
QA Automation Specialist
- North London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design quality strategies for new features from the planning stage, defining clear acceptance criteria and quality metrics
- Coach developers on testing best practices, helping them build more reliable user experiences and compliant workflows
- Create test automation frameworks for front and back-end applications at API, service, and UI levels
- Implement specialised testing for performance, security, and accessibility
- Maintain CI/CD testing pipelines in collaboration with our Platform Engineering team to ensure rapid, reliable delivery of features
- Identify quality risks early by participating in design sessions and providing expertise on complex testing challenges
- Develop test data management solutions
- Evaluate and implement quality tools that enhance the team's efficiency in delivering exceptional user experiences
- Collaborate with product owners throughout the product delivery lifecycle, from discovery to live. Contribute to requirements and ensure testability
- Strong programming skills in Typescript and at least one of the following: .Net, C# or Python
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Appium)
- Experience with API testing (e.g., Postman, RestAssured)
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their integration with testing (e.g, Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions)
- Experience writing automated non-functional-requirement tests, including accessibility, load, performance, security
- Experience testing the provisioning of cloud based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (e.g Azure, Terraform, Pulumi)
- Knowledge of agile methodologies and quality practices within agile teams
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Previous experience in the sports marketing industry
- Previous experience in a regulated industry, preferably gaming
- Background in software development
- Experience coaching or mentoring others in quality practices
- A/B testing and experimentation
- Launch Darkly
- Agile / Kanban experience
- Good presenting skills
- Adaptability
- Ownership and accountability
- Initiating action
- Resilience
- Team orientation
- Integrity
- Innovation
- We’re dedicated to your supergrowth. Our comprehensive learning and development programmes give you a range of resources and opportunities to expand your skills and advance your career.
- Your hard work and achievements won’t go unnoticed. Our innovative Performance Tool ensures you receive regular, constructive feedback, helping you to continuously improve and reach your full potential.
- Our Employee Assistance programme offers a variety of benefits which you and your family can benefit from.
- Vitality Health Care
- Unum Dental
- Life Assurance & Income Protection
- Tusker car scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Retail discounts
Here, your growth is supported and your contributions valued.Game on!Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please assume your application has not been successful.