Test Engineer (SDET)

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a mid or senior level JavaScript focused test engineer to join our team in the UK to help build the future of work. Successful candidates will be working closely in a cross-functional team with software engineers, product managers and UI/UX designers helping us automate our testing strategies. Working together, they will be responsible for delivering development projects from start to completion.

Your Job Responsibilities

What you will be doing:

• Working in a talented cross-functional team to launch new user-facing features
• Defining test strategies for new features to ensure a high level of quality
• Writing end-to-end tests for our code and services
• Coaching software engineers, helping them improve their testing skills
• Participating in agile ceremonies; regularly and sustainably delivering value in two-week sprints
• Understanding, applying and optimising appropriate test mechanisms (functional, regression, smoke) and tools to improve the verification efficiency through automation
• Help influence the overall architecture and direction of the application

Your Skillset

What makes you a great fit for the team:

• You are user focused – we solve our customer’s problems together; everybody has a say in planning, design & execution
  • 2-3+ years’ JavaScript/TypeScript Automation experience
• A strong knowledge of different software testing methodologies
  • Experience with testing a variety of web services, APIs, web applications and data
  • Experience in BDD with tools such as Cucumber, Jasmine or similar
• Exposure to agile / scrum methodologies
• You understand accessibility standards and laws and how they can impact testing

We’d specially love to hear from you if:

• You have a vision of how you think automated testing can be improved and want to implement it
• You have a good track record of project leadership and mentorship of QA and test engineers
• You're familiar with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• You have great knowledge of test frameworks and automation tooling like Jest and Cypress
• You have cloud experience

Location:

We're looking for exceptional candidates anywhere in the UK, ideally south based so you can travel to our Brighton office occasionally. We mostly work remotely and have an allowance to help teams get together in person at least once a quarter for meetings, planning sessions and social activities.

UK Specific Benefits:

• NEST pension scheme
• Stock option & grant plan
• 25 days holiday (plus UK bank holidays and 4 additional company-wide recharge days)
• Working from home equipment allowance
• Mobile phone contract contribution
• Performance-related bonus
• Employee training budget
• Employee referral program

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