Automation QA Engineer

Role: Senior Automation QA Engineer

Salary: £45k - £55k

Location: Coventry

Office based - free parking

CX Squared have partnered with a high-growth software payment provider who are looking to continue their expansion plans in 2022. They have offices across the country but their product engineering and development hub is based in Coventry.

We are looking to bring in a Senior Automation QA Engineer who has strong Web API Testing experience and comfortable writing automation scripts.

Culture wise - they have a collaborative and open door policy wanting their people to thrive and be able to flourish through doing and hard work, but wanting to succeed through taking ownership of projects and proactiveness.

Responsibilities:

Testing software to tight deadlines in an agile software development environment.
You will be required to test new and existing functionality covering both UI and back end features and to help ensure time critical releases are defect-free and match requirements.
You will be responsible for driving automated testing inside the company. You will develop and maintain tests. You can propose code and software architecture changes to make the software more testable.
You can propose and monitor quality metrics for the automation tests like downtime, response time, test coverage.
You will be expected to analyse functional specifications to break the feature down into testable units, devise suitable testing approaches, write test cases and execute manual tests.
You will develop automation of regression test suites using Selenium with SpecFlow feature files.

Essential skills:

· Proven ability to develop acceptance criteria and test conditions from requirements and technical specifications

Excellent ability to identify and present testing solutions
Excellent ability to identify test automation opportunities and present testing solutions to improve testing team performance
Advanced experience in test automation projects and knowledge of methodologies, frameworks and tools such as Selenium
Ability to create automation-testing framework
Able to script / program and knowledge of good programming practices e.g. C#, Java.
Experience of coaching and mentoring other team members
Experience of continuous integration e.g. TeamCity or similar.
Experience of cross browser test automation
Knowledge of, or ability and desire to learn SQL
Agile/scrum experience

Whilst the company promotes flexible working for example being able to help with the school run, they are keen to have you working in the office, so this is going to suit someone who is keen to go back to working in an office environment.

For more information, please call Dan Rodrigues or reach out via our Calendly - CX2Talent to book in a confidential call.

Role: Senior Automation QA Engineer

Salary: £45k - £55k

Location: Coventry

Office based - free parking

We are looking to bring in a Senior Automation QA Engineer who has strong Web API Testing experience and comfortable writing automation scripts.

Responsibilities:

Testing software to tight deadlines in an agile software development environment.
You will be required to test new and existing functionality covering both UI and back end features and to help ensure time critical releases are defect-free and match requirements.
You will be responsible for driving automated testing inside the company. You will develop and maintain tests. You can propose code and software architecture changes to make the software more testable.
You can propose and monitor quality metrics for the automation tests like downtime, response time, test coverage.
You will be expected to analyse functional specifications to break the feature down into testable units, devise suitable testing approaches, write test cases and execute manual tests.
You will develop automation of regression test suites using Selenium with SpecFlow feature files.

Essential skills:

· Proven ability to develop acceptance criteria and test conditions from requirements and technical specifications

Excellent ability to identify and present testing solutions
Excellent ability to identify test automation opportunities and present testing solutions to improve testing team performance
Advanced experience in test automation projects and knowledge of methodologies, frameworks and tools such as Selenium
Ability to create automation-testing framework
Able to script / program and knowledge of good programming practices e.g. C#, Java.
Experience of coaching and mentoring other team members
Experience of continuous integration e.g. TeamCity or similar.
Experience of cross browser test automation
Knowledge of, or ability and desire to learn SQL
Agile/scrum experience

For more information, please call Dan Rodrigues or reach out via our Calendly - CX2Talent to book in a confidential call.

Automation Engineer - QA

Senior Automation Software Tester:

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

CX Squared have been asked to build a brand new product engineering team which currently stands at one CTO, to a team of 12 in the next 6 months.

One of the first key strategic hires will be a Lead QA Software Testers, who will have a career opportunity to become Head of Software testing as that team grows.

Due to the nature of this new team, the dynamics and culture are very important and therefore they are seeking for someone to be based in the office predominantly for the first 3-6 months and then they will be look to go to hybrid working.

We are currently recruiting for a fast-growing fintech Company, for the role of Senior QA Software Tester. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that are specialists in providing employee benefits, holistic and tailored insurances and HR solution. Invested in their employees, they strongly believe in employee wellbeing, as well as enabling their staff with as many learning and development opportunities that they can take on!

