Job Description

Test Engineer

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Job Title: Test Engineer
Location: Cardiff, None
Department: Technology
Creditsafe are expanding their Quality assurance team, adding a test engineer to the already established technical function.

WHO ARE WE?

Privately owned and independently minded, Creditsafe prides itself on being pro-active and different. Our journey began in Oslo, Norway in 1997, where we had a dream of using the 'revolutionary' internet to deliver instant access company credit reports to small and medium-sized businesses. Creditsafe realised this dream and changed the market for the better, for businesses of all sizes.



Our continued success has made us the most used business data provider in the world and one of the industry's strongest growing business intelligence providers. Today Creditsafe has 23 offices across 3 continents serving 110,000 customers from SME's to enterprise businesses.

THE TEAM

Creditsafe's quality engineering team consists of a mix of Junior Test Engineers, Test Engineers and Senior Test Engineers reporting into the Lead Test engineer. We are based in Cardiff and Hyderabad, India.

We embed into delivery teams and are tasked with driving a culture of quality into the teams acting as the experts on all things quality related. We test throughout the lifecycle and believe that the whole team is responsible for the quality of our deliverables. We implement intelligent automation and are proponents of thinking critically about the features developed by our teams.

JOB PROFILE

Based on the test strategy and approach you will develop, enhance, and execute tests that add value to the team deliverables. You will contribute to the existing automation framework by adding tests based on appropriate test scenarios and design patterns. You can confidently communicate test results with your team members and stakeholders using evidence and reports. You will be an advocate for quality and will actively promote this within your team and the wider development community.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

Develop and maintain test artefacts created using Cypress and Postman Carry out functional, non-functional and acceptance testing in-line with the test strategy and processes Work closely with their Agile team to promote a whole team approach to quality Manage and coordinate regression testing as part of the development cycle Be the quality specialist within your Agile team and advocate for the appropriate levels of testing Document approaches and processes that improve the quality effort for use by team members and the wider test function Have strong practical knowledge of software testing techniques and the ability to select the correct technique dependent on the problem at hand Accurately and concisely document tasks using JIRA, TFS or Azure Boards Undertake peer reviews of test artefacts produced by the team Communicate progress in an understandable manner to relevant stakeholders An understanding of performance testing strategies and how to apply them Creation and maintenance of concise and accurate defect reports in line with the established defect process and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities detailed above are not exhaustive and you may be requested to take on additional responsibilities deemed as reasonable by their direct line manager.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

An understanding of Agile development methodologies and their role on an Agile team Knowledge of ATDD, BDD, Unit testing, Integration testing and Acceptance testing An ability to read and write code suitably optimised for automation Good understanding of the defect management lifecycle Practical understanding of web technologies: JavaScript, HTML, CSS A practical understanding of RESTful APIs & SOAP A working knowledge of cloud technologies, preferably AWS and/or Azure DevOps Working knowledge of CI/CD A good understanding of the SDLC and test activities that can be performed at each phase Practical experience of exploratory testing An understanding of performance testing strategies and how to apply them You will have experience in working with modern front-end testing frameworks such as Cucumber, Cypress or RSpec. You have experience with API testing using a tool such as Postman. Teamwork - Encourages cooperation, collaboration, both within their team and the wider test community Quality Improvement - Acts as the quality advocate within their team and takes the initiative to make improvements Problem Solving - Identifies problems within the team that would threaten the value of the product and seeks solutions by collaboration

Creditsafe is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity. Please contact Creditsafe if there is any support you need with your application.



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