
  • Execute a wide range of functional/non-functional tests, manual and automated
  • Perform exploratory test activities on new features and user stories
  • Review and debug product and test code to identify defects or performance bottlenecks
  • Support the Product Owner to close stories, validating acceptance criteria and defect fixes
  • Analyse test data and produce test reports for relevant check-points or milestones
  • Participate in Agile/scrum activities (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives), striving to continuously improve the team velocity, its processes and engineering practices
  • Participate in software design meetings and work with software engineers to ensure testability and best practices are built into the product architecture and code
  • Investigate new test tools/methodologies and integrate them as part of the team practices and continuous integration processes, also liaising with other teams to share knowledge and best practices.


The Requirements:

  • Proven experience in working in software quality assurance roles within an Agile environment
  • Deep understanding of software testing, its main concepts, and processes: different testing levels, methods, and types; test estimation techniques  
  • Natural curiosity with advanced analysis and problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail 
  • Ability to review requirements and structure an appropriate test strategy / test plan
  • Manual (scripted and exploratory) test experience
  • Test automation scripting experience at UI and API levels
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate your thoughts, and receptive to the views of others 
  • Appreciation of current and emerging test-related technologies and methodologies


Other highly desirable, but not essential skills are:
  • Proficient in software development using object-oriented languages (C#, Java)
  • Proficient in software development using scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, TypeScript)
  • Experience in developing tests at integration, component, and unit test levels
  • Experience in continuous integration and delivery
  • Experience with software project management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira)
  • Exposure to behavior driven development (BDD) and test driven development (TDD)


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.

(ICT_TECH TD_2024_93R)

Reference: 53037087

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