You must be able to write automation code and must have experience with API Testing.

What you'll be doing:

Testing web sites, web services, Windows applications; functional, non-functional, UAT, regression and performance testing
Managing the Testing Requirements for the Full Releases & Hotfixes so new code can be deployed
Managing and coordinating demos to achieve business and stakeholder sign off
Scope to review requirements, evaluate and implement the automation scripts following the methodologies and tools selected.
Building metrics and automated systems for gathering/analyzing quality checkpoints
Design solutions for Quality Processes, Testing & Automation Strategies and Test Execution

Main Skills/ Requirements:

Experience of, or the ability to test across mobile app/tablet/desktop, and multiple internet browsers
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment involving multiple platforms and architectures
Experience of conducting a practical and systematic approach to testing
Demonstrate a high level of attention to detail
Experience of working in a cross-functional agile software team would be an advantage.
Proficient in using bug tracking tools would be an advantage
Hands-on experience with test automation and frameworks for End-to-End testing
A strong understanding of agile processes, the related QA lifecycle and automation methodology
Experience in Testing tools which compromise of:
- Automation UI : selenium
- Automation API : soap UI
- CVS : GiThub or BitBucket
- Test management Jira , Zephyr
- Mobile automation Appium , Sauce Lab & Browser Stack
- Configurations Tool : Jenkins
- Build Tool : Maven

Senior Automation Software Tester:

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

CX Squared have been asked to build a brand new product engineering team which currently stands at one CTO, to a team of 12 in the next 6 months.

One of the first key strategic hires will be a Lead QA Software Testers, who will have a career opportunity to become Head of Software testing as that team grows.

You must be able to write automation code and must have experience with API Testing.

What you'll be doing:

Testing web sites, web services, Windows applications; functional, non-functional, UAT, regression and performance testing
Managing the Testing Requirements for the Full Releases & Hotfixes so new code can be deployed
Managing and coordinating demos to achieve business and stakeholder sign off
Scope to review requirements, evaluate and implement the automation scripts following the methodologies and tools selected.
Building metrics and automated systems for gathering/analyzing quality checkpoints
Design solutions for Quality Processes, Testing & Automation Strategies and Test Execution

Main Skills/ Requirements:

Experience of, or the ability to test across mobile app/tablet/desktop, and multiple internet browsers
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment involving multiple platforms and architectures
Experience of conducting a practical and systematic approach to testing
Demonstrate a high level of attention to detail
Experience of working in a cross-functional agile software team would be an advantage.
Proficient in using bug tracking tools would be an advantage
Hands-on experience with test automation and frameworks for End-to-End testing
A strong understanding of agile processes, the related QA lifecycle and automation methodology
Experience in Testing tools which compromise of:
- Automation UI : selenium
- Automation API : soap UI
- CVS : GiThub or BitBucket
- Test management Jira , Zephyr
- Mobile automation Appium , Sauce Lab & Browser Stack
- Configurations Tool : Jenkins
- Build Tool : Maven

Test Automation Engineer

Java Application Support Engineer

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

CX Squared have been asked to build a brand new product engineering team which currently stands at one CTO, to a team of 12 in the next 6 months.

One of the first key strategic hires will be a Application Java Support Engineer, who will have a career opportunity to become Head of Applications as that team grows.

Job Overview:

An experienced, hands on, L2/ L3 Application Support Engineer responsible for 3rd line technical support analysts, promoting best practices, processes, and standards, providing technical leadership wherever necessary.

In addition, provide visible leadership of software incidents, maintain good lines of communication with all your stakeholders from client support, onward to development and operation teams through to the Leadership Team, managing issues through to conclusion, ensuring lessons are understood and applied.

Technical stack:

Our legacy application is built using technology such as Java, Node.js, (VB) web forms and MVC Frameworks in IDE such as Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ, STS etc. with DB as MS SQL, PostGres database and a combination of Javascript, JQuery, JSON and React. We are however upgrading to the old stacks to newer frameworks, versions and hosting on an AWS framework cloud solution.

Support cases are managed using tools such as ServiceCloud in Salesforce, Jira ServiceDesk with development tasks escalated in Jira & Confluence.

