QA Engineer

Trade Nation

  • London
  • £55,000-60,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
  • Apply easily
As a QA Engineer you will be reporting into the QA Team Lead and supporting the development teams by ensuring the quality of their output through a combination of manual and automated testing.Who we areWe are Trade Nation. We help our customers power up their trading through killer insights, transparent costs, and fairer ways to trade. We’re innovators, and proud of it. And we’ve grown a lot in our decade as a market-leading low-cost trading powerhouse. Our reach is global through our teams in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Seychelles and The Bahamas.Founded on transparency, forged in trust and powered by people, we’re committed to empowering our customers to outperform the markets. How? By minimising expenses and harnessing technology to prioritise the lowest trading costs.But enough about us. Let’s hear about you.Who you areYou’re something special. You pride yourself on being unique and bringing your own history to the table – finding solutions to daily challenges in a way that can’t be done by anyone else. Maybe you talk a big game, maybe you don’t. The important thing is that you do what you say and follow through to see every customer thrive.You don’t play with the bumpers up. That means breaking out of your lane when needed to help others – or forging your own completely. Every problem is our problem and that’s how you see it too. Because Trade Nation’s people have a shared vision, and you want to be part of making it a reality.You know when to take the right sort of risks, the ones that push you to be better. You’re not afraid to try, fail, and then try harder. But don’t worry, you’ll have all the support you need to thrive with us at Trade Nation, and we can’t wait to enable you to learn and grow.Ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?Our commitments to each otherWe have each other’s backsThere when we need each other mostWe challenge each otherBe more creative, more curious, more boldWe thrive togetherTaking our work to the next levelWe form strong bondsThrough team building and social eventsWe don’t judgeInstead, we teach and are open to learningWe step upKey Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand product features and architecture.
  • Derive meaningful test scenarios based on business requirements and system workflows.
  • Perform functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing on tasks and epics.
  • Develop and maintain an up-to-date regression pack to ensure ongoing testing of critical functionalities.
  • Write, execute, and maintain test cases for automation.
  • Assist in bug reproduction, investigation and work with developers on root cause analysis.
  • Maintain test scripts to run in CI/CD environment.
  • Promote delivery of quality software.
  • Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.
Requirements
  • Proven experience in quality assurance across automated and manual testing within software development with at least 3+ years of experience.
  • Should have 2+ years’ experience in front-end, API and end-to-end testing.
  • Develop and maintain automated scripts using tools like Playwright, Cypress, K6 and Postman.
  • Strong preference for experience in scripting language such as TypeScript, JavaScript.
  • Skilled in using CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, TeamCity etc
  • Experience using Jira or similar project management tool.
  • Maintain and enhance test documentation including test scenarios and bug reports.
  • Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive and independent approach.
  • Capable of working on multiple tasks simultaneously and managing deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Relevant testing qualifications such as ISTQB, Agile software testing courses.
  • Experience with Playwright using Typescript language.
  • Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools.
  • Good to have knowledge in C#
  • A positive attitude with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an agile environment.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary, and discretionary annual bonus.
  • Private healthcare.
  • Life Insurance, Critical Illness & Income Protection cover.
  • Active Lifestyle allowance.
  • Annual leave above minimum entitlement.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Up to 3 weeks allowance to work in any location.

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