Automated QA Engineer JavaScript, AWS, Agile

Job Description

Automated QA Engineer (JavaScript, AWS, Agile) - London£65000My client, a leading news publishing house is looking for a QA Engineer to join their fantastic team based in Central London.You’ll have experience carrying out manual & automated testing using a variety of tools, experience working as an advocate for quality and have experience with cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).Role responsibilityYoull be working with an established development team on business critical, customer facing technologies. Youll be responsible for carrying out manual testing for all new features developed by the team as well as developing automated tests to serve as regression tests going forwards.Youll be an advocate for quality in all aspects of the SDLC and be involved in defining the acceptance criteria for new features and responsible for ensuring features built adhere to that criteria. Youll be responsible for prioritising importance/urgency your own work and will be expected to share their work progress and feedback with others.The ideal candidateYou’ll have ISTQB/ISEB Foundation certifications or equivalent certifications as a minimum and be comfortable discussing technical aspects of projects with other testers, developers & business owners.We are looking for people who are inquisitive, proactive and keen to be challenged, care deeply about the code they test and are able to bridge the gap between the technical and the business areas of the company effectively. We want people who look farther than the technical aspects of the work and care deeply about the human aspect of our products.Experience and key skillsUnderstands the Software development lifecycle and the need for manual testingA strong background in manual and automated test techniquesExperience using automation tools such as Webdriver.IO, Mocha/Jest, NightwatchExperience working with and testing REST APIsUnderstands where & when automation testing fits into a SDLC specifically Agile (Scrum, Kanban, etc)A strong background in writing automated functional and integration tests in JavaScriptCan-do, positive attitude, proactive approach to problem solvingPersistent and committed attitude to ship great products, testing features effectively, communicating, listening and iterating from thereImportant Information: We endeavour to process your personal data in a fair and transparent manner. In applying for this role, Additional Resources will be acting in your best interest and may contact you in relation to the role, either by email, phone or text message. For more information see our Privacy Policy on our website. It is important you are aware of your individual rights and the provisions the company has put in place to protect your data. If you would like further information on the policy or GDPR please contact us.Additional Resources Ltd is an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 Required skills

Agile

JavaScript

QA

AWS

Automated QA Engineer

Keyskills :
Agile JavaScript QA AWS Automated QA Engineer