QA Automation Engineer (Cypress/Javascript)

QA Automation Engineer

Fully remote/City of London

£60,000 - £65,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus

On behalf of a forward thinking and successful fintech, I am seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join their growing team and to be a part of the businesses continued focus on automation, integration and connectivity.

You will work as part of a full-stack product team of product people, designers, engineers, test engineers and subject matter experts to make their vision a reality.

The company can offer this role fully remote, however should you wish to be among others and be office/hybrid based you will need to be within a commutable distance of the City of London.

Responsibilities:

• Helping drive quality from conception to finished product
• Developing detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Applying and maintaining automated testing processes for our products
• Contributing to the growth of our regression packs and ensuring we maintain a high level of automated test coverage
• Identifying, reporting and working with team members to resolve issues found
• Contributing to architectural decisions from a testability perspective
• Tracking quality assurance metrics, such as defect densities and open defect counts
• Staying up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies.

Experience/Skills required:

• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience with Cypress
• Programming skills in JavaScript
• Strong SQL skills
• Hands-on experience with both white-box and black-box testing
• Whilst experience in the financial services industry is not essential to this role, it would be advantageous
• Good spoken and written English
• A keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence
• A high degree of personal honesty and integrity
• Understanding of how to effectively prompt and utilize AI tools for test planning, documentation, and analysis.