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Quality Assurance Engineer

Posted a month ago

  • Leeds, West Yorkshire
  • Any
  • External
  • Expires In 2 months
Purpose of job
Our aim is to become a market leader in the provision of Electric Vehicle charging solutions to Local Authorities and Businesses as part of our strategy to lead the transition to zero carbon.
The goal is to undertake an ambitious electric vehicle charging installation program, deploying high volume and quality EV installations across the nation. Our aim is to make the world a better place, one charge point at a time.
The QA Engineer will work within Zest’s development team to ensure that the software produced to support both our in-house processes and customer facing products are of the highest standard
Key Accountabilities :
The role is responsible for the following:
Test case design, implementation and execution based on user requirements
Functional, Regression, Exploratory, Load and Stress testing as required
Designing and writing automation scripts, which can be replayed as needed
Ensuring that test environments, test data and supporting artefacts are available prior to the start of a test cycle as needed
Working as part of an Agile team to ensure the successful delivery of software increments and/or process improvements during each Sprint
Identifying issues and working with development to resolve these
Ensuring that Quality is built into our software at every stage
Working with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure projects run smoothly
Any other duties as required
Outcome, Results and Key performance indicators:
Delivery of high performance and durable software that meets customer expectations
Successfully meeting the goals of both the team and management
Release of software that contains as few defects as possible
Creation of reusable automation test suites to aid in the goal of Continuous Delivery and Integration
Key Relationships:
Internal
– Development team, internal systems owners and users, Management and Leadership team
External
– Outsourced Customer Support (AA), charge point end users, SaaS providers, charge point manufacturers
Knowledge and Skills:
Experience of testing web interfaces, mobile devices, APIs and databases
Experienced in the use of both a bug tracking and backlog management tool such as Jira
Knowledge of a Test Management tool, for example Azure Test Plans
Fully versed in both the Software Development and Software Testing Lifecycles
Experienced in UI automation, for example Selenium and Java
Experience of API automation, e.g., Postman
Understanding of database concepts and hands on experience with SQL
Experience of AWS, Linux, PostgreSQL, and Typescript would be an advantage
Behaviours:
Good attention to detail
Ability to work as part of a team and/or under own initiative
Ability to work to deadlines and to adapt to changing requirements
Excellent communication skills, for example, by demonstrating an issue to a developer to aid in its resolution
An interest in learning new tools and technologies, to aid in the successful testing and delivery of our software
Qualifications
ISTQB Foundation Level is preferred but not required
Educated to degree level, preferably in a relevant qualification
Zest is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the values and ultimately societal benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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