QA Engineer Remote
Covetrus
Full Time
Remote
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
We are looking for an agile tester who focusses on preventing, rather than finding, defects by providing the testing mindset to our SCRUM team.
You will have strong communication skills and be able to collaborate well with both technical and business stakeholders. You will be customer focused and drive development to produce the desired business outcomes. You’ll always strive to understand the ‘spirit of the story’ and keep the big picture in mind when testing.
We are not just looking for someone to write and execute test plans, our agile tester must be someone who can sharpen the team, provide faster feedback and crank up the speed on delivering software to our customers.
GENERAL SUMMARY
We are looking for an agile tester who focusses on preventing, rather than finding, defects by providing the testing mindset to our SCRUM team.
You will have strong communication skills and be able to collaborate well with both technical and business stakeholders. You will be customer focussed and drive development to produce the desired business outcomes. You’ll always strive to understand the ‘spirit of the story’ and keep the big picture in mind when testing.
We are not just looking for someone to write and execute test plans, our agile tester must be someone who can sharpen the team, provide faster feedback and crank up the speed on delivering software to
our customers.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with the product team and stakeholders to define testable user stories and detailed acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate within the team fostering a continuous testing approach.
- Accurately evaluates and reports test results, test progress, and product quality
- Respond to change quickly, including changing, adding, or improving test cases
- Plan and organize own work
- Responsible for collating metrics that monitor quality and presenting these to the team.
- Oversee acceptance testing and provide sign off when a release is ready to go GA
- Drive automated testing strategy and implementation
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Experience:
A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a professional software house or development department within a corporate company or proven skills and experience.
Education:
BS Degree level.
Specialised Knowledge and Skills
- Experience with SQL Server for extracting and manipulating data
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Being self-motivated and proactive
- Critical thinker: Able to decompose the abstract into detail
- Proven attention to detail and accuracy essential
- Being logical and objective
- Embraces change and is flexible in approach
- Being able to work under pressure
- Proven ability in problem solving, prioritising and interpersonal relationship building
- Automated testing
Desirable
- Experience of Microsoft Office suite, including Teams, Word, Excel and Azure DevOps
- Experience working in a geographically dispersed team
- Knowledge of the veterinary market would be helpful.
- Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, etc) and testing within them
Covetrus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Covetrus
www.covetrus.com
Portland, United States
Benjamin Wolin
$2 to $5 billion (USD)
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Public
Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
2019
