Description
Salary Finance Automation Engineer
55,000 - 65,000 GBP per year
Salary 55,000 - 65,000 GBP per year
Requirements:
- ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing.
Proven work experience in software testing in all its flavours: Unit, Functional, Integration, Regression and Performance testing.
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes in a SaaS / Cloud environment.
Experience in writing clear and concise test plans and test cases.
Minimum of 3-6 years Hands on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Maven, IntelliJ, Specflow and C# programming language.
Working experience with the use of test automation tools for API testing such as postman and SwaggerUI.
Experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines using AWS / Jenkins.
Proven experience in architecturing, implementing and maintaining automation frameworks.
Solid knowledge of SQL.
Maintains an awareness of developing best practices and takes responsibility for driving their own personal development.
Stakeholder management, able to build relationships and use expertise to influence and help colleagues use the tools to achieve their outcomes.
Has a process orientated and systematic approach to planning and problem solving.
Experience working in TDD and BDD test approaches and Agile/Scrum development process.
Excellent communication, verbal and knowledge skills in problem analysis, risk management and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Implement the overall test approach; work effectively with the Head of QA to determine which types of testing are required and align the business and delivery team.
Manage testing of all products and ensure acceptance criteria have met and obtain sign-off prior to LIVE deployment.
Understand the overall product benefits and how the delivered solution impacts these; selects appropriate test approaches (e.g. risk based) to ensure delivery of benefits is not compromised.
Maintain demand/supply for test resources and negotiates where demand outweighs supply.
Ensures effective issue escalation to the Head of QA where there is a significant threat to delivery.
Implements a well-structured approach to test defect management.
Monitors and reports the status and progress of each test phase to different stakeholders and to agreed quality standards.
Mentor and coach junior members of the team regarding best practices and cross skill team members in learning test automation.
Technologies:
- API
- AWS
- C#
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- IntelliJ
- ISTQB
- Jenkins
- Maven
- Postman
- SQL
- Selenium
- SpecFlow
- TDD
More:
About SalaryFinance
Salary Finance is a leading global FinTech platform. We support a community of 4M employees across 575 clients (inc 20% of the FTSE 100) in the UK and US, and provide a suite of financial employee benefits, to help employees improve their financial health and happiness. Our platform provides salary-linked savings, loans, pay advances, insurance and financial education. We have a team of 200 brilliant and passionate colleagues in 3 countries and have the backing of great investors (Blenheim Chalcot, Legal & General, Experian, Goldman Sachs, Royal London, Virgin Money) with £100M in equity and £500M in debt funding raised to-date. We have won over 70 awards for our work, including MoneyAge's Consumer Champion of the Year, Prince Charles' BITC Responsible Business of the Year, and the Global Impact Award from Sadiq Khan for our US growth.
We were co-founded by entrepreneurs Asesh Sarkar (CEO), Daniel Shakhani, and former Head of Google UK and Ireland Dan Cobley (Chairman) and are authorised by the FCA.
Your role in our mission
We’re looking for an exceptional Automation Engineer to join our testing team. Reporting into the Head of QA, and working closely with the Product Engineering team, you will work with the existing QA team to deliver an automation framework, drive strategic changes, measure quality and performance and support the team in their efforts to deliver the best platform possible.
Who you are
We embrace our differences but there’s one thing we like to share our values, so it’s important to us you are:
fearless, and able to make the impossible possible.
responsible, and want to help build a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society.
dedicated and want to commit to an exciting journey even through the highs and lows.
empathetic and truly care about every colleague and customer.
united, because you understand we achieve more when we work
The essentials
You are passionate about technology and social impact, and want to help build a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society.
You are excited by the power of technology to change people’s lives.
You are resilient, empathetic, collaborative, detail-oriented, and self-motivated with excellent organisational, time and project management skills.
You have the ability to work with employees at all levels of the organisation in an open office setting and a highly collaborative environment with a high growth, start-up mentality.
You have the ability to deliver high quality systems and governance within a modern, commercial environment.
You are a tech person at heart with a passion for high quality deliverables.
You are a logical thinker, with strong analytical and problem solving skills, and a pro-active motivated approach to work.
You have proven experience in test design and execution and management.
You are a persuasive communicator, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, and have the ability to quickly learn technical methods and processes.
You have an aptitude for software development / engineering.
Technical experience required
ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing.
Proven work experience in software testing in all its flavours: Unit, Functional, Integration, Regression and Performance testing.
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes in a SaaS / Cloud environment.
Experience in writing clear and concise test plans and test cases.
Minimum of 3-6 years Hands on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Maven, IntelliJ, Specflow and C# programming language.
Working experience with the use of test automation tools for API testing such as postman and SwaggerUI.
Experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines using AWS / Jenkins.
Proven experience in architecturing, implementing and maintaining automation frameworks.
Solid knowledge of SQL.
Maintains an awareness of developing best practices and takes responsibility for driving their own personal development.
Stakeholder management, able to build relationships and use expertise to influence and help colleagues use the tools to achieve their outcomes.
Has a process orientated and systematic approach to planning and problem solving.
Experience working in TDD and BDD test approaches and Agile/Scrum development process.
Excellent communication, verbal and knowledge skills in problem analysis, risk management and continuous improvement.
Awesome if you
You have experience in financial services or other regulated industries
You have a degree in computer science or related field or a combination of related experience and education.
What you’ll do
Implement the overall test approach; work effectively with the Head of QA to determine which types of testing are required and align the business and delivery team.
Manage testing of all products and ensure acceptance criteria have met and obtain sign-off prior to LIVE deployment.
Understand the overall product benefits and how the delivered solution impacts these; selects appropriate test approaches (e.g. risk based) to ensure delivery of benefits is not compromised.
Maintain demand/supply for test resources and negotiates where demand outweighs supply.
Ensures effective issue escalation to the Head of QA where there is a significant threat to delivery.
Implements a well-structured approach to test defect management.
Monitors and reports the status and progress of each test phase to different stakeholders and to agreed quality standards.
Mentor and coach junior members of the team regarding best practices and cross skill team members in learning test automation.
What’s in it for you?
Company bonus scheme
25 days holiday with an extra day off on your birthday
Hybrid working arrangements so you can work from the office and from home with a budget to help you get set up
Generous company benefits to include pension and life assurance and an annual allowance to spend on medical insurance, health cash plan, denplan, gym memberships
Enhanced policies that are family and pet friendly, to include company sick pay and Peternity leave
Annual personal learning budget
Great career development in a fast paced environment
Regular company socials (post covid, although we've got quite good at virtual ones too!)
Volunteer days as part of our CSR program
Being part of a collaborative and entrepreneurial team working in our brand new, purpose-built offices at Scale Space, White City
Being part of a community of Blenheim Chalcot-backed fintech growth businesses including ClearScore, Liberis, Kodoo and Modulr, with opportunities to share and learn together
More great perks to include complimentary fresh fruit weekly, cycle to work, help to save and much more!
We’re looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team that are passionate about what they do. If you want to join a team that is changing people’s lives for the better then we’d love to hear from you.
Learn more at salaryfinance.com
Salary Finance is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where all employees and applicants can flourish.
Scale Space, White City , LondonLondonW12 7RZ
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