Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

A Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong background automation testing is required to join a busy, innovative Software Engineering team working on an array of software products for a global technology company based in Oxfordshire.

If you are interested in working with cutting edge technology and tools in a forward thinking, fun and friendly environment then this role is worth your consideration!

Role: Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

As Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer you will be responsible for:

+ Development and execution of automated testing for large or multiple diverse projects to successfully and consistently enable delivery of high-quality software products and services on time, on budget, and to specification, reacting quickly to changes in priorities or circumstances to meet the needs of the business
+ Lead continuous integration and continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices
+ Coaching and Mentoring Junior Automation Engineers in relation to designing and executing tests using cucumber/Selenium automation frameworks
+ Research available tools and lead initiatives to identify and implement those that will cost-effectively enhance testing capabilities and product quality
+ Develop and execute automated testing for assigned projects to successfully and consistently enable delivery of high-quality software products and services on time, on budget, and to specification
+ Enhance quality assurance/testing and help to develop/execute automation testing throughout the business as appropriate

Experience:

As Senior Software Quality assurance Engineer you will have experience of:

+ Degree qualified or equivalent in Software Engineering , Computer Science or other relevant discipline
+ Strong manual and automation testing experience
+ Experience of using Cucumber, Gherkin, Selenium, JMeter Scripts (Performance Testing) and Junit
+ Strong understanding of QA methodologies and testing skills
+ Ideally used on of the programming language to write tests e.g. Java, .NET, Scala
+ Experience with Amazon EC2 cloud automation would be an advantage