SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• C#, TypeScript, Microsoft .NET: Must be able to demonstrate understanding and technical knowledge.
• Must be able to design and develop tests using automated testing technologies (e.g. Playwright, Selenium or SpecFlow).
• Web: Must be able to demonstrate understanding of DOM discovery and web development technologies.
• Unit Testing: Must be able to read and understand unit tests.
• Must be aware of Agile software practices and work effectively within a modern development team

• Version Control: Good working knowledge of GIT.

  Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and prior use of Azure DevOps as an Agile tool.

• Knowledge of adjacent frameworks (e.g. JEST, Mocha, Jasmine, Karma, Cypress, etc).
• CI/CD Pipelines: experience advantageous.
• IDE: Visual Studio, VS Code experience desirable.
• T-SQL: Have a clear understanding of SQL queries.
• Web Design: A keen eye for design and consistency.
• Accessibility: knowledge of WCAG desirable.
• Understanding of web security and common attacks (SQL Injection, CSRF, XSS, etc).

• Knowledge of common payroll practices advantageous.

  Personal Skills:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to gather information from, and for people.

• Excellent written skills with a good standard of English; ability to write clear concise and accurate documentation.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Logical and analytical approach to problems; willingness and ability to seek own solutions to technical challenges.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and to use own initiative.
• Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise effectively.
• Ability to work effectively from home and self-motivate. The successful candidate is required to have suitable accommodation to do so.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The successful candidate will join an exciting team developing a large-scale enterprise application hosted in Azure. This is a senior QA Engineer role. The role will be responsible for assuring the quality of current and future developments. The role requires 5+ years of experience in a test engineering role using the Microsoft.NET suite of products and Azure cloud-based technologies.
The successful candidate will enter an agile team of developers working primarily from home full-time with infrequent face-to-face meetings where required. Calls and paired programming sessions are used daily to facilitate development of the product using Teams and live shares.
Additionally, the successful candidate will have strong communication skills and a desire to learn new technologies within the Azure cloud platform space.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Product assurance technical leadership. Responsible for working closely with the existing team.
• Contribute to an enterprise application in all key areas of test.
• Design and maintain new tests using Playwright, Cucumber and similar technologies based on requirements.
• Effectively communicate new ideas, test scenarios and achievements in developer meetings.
• Manual testing where necessary.