To build a major new platform for students that helps hundreds of thousands of students develop their employability skills and find opportunities.
Why it's exciting
Through a love of tech, we help students, educators and employers.
You'll work on a web platform as a key person in an enthusiastic dev and product team. You'll form part of the Tribe pushing tech boundaries.
While the Tribe is working on the latest in dev technologies, our DevOps Tribe is supporting a shift to Kubernetes and AWS, something you could help us shape.
Who this role might suit
We're looking for a QA Engineer with good experience of full stack web application testing; The right candidate will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of Agile QA best practice, automated testing suites, and working in a collaborative self-organising squad.
Outcomes
We have Agile Squads that deliver product value
Work within a cross-functional Agile Squad to deliver Product roadmap value
Support the squad by carrying out collaborative manual exploratory testing
Support product quality by contributing to acceptance criteria
Maintain and expand our automated pipeline using best of breed tooling
Perform peer reviews and maintain documentation needed by internal stakeholders
Work closely with rest of the development team to ensure high quality solutions
We identify and manage non-functional technical work
Identify technical debt and propose practical solutions to resolve
Measure and improve software performance and accessibility
Understand developer security responsibilities and identify issues
We continually improve our way of working and follow best practice
Add value to the wider technical team by sharing experience, learnings, and skills
Identify and share areas for continual improvement
Stay up to date with the latest tools and frameworks using allocated personal development time
A UK BSc in Computer Science or related subject
Extensive experience with automated testing tools (Cypress, Selenium, Cucumber, Postman)
Experience in using GenAI in test Automation e.g. GitHub Copilot or equivalent
Excellent communication skills in English
Proven experience as a QA Engineer in both manual and automated testing
Experience working in an Agile development environment
Experience in CI/CD tools & automation e.g, Jenkins/GitLab/similar DevOps tooling
Knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
Experience with testing accessibility and performance
Experience with testing APIs
Competencies required for the Role:
Growth and outcomes mindset
Team player with excellent communication skills
Critical attention to detail and high level of accuracy
Passion for promoting and mentoring QA craftsmanship
Proactive, adaptable and a quick learner
Professional, focused, conscientious, efficient, with excellent time management skills
Trustworthy, courageous, and respectful of the contributions of others
Other Information
Permanent role 37.5 hours per week.
3-month probationary period.
Candidates applying for roles at GTI will be subject to background screening. You can find out more about our background screening and the recruitment of ex-offenders by reading our policies.
If you would like to speak to a member of our team to find out more information about this vacancy or you have any questions, please get in touch - recruitment@groupgti.com.
About Group GTI
We aim to help students realise their potential in the world of work through technology, content and tools. That's not an easy thing.
We believe in understanding students and partnering with employers, universities, schools and other technology providers.
It's about students finding the right role and employers finding the most suitable candidates. But it's more than that - it's about helping young people discover options, develop and build confidence.
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