Senior QA Automation Engineer

Brady
Edinburgh
1 year ago
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We have a truly exciting opportunity for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to be part of an innovative software engineering team developing Brady's cloud-native trading solution for the power and energy markets. With the energy revolution under way and decarbonisation driving reliance on intermittent renewable energy sources, companies must have the right tools to thrive in this green transition. Building upon Brady's unrivalled heritage in developing software for the European physical power trading markets, Brady is responding to this market shift by being first to market in creating a truly holistic short-term power trading solution called PowerDesk.

With some flagship customers already on board, we have exciting plans for PowerDesk including algorithmic trading capabilities with machine learning to be developed later this year. The Senior QA & Automation Engineer will be responsible for performing Quality Assurance and Test activities. This will involve developing and executing manual and automated tests across our product suite, which includes desktop and web applications. You will be an effective communicator who is comfortable discussing issues / ideas within the business and on site with clients. You are an enthusiastic tester whose drive is continuous improvement and a focus on helping the team deliver quality products.

The types of tech skills we're looking for:

Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript/C# Frameworks: Cypress, Playwright Testing tools: K6, Gatling Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python, Azure CLI Monitoring: Azure Monitor (App Insights) Reporting: PowerBI, JupterNotebooks, or similar Databases: NoSQL

Along with the technical skills, you'll likely have experience with the following:

Testing Event Driven architectures (Data Streaming) Data generation for Load and Performance testing Testing Azure cloud native systems that use Azure PaaS offerings (CosmosDB, ServiceBus, API Management, Azure Monitor, Storage Accounts) WebSockets and REST APIs Security Testing: Data segregation, roles and permissions Setting up a testing pipeline from scratch (CI/CD, regression, load, performance, security testing)

Some key responsibilities:

Liaise with internal teams (Product Management, Analysts etc) to understand requirements and develop testable Acceptance Criteria Liaise with clients, as required, to understand and develop testable Acceptance Criteria Provide Test estimates to support bid pricing, project costing and task planning Develop automation frameworks to deliver efficient and effective testing ensuring that solutions are practical, conform to good engineering practices e.g. SOLID and are readily adoptable, supportable and extendable by others in the team Design, develop and execute automated tests using approved tools and frameworks Derive and design test cases following approved development testing standards and guidelines Design, develop and execute functional and non-functional tests (automated and manual as required) Peer review QA and Test team work Prioritise workload to meet agreed commitments Review SDLC processes and recommend improvements Ensure approved development procedures are followed across the SDLC Capture, record and document bugs allowing Development teams to readily reproduce issues Provide timely feedback to Line Management as required Mentor less experienced staff in all aspects of testing (automated and manual) Ability to collaborate successfully across cross functional teams to improve processes and product quality Establishing baselines of tests required for regression testing Identification of test coverage across systems and remedial work as required to fix gapIdentification of areas of any system that would benefit from automated test investment

What Brady offers:

Great compensation + 8% pension + 5% bonus + private health insurance and more! 23 days' holiday + bank holiday, increasing by one day per year of service up to 28 days + bank holidays 1/2 day off Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve Pluralsight licenses for engineering team members Flexible working hours An opportunity to build a modern technology platform for the power and energy trading markets A positive, values-driven culture

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