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Ready to solve problems that matter?
Rowden Technologies is an ambitious, fast-growing technology company based in Bristol. We exist to ensure that those who make the world a safer place benefit from the best in technological innovation. We design and integrate systems, and research and develop technologies that enable the armed forces, security agencies and first responders to do their jobs more effectively.
The role: Senior QA Engineer
Rowden are looking for an experienced QA Engineer who will help continue to push best practices and raise product and process quality by integrating into our project and build teams.
You will have a keen eye for detail and a pragmatic approach to your work to ensure our software products are robust and meet the standards that we and our customers expect.
Working on projects ranging from bespoke mobile applications to geospatial tools, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring we deliver on our promise of building better integrated digital technologies, faster and more cost effectively than ever before.
Whilst the testing execution focus of this role is focused mainly on manual testing techniques, we’re keen to hear from applicants who have had exposure to automation approaches using CI/CD pipelines.
Key areas of responsibility
As Rowden’s Senior QA Engineer you will be responsible for:
- Facilitating test and quality deliverables and processes across multiple teams and projects
- Conducting formal test planning, execution, and reporting using both manual and automated techniques where necessary
- Conducting triage sessions, working prioritising issues and managing defects through their lifecycle
- Participating in and inputting into sprint planning, estimation, refinement, and amigo sessions
- Working through the root cause of issues, debugging defects identified during test, development, and build processes
- Provide support with customer walkthroughs, demos, training sessions and support project teams with production of product support user guides
- Work closely with the field engineering team to coordinate equipment configuration for customer exercises, training, and testing days outside of the Rowden office
- Supporting clients and field engineers through acceptance, release, and deployment stages of projects
Key skills, experience and behaviours
We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and who actively invests in their technical skills and abilities. You’ll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have:
- Experience in a similar industry or role is required OR
- 4+ years of testing experience in complex integration projects
- Demonstratable experience in formally documenting and executing test plans, detailed test cases.
- Experience in production of execution records, reporting, and release documentation
- Experience guiding teams through various testing phases of product development, utilising agile tools and methodologies
- Experience working within full solution delivery teams and deliver products according to user and system requirements
- Comfortable and confidence with being client facing, leading product demos, and hosting discussions around QA, acceptance testing and releases
- Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and repo management using Github
- In depth knowledge of testing and project management tools such as Jira and Testrail
- Good working knowledge of accessibility requirements and familiarity with WCAG
- Experience in hardware and software integration
- Experience in automation test techniques using multiple tech stacks
About you:
The ideal candidate will have a strong balance of technical skills and experience, and the behavioural competencies that we believe are key to success in the role.
You will be rigorous in your approach while maintaining a humble and pragmatic outlook. You’ll be a collaborative member of the team, assisting with testing at every stage of the software development lifecycle rather than working in isolation.
You should be well versed in various types and areas of testing and know when and where to focus your efforts to ensure a robust overall outcome. You will find solutions to problems and will be proactive at removing blockers.
Working at Rowden
We are committed to building a flexible, inclusive, and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills, experience, and backgrounds, so please apply and come as you are!
We also recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can. We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role). We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.
Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company, and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles. Please let us know your requirements early on so that we can make sure you have everything you need up front to help make the recruitment process and experience as easy as possible.
Finally, if you feel that you don’t meet all the criteria included above but have transferable skills and relevant experience, we’d still love to hear from you!
About Rowden
Our Mission:
To create the best possible technology for frontline operators.
We’re upending the conventions of government technology provision and bringing a leaner, more transparent, and lower-friction approach that reduces waste and places outcome over process. We believe every possible measure should be taken to provide frontline operators in today’s dynamic and rapidly changing world with the technology they need to help keep themselves and others safe.
To create the best possible technology for frontline operators.
We’re upending the conventions of government technology provision and bringing a leaner, more transparent, and lower-friction approach that reduces waste and places outcome over process. We believe every possible measure should be taken to provide frontline operators in today’s dynamic and rapidly changing world with the technology they need to help keep themselves and others safe.
Our Vision:
We offer fast and flexible solutions to the technical challenges of public sector organisations.
We are specialists in software-centric systems, with deep expertise in developing capabilities for constrained networking environments or with challenging cyber security requirements. But the Rowden difference is as much cultural as it is technical: ‘what we do’ and ‘how we do it’ are equally important. We are specifically organised to create and sustain pace, reduce waste and inefficiency, and drive better outcomes. You’ll see and feel that energy and intent all over our business.
What matters to us?
What matters to us?
- Our focus is on the end user. We exist to deliver the best possible outcomes for the users of our systems.
- Pace matters. The problems we solve are urgent.
- Our diverse skills and backgrounds make us better. Our team prides itself on being inclusive and multidisciplinary.
- We are radically honest. Saying what we mean, even when it isn’t easy.
- We are pragmatists. We provide realistic, focused solutions that get to the point.
- We improve continuously. We are relentless in our drive to make things better.
