Software Qa Engineer

We are looking for a QA Engineer to join our growing engineering organisation developing a wide range of market-leading InsurTech solutions. You will join us at an exciting time as we evolve our portfolio from desktop/on-premise towards cloud/SaaS. 
As a QA Engineer, you will work closely with developers and product owners to ensure the quality of our business process automation applications. 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 interface for workflow design.
The Role

• Work within an Agile team to test newly developed software (primarily web based)
• Gain an understanding of the product under test and use this understanding alongside your testing experience to question and identify both defects and improvements to the features delivered
• Provide inputs on high-level test scenarios, challenges, risks, resources, test estimates etc., during test planning meetings
• Collaborate with the team to refine user story acceptance criteria and ensure quality is embedded from the requirements analysis phase 
• Develop and execute automated functional UI tests in JavaScript / TypeScript framework
• Review the level and scope of automation testing across the testing pyramid to inform both automated UI and exploratory testing
• Develop and execute exploratory test charters and cases where automation is less applicable
• Perform a high level of exploratory testing against acceptance criteria to ensure new features are introduced to a high standard
• Work directly with developers in the understanding and resolution of defects
• Help the team to improve test processes and automation in an agile environment, supporting a regular release cycle
• Liaise with QA representatives from other teams where applications have an element of integration or share components

The Requirements 

• Deep understanding of software testing, its main concepts and processes: different testing levels, methods and types; test estimation techniques
• Good communication and teamwork skills to interact with team members and stakeholders, from reproducing the reported issue to understanding how the defect has been fixed
• Natural curiosity with advanced analysis and problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to review requirements and structure an appropriate test strategy
• Experience in automated UI testing
• Experience in functional / non-functional testing across a wide variety of software, including complex web-based applications and APIs
• Experience of analysing and leveraging existing automation test coverage to both reduce and inform exploratory test activities
• Experience with issue management tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira
• Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile team and environment
• Experience of continuous integration and delivery
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate your thoughts, and receptive to the views of others
• Awareness of new testing tools and test strategies
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance
• General knowledge of the Insurance Industry preferred 
• Degree-educated with Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or relevant discipline preferred