Job Description

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About the role

The successful candidate will join an exciting team developing a large-scale enterprise application hosted in Azure. This is a QA Engineer role. The role will be responsible for assuring the quality of current and future developments. The role requires 2+ years of experience in a test engineering role using the Microsoft.NET suite of products and Azure cloud-based technologies.



The successful candidate will enter an agile team of developers working primarily from home full-time with infrequent face-to-face meetings where required. Calls and paired programming sessions are used daily to facilitate development of the product using Teams and live shares.



Additionally, the successful candidate will have strong communication skills and a desire to learn new technologies within the Azure cloud platform space.

Responsibilities:

Product assurance. Responsible for working closely with the existing team. Contribute to an enterprise application in all key areas of test. Design and maintain new tests using Playwright and similar technologies based on requirements. Effectively communicate new ideas, test scenarios and achievements in developer meetings. Manual testing where necessary.
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Skills & experience

C#, TypeScript, Microsoft .NET: Must be able to demonstrate understanding and technical knowledge. Must be able to design and develop tests using automated testing technologies (e.g. Playwright, Selenium). Web: Must be able to demonstrate understanding of DOM discovery and web development technologies. Unit Testing: Must be able to read and understand unit tests. Must be aware of Agile software practices and work effectively within a modern development team. Version Control: Good working knowledge of GIT.

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge of (or desire to learn) AI technologies and to prompt AI models effectively. Knowledge and prior use of Azure DevOps as an Agile tool. Knowledge of adjacent frameworks (e.g. JEST, Mocha, Jasmine, Karma, Cypress, etc). CI/CD Pipelines: experience advantageous. IDE: Visual Studio, VS Code experience desirable. T-SQL: Have a clear understanding of SQL queries. Web Design: A keen eye for design and consistency. Accessibility: knowledge of WCAG desirable. Understanding of web security and common attacks (SQL Injection, CSRF, XSS, etc). Knowledge of common payroll practices advantageous.

Personal Skills:

Strong interpersonal and communication skills to gather information from, and for people. Excellent written skills with a good standard of English; ability to write clear concise and accurate documentation. Excellent attention to detail. Logical and analytical approach to problems; willingness and ability to seek own solutions to technical challenges. Excellent planning and organisational skills. Ability to work independently and to use own initiative. Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise effectively. Ability to work effectively from home and self-motivate. The successful candidate is required to have suitable accommodation to do so. ###

Benefits & culture

At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.



Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We're passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:


Unstoppable together. Always learning. Make it count. Think scale.

Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we're proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you'll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that's varied, flexible and hugely supportive.



We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you'll receive:


A competitive base salary. 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday. Private medical insurance. Life assurance 4x salary. Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%. * A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.