JOB SUMMARY

This is an exciting opportunity in the Digital Services team. You’ll be joining our team at a time of transformation and you will be part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile Methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
We are looking for enthusiastic Senior Test Engineers with great technical skills able to coach and mentor other testers.
This is a rewarding role within the Test Team and provides an opportunity to contribute to the success of existing and future services provided by Companies House.
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Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.
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Please note:

• Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
• This role is aligned to the Cardiff office.

Please see ‘Things you need to know’ and ‘Where will you be working’ sections below for more information.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• You’ll join a dynamic scrum team focused on transforming our automated testing approach for Companies House services.
• You will encourage an automated first approach.
• We’ve recently migrated from Java/Selenium and BDD frameworks to the state-of-the-art Playwright/TypeScript stack, integrated with BrowserStack Automate. As a key member, you’ll take ownership of our test strategy, emphasising automation. You’ll collaborate closely with the team to drive quality throughout development.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

We are looking for the following experience and skills which will be assessed at sift and interview.

EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience designing and automating software tests, ideally in web and API applications. You will be expected to coach and mentor Test Engineers.
• Strong proficiency in Typescript/Playwright, Java/Selenium or similar modern testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud-based testing platforms (e.g. Browserstack Automate).
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience of Non Functional testing practices including Security, Performance and Accessibility Testing.
  Some experience of any of the following would also be beneficial;

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Test planning and automation testing

IN YOUR APPLICATION FORM WE’D LIKE YOU TO:

• Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements.
• Write a personal statement of 1250 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills required for this role, providing examples to evidence your level of skill. In your personal statement we are looking for evidence of:
• Proven experience designing and automating software tests, ideally in web and API applications. You will be expected to coach and mentor Test Engineers.
• Strong proficiency in Typescript/Playwright, Java/Selenium or similar modern testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud-based testing platforms (e.g. Browserstack Automate).
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience of Non Functional testing practices including Security, Performance and Accessibility Testing.
  What will the process look like?

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT (PLEASE NOTE THE PORTAL REFERS TO THIS STAGE AS ‘INTERVIEW 1’)

• Candidates successful at sift will progress to the assessment stage, where you will asked to complete a technical activity to demonstrate the technical skills and experience listed in the job description.
• The technical assessment stage will be assessing Technical Skill: Test planning and automation testing.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

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