Senior Test Engineer

Job Description

Senior Test EngineerThe Royal Society of Chemistry is a not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to advance excellence in the chemical sciences, with a thriving global community of hundreds of thousands of people who love chemistry. An internationally-renowned publisher of high quality chemical science knowledge, we are also the professional body for chemists and the biggest non-governmental investor in chemistry education in the UK, with strong links to schools, colleges, universities and industry.Location: Cambridge (Commutable from Alconbury, Bedford, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge North, Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Ely, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton, Histon & Impington, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Longstanton, Milton, Newmarket, Northstowe, Oakington, Orchard-Park, Royston, Saffron Walden, Somersham, St Ives, St Neots, Stevenage, Swavesey, Waterbeach, Wyton and surrounding areas)Salary £40,828 - £45,363 per annum plus benefitsPosition Type: Permanent Full-TimeClosing Date: Sunday 8th November 2020Benefits: Excellent contributory pension scheme, generous paid holidays, learning and career development, subsidised staff restaurant (Cambridge office), staff sports and social club, free private healthcare plan, income protection scheme, critical illness insurance, life assurance, free on-site parking (Cambridge office), season ticket, car / motor cycle and cycle to work schemes, membership subscription, employee assistance programme, eye-care at work scheme, wellness initiatives, flexible work environment, employee recognition, long service awards, membership subscription to professional body and RSC, two discounted staff flats on-site (Cambridge office), Litmus reward gateway benefits and more.About the role:The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is looking for a Senior Test Engineer to join us on a permanent full-time (35-hour week) basis. You will be based at our Science Park Cambridge office and initially work from home, within the UK, and in line with government guidance.The Royal Society of Chemistrys Testing team are part of our Applications Development team which also includes Software Developers and an Agile Coach. Our testing team includes a Lead and Test Engineers. As a Senior Test Engineer for the Royal Society of Chemistry, you will develop and support a variety of test automation solutions and will be responsible for testing all of our software products.Key responsibilities:- Working closely with the development team in all phases of development, ensuring that the appropriate testing tasks are done.- Developing and maintaining automated tests and test infrastructure.- Actively collaborating with developers and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, especially in terms of testability, consistency and completeness.- Providing guidance and subject matter expertise on testing methodologies and processes.- Helping to define Acceptance Criteria and the Definition of Done and participating proactively in daily stand-up meetings, story grooming sessions, team retrospectives, suggesting and implementing improvements for functional and non-functional testing.- Planning and defining the testing approach, providing advice on prioritisation of testing activity in support of identified risks in project schedules or test scenarios.- Executing test cases / scripts to ensure delivery of quality software applications, including systems integration, regression and performance testing.- Configuring, using and managing test environments, automation scripts, frameworks and test data.- Monitoring and tracking resolution of defects.- Understanding, implementing and updating the Agile Test Strategy.- Measuring and reporting test coverage and identifying opportunities to adopt innovative testing technologies and tools.- Looking beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities.Essential candidate requirements:- Experience of working in a fast-paced Agile environment and of building robust test automation solutions from scratch.- Well versed in best patterns and practices around automated testing, and able to define new automation processes and procedures.- Excellent exploratory testing experience.- Good scripting and troubleshooting experience with C#.- Experience of working in Agile / DevOps environments, familiar with Scrum / Kanban.- Experience of software management tools (e.g. Jira and Confluence).- Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.- Attention to detail, with a logical approach to problem solving and an investigative and inquisitive mind.- Understanding of user needs, user stories, and a business outcome approach to work.- A professional attitude, to build and maintain relationships with our customers and demonstrate a customer-focused behaviour at all times.- Strong team player with excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.Desirable candidate requirements:- Experience of working in a cloud environment (e.g. AWS).- Knowledge of cross-browser testing tools (e.g. BrowserStack).- Load and performance testing.- Certified in Agile software testing (e.g. ISTQB Agile foundation).You may have experience of the following: Senior QA Engineer, Test Engineer, IT, QA, Engineer, Engineering, Development, Tester, Quality Assurance, Test Automation, Senior Test Engineer, etc.Ref: 95100