Mid-Senior QA Automation Engineer

UK/Spain/Sri Lanka based

We have a unique opportunity for a Mid-Senior QA Engineer to join our talented team of innovators based in the UK, Spain and Sri Lanka to provide expert improvements to the software development processes of our AI SaaS product, QBox, prevent defects in production and maintain the quality standards of our code.

QBox Corp is a recognised leader in Conversational AI with significant experience in Natural Language Processing/Understanding/Generation. Our standout SaaS product QBox, is the world’s leading Conversational AI Testing solution used by organisations that are invested in deploying chatbots to enhance and improve interactions between humans and conversational interfaces.

The Role

As our Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Engineer, you can expect to be a key team member in all stages of the software development life cycle to improve test strategies, identify and resolve system malfunctions to prevent defects in production, test automation, contribute to product quality in the early stages of the product definition, and maintain the quality standard of our code. Therefore you will need to contribute your skills to develop and execute testing plans strategies (both exploratory and automated tests) before product deliveries to ensure overall product quality that meets expected standards.

Your responsibilities will include establishing and documenting QA processes and procedures; designing and implementing testing strategies, driving adoption of automation strategies and frameworks, improving test automation and defining corrective actions. You will also review system requirements, generate use cases to ensure that testing captures functional requirements, track quality assurance metrics and provide expert support on complex internally developed applications.

Innovate AI tech is the core of the company so you’ll also need to collaborate, share ideas, and challenge thinking, so we expect you to contribute strong analytical skills, and be self-directed and a forward-thinker.

Key skills

Technical skills

  • Minimum 2-4+ years of industry experience in QA & Automation environment with board range of testing practices.
  • Experience in BDD and Cucumber.
  • Extensive experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Specflow, Cucumber for C#, Selenium Web Driver 3.0 / 4.0, Apache JMeter, Postman, Cypress.
  • Strong understanding of build automation tools and experience including test automation in CI/CD pipelines.
  • Technical knowledge of SQL, Web application and cloud environments are essential.
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum development practice.
  • Experience with Unit Test and Automated Test.
  • Full understanding of the pyramid of testing.
  • Knowledge of cloud environments, especially Azure is strongly beneficial.
  • Knowledge of Angular (JavaScript framework) is also beneficial.
  • Ability to write in C# .NET and knowledge of OOP (Object Orientated Programming).

Soft skills

  • Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with a sense of pragmatism, diplomacy, and good technical judgement.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask.
  • Attention to high and low-level details.
  • Ability to work with teams that have different technology-awareness levels.
  • Be open, approachable, and honest.

Rewards and benefits

The salary offered for this role depends on your experience and suitability. On top of salary, we also provide:

The essentials

  • Hybrid working with opportunity to work in our brand-new modern Hub located at Campus, Reading designed for collaboration and innovation!
  • Full training and development to help you succeed in your role, including free access to LinkedIn Learning, video courses taught by industry experts
  • Day off for your birthday (moving house and getting married!)
  • Enhanced family leave
  • Health cash plan and PMI, including free access to 24/7 GP and health related discounts
  • Tech and cycle to work scheme

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If you work with natural-language data models and you’re looking to quickly and easily understand, analyse, and improve the performance and results of chatbots and conversational AI platforms, QBox is the tool for you and we will show you why.

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