QA Engineer Manchester, England
Job description
Freedom Finance is a leading digital lending platform that keeps finance simple. Theres no stuffy jargon or complicated terms, just a clear and simple way to find the finance you need, when you need it.
We are now aiming to focus on our data management to develop new services that help customers save money and access the products that suit their needs. Youll be joining a forward-thinking team of engineers with the goal to innovate, optimise and scale the capabilities of our platform. One thing is for sure, youll learn and grow expertise quickly in a highly collaborative team.
What can we offer you?
- A highly competitive salary
- Bonus scheme based on personal and company performance
- 33 days holiday (includes bank holidays)
- 4% pension contribution & pension advice
- Health cash plan (plus free balance for dependants up to the age of 16)
- 2 x Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity/Adoption/Paternity Pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Income Protection
- 2 x days holiday buy/sell
- Voucher/Tech scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Birthday takeaway voucher
- Benefits portal with access to a wide range of retailer discounts
What will you be doing?
As a QA Engineer, you'll work within one of the product development squads performing API and front-end testing within our lending platform. We are looking for someone to support the development of an automated QA process, allowing us to focus on the more challenging aspects of quality assurance.
Our platform is composed of leading modern software technologies deployed within the cloud, this was custom built from scratch and allows us to move fast with high quality and low risk. We strive for new and innovative ways to achieve outcomes, and youll have the opportunity to use technologies that can accelerate or differentiate our capabilities. Our tech roadmap is rapidly evolving, and were deeply interested in developer experience, so no engineers get stuck by tech constraints, organisational debt, or unnecessary restrictive policies.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing and executing test cases and following testing standards
- Exploratory testing of applications based on expected and unexpected functionality
- Creating, maintaining and executing automation test scripts
- Working and liaising with stakeholders, delivery managers, business analysts and developers within an agile development process
- Ensure the quality remains high for the services delivered by the team
- Serving as the owner of quality levels within the delivery team
What do you need?
- Minimum 3 years of software testing experience with formal ISTQB accreditation (foundation or higher) or relative industry experience
- Accurately recording the output of testing, logging defects with sufficient clarity and managing them throughout the defect lifecycle.
- Experience in manual and automated testing for APIs using Postman.
- Experience in understanding web automation testing.
- Experience in writing SQL queries for interrogating databases during testing.
- Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
- Experience in regression testing, usability testing, stress testing, acceptance testing, and exploratory testing.
Interested? Well then, wed love to hear from you. You can apply for our QA Engineer - Platform role using the Apply for this job button at the top of the page.
At Freedom Finance we are committed to equality and diversity. We ensure that the job criteria is relevant to the successful undertaking of the job. We do not indirectly disadvantage any persons on the grounds of gender, age, disability, race, ethnic origin, religious belief, sexual orientation, or social status.
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