What you will do:

Assist Customer Support staff with resolving customer issues
Prioritize the reported bugs and Issues in P1/ P2/ P3
Provide internal guidance and training on the application and technical environment
Manage critical and highly sensitive issues to resolution
Stay current with company products, initiatives, and trends in the healthcare industry
Analyse workload and recommend improvements
Continually enhance the teams' skills around issue resolution, client satisfaction, and troubleshooting
Ensure you adhere to SLA's
Demonstrate a positive attitude, willingness to help others, lead and facilitate change
Contribute to team performance to achieve key performance metrics related to productivity and satisfaction
Work on special projects, as assigned

What we are looking for:

Deep Knowledge and understanding of current Tech Stacks but not limiting to Java, Node.js, (VB) web forms and MVC Frameworks
The person is using IDE such as Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ, STS etc.
The person knows and understanding DB's as MS SQL, PostGres database
Act as an L2/ L3 Engineer based upon the need and situation and can fix the bugs/ issues him/ her self without involving the Development team
Good to have worked with Mobile Technology and on Android and iOS Applications
Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to interact and influence at all levels in the organization, able to discuss technical issues with non-technical colleagues
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, good understanding of root cause analysis tooling, and a strong desire to understand the detail
Keen to learn, demonstrates a passion for gaining new skills, experience, and knowledge
To be a lateral thinker who displays an ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues, and solutions
Cool under pressure especially firefighting and triaging fluctuating levels of support incidents and requests
Willingness to lead by example and get your hands dirty at the technical support coal face
A good level of Microsoft SQL knowledge including writing stored procedures and advanced data selection queries
Relevant qualifications in Technical or Business discipline, or equivalent experience
5 - 7 years in the software industry with ideally a technical background
Experience debugging code using developer tools and Visual Studio would be beneficial. As would IIS hosting configuration, domain configuration and SFTP.

Get in touch immediately for a confidential chat about what is going to be a high-growth tech company in Birmingham in 2022.

Java Application Support Engineer

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

CX Squared have been asked to build a brand new product engineering team which currently stands at one CTO, to a team of 12 in the next 6 months.

One of the first key strategic hires will be a Application Java Support Engineer, who will have a career opportunity to become Head of Applications as that team grows.

Job Overview:

Technical stack:

Support cases are managed using tools such as ServiceCloud in Salesforce, Jira ServiceDesk with development tasks escalated in Jira & Confluence.

What you will do:

Assist Customer Support staff with resolving customer issues
Prioritize the reported bugs and Issues in P1/ P2/ P3
Provide internal guidance and training on the application and technical environment
Manage critical and highly sensitive issues to resolution
Stay current with company products, initiatives, and trends in the healthcare industry
Analyse workload and recommend improvements
Continually enhance the teams' skills around issue resolution, client satisfaction, and troubleshooting
Ensure you adhere to SLA's
Demonstrate a positive attitude, willingness to help others, lead and facilitate change
Contribute to team performance to achieve key performance metrics related to productivity and satisfaction
Work on special projects, as assigned

What we are looking for:

Deep Knowledge and understanding of current Tech Stacks but not limiting to Java, Node.js, (VB) web forms and MVC Frameworks
The person is using IDE such as Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ, STS etc.
The person knows and understanding DB's as MS SQL, PostGres database
Act as an L2/ L3 Engineer based upon the need and situation and can fix the bugs/ issues him/ her self without involving the Development team
Good to have worked with Mobile Technology and on Android and iOS Applications
Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to interact and influence at all levels in the organization, able to discuss technical issues with non-technical colleagues
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, good understanding of root cause analysis tooling, and a strong desire to understand the detail
Keen to learn, demonstrates a passion for gaining new skills, experience, and knowledge
To be a lateral thinker who displays an ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues, and solutions
Cool under pressure especially firefighting and triaging fluctuating levels of support incidents and requests
Willingness to lead by example and get your hands dirty at the technical support coal face
A good level of Microsoft SQL knowledge including writing stored procedures and advanced data selection queries
Relevant qualifications in Technical or Business discipline, or equivalent experience
5 - 7 years in the software industry with ideally a technical background
Experience debugging code using developer tools and Visual Studio would be beneficial. As would IIS hosting configuration, domain configuration and SFTP.

Get in touch immediately for a confidential chat about what is going to be a high-growth tech company in Birmingham in 2022.