software engineer London, England
Job description
Role:
QA Engineer (Software)
Department
Corporate IT
Location:
Birmingham/ London
Who we are
Corporate & IT
At ELEVATE, we offer a unique and impactful career journey designed to empower our teams to influence change. Join our team for a truly international experience. With 24+ offices globally (and still growing), you will have exposure to real issues that span the globe. Fasten your seatbelt for an energetic and dynamic experience where you will have exposure to and support our global best-in-class team across 100 countries from Finance to HR to IT. In line with ELEVATE’s mission to use business and innovation to be a drive transformational change, this is your opportunity to lead the operations of an organization that is a driver of meaningful and lasting impact that effectively improves people’s lives and preserves our planet. Our Corporate and IT departments are an essential part of our operations and play a strategic role in delivering our business goals.
Job overview at a glance
ELEVATE is seeking a passionate, detail-oriented Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong understanding of software testing methodologies, policies, and procedures. The engineer will play a major role in assessing and monitoring the software design and implementation meet the acceptance criteria in consensus. You will have the opportunity to work at a dynamic and fast-growing company, with an experienced and agile IT team to build robust and high performing applications and tackle interesting engineering challenges.
Who you are
Are you thrilled by the idea of working in a business that aims tackle the world’s biggest challenges? Do you want to work:
- on environmental, social and governance issues
- with an amazing team of like-minded creative thinkers
- in a fast-paced dynamic environment
- for some of the biggest and most forward-looking brands in the world
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement test plans that provide comprehensive coverage of product usage
- Review user stories and requirements to create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and decide upon which level it will be tested early in the sprint
- Understand the software functions and the acceptance criteria to assess the defects and risks in the software before delivered
- Design and manage testing environments, regressions, smoke tests, etc.
- Compose and execute automated tests and ensure these are kept up-to-date
- Review user interface for consistency and functionality
- Accurately and concisely characterize issues encountered during testing, and track issues through resolution with engineering teams
- Contribute to improvements to the Agile SDCL by participating in retrospectives, providing feedback to engineering management, drafting documentation, conducting demo to users, conducting trainings to scrum team members, etc.
- Review the defects reported by users that were missed during the SDLC/QA process
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in software testing, including designing and implementing complex test plans and test cases
- Familiar with software development process and Agile methodology
- Familiarity with issue reporting tools such as Jira, Bugzilla00
- Hands on experience in web application automated testing development
- Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and good understanding of business processes
- Self-Driven/ Self-Motivated/ Ability to work independently and quality conscience
- Attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Creative and innovative thinking skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience testing mobile applications (Android, iOS).
- Experience with Zephyr for JIRA.
- Experience with API Testing
- Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Robot Framework
Equal Opportunity Employer
ELEVATE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by local law. Personal data provided by applicants will be treated as confidential information and will be used exclusively for employment purposes only. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Applicants who are not invited for an interview may consider their applications filed for future reference.
To learn more about career opportunities at ELEVATE, please visit our Careers Page here: https://www.elevatelimited.com/careers/
