
Quality Engineer
- Cambridge
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Asking the ‘What if?’ questions to ensure the software behaves correctly in all circumstances – applying a strong investigative mindset and skillset to uncover overlooked edge cases and user workflows
- Writing tests to validate the end-to-end functionality of the product, using tools such as Cucumber, Cypress and Playwright
- Understanding defects that occur: assisting in their resolution and extending QA systems to catch any future reoccurrence
- Acting as a link between Development and Product teams: understanding product specifications and expected behaviour, and formalising these into testable units
- Leading in the transition of our engineering towards automation as standard Designing and implementing new metrics to measure the quality of each release, including how well it performs on product systems
- Working alongside Product teams to help expand our product specification documents, especially following resolution of a defect or for areas of the product with frequently misunderstood expected behaviour
- Successful applicants will show a passion for this area of Software Development, a willingness to learn the requisite knowledge, and an inquisitive, logical mindset. Experience in investigating causes of defects in software products would be beneficial, but not required.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree with a First or 2:1, preferably in a technical subject
- Scripting experience in one or more of: Python, Bash, JavaScript, Ansible or SQL.
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