Job Description

Description

At Xe, we live currencies. We provide a comprehensive range of currency services and products, including our Currency Converter, Market Analysis, Currency Data API and quick, easy, secure Money Transfers for individuals and businesses. We leverage technology to deliver these services through our website, mobile app and by phone. Last year, we helped over 300 million people access information about the currencies that matter to them and over 225,000 people used us to send money overseas.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

XE is seeking a Senior QA Analyst to join our team. Reporting to the Head of Development, the Senior QA Analyst will be responsible for end-to-end quality practices within a Scrum squad, to ensure quality standards and functionality are aligned with specifications. If you are meticulous with details and work well with interdisciplinary teams, this is the position for you.

Our Principles

AMBITION:

We dream big, try things out and always ask "why not?" and "what if?" We're ambitious in our thinking and our delivery

RESPONSIBILITY:

We get involved, bring our perspective and are always open to new ideas. We take personal responsibility

COMMUNITY:

We value a sense of belonging, trusting each other and encouraging authenticity. We contribute to our community

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Developing automated tests for C# and JavaScript apps with tools such as Specflow, Postman (Cloud), and Cypress, or other technologies to ensure our apps are fit for purpose software to our users and business and maintaining the automation framework from scratch for APIs and Mobile/Web applications. Strong can-do attitude. Be a passionate team player who focuses on whatever is necessary to meet the Sprint goal, including if necessary, until the transition to automation is complete, working with the stakeholders to complete manual tests. Analyze, interpret, and communicate qualitative and quantitative findings from tests. Support your team's decision-making processes and clarify with Product the Acceptance Criteria and any non-functional requirements such as performance and scalability and their method of validation. Mentor and support junior QA analysts in the UK sector, including through pairing up on tasks and code reviews. Looking at quality from E2E perspective, constantly review quality assurance artifacts and standards. Actively participate in the QA chapters and workshops, and influence our full SDLC processes to improve quality, driving quality enhancing initiatives across the product and technology teams, supporting the right balance between local and global optimisations. Work to a fortnightly cadence, with a focus on value delivery and continuous improvement. Collaborate with Product Owners, UX designers and architects to find the most appropriate solution or approach. Evangelise the QA function as being significantly more than just testing. Keep abreast of the trends in the wider QA community, bringing in tools, techniques, ideas and approaches to benefit Xe. Governance of continuous quality assurance within the organisation.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Experience in a senior QA oriented leadership position Experience with various test levels (smoke, functional, usability, system integration, performance, regression, and user acceptance). Degree in Software Development or Software Engineering or Quality Assurance diploma from an accredited institution. Past experience of a migration from manual to automated testing, and a passion for a Shift-Left approach - with tools such as SpecFlow, Postman (Cloud), and Cypress. Experience creating and maintaining successful automation frameworks for Rest services, Mobile and Web applications SDLC experience following Agile development methodologies. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to be able to work across global teams. Ability to communicate complex technical information to various parties including non-technical members of the organisation. Ability to create and review technical documentation, including project plans, test procedures, and design documents.

Desirable

Gatling (load balancing test.) Non-functional quality assurance experience, including scalability, performance, security testing. SQL and object-oriented programming experience. Experience with cloud-based infrastructure i.e. Amazon Web Services. Experience with GitHub.

PERKS & BENEFITS

Competitive salary and bonus We support hybrid-working 23 days holiday (increasing with service 1 day per annum, capped at 28 days) plus birthday day-off Option to buy/sell additional 5 days Group pension plan 4% employer contribution Euronet Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) Healthcare Insurance Scheme, Income Protection Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme Critical Illness Cover


We want Xe to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organization that encourages diversity in all respects.



At Xe we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on recruitment@xe.com

The position responsibilities outlined above are intended to define the general contents and requirements to perform this job. It is not to be taken as a complete statement of responsibilities or requirements. This job description does not restrict the Company's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job as needed.