QA Engineer
Willis Towers Watson1 month ago
Reigate, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Define test strategies, technical test plans, and acceptance criteria for new features and applications.
- Design, implement, and document test environments and frameworks across all levels of the testing pyramid.
- Develop automated unit, integration, system, end-to-end, performance, load, stress, and soak tests.
- Execute functional and non-functional testing, review and debug product and test code, and investigate defects and performance bottlenecks.
- Analyze test data and produce test reports for checkpoints and milestones.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and software engineers on story acceptance, defect fixes, product architecture, and testability.
- Participate in Scrum activities and continuously improve team processes, engineering practices, and velocity.
- Investigate and integrate testing tools and methodologies into continuous integration processes and share practices with other teams.
Requirements
- Proven professional experience in technical software quality assurance or SDET roles.
- Strong understanding of software testing concepts, processes, levels, methods, types, and estimation techniques.
- Experience building test frameworks from scratch and supporting testing across the testing pyramid.
- Strong experience developing automated test solutions for web-based products using .NET and C#.
- Experience testing and automating distributed systems and building performance benchmarking solutions for .NET applications.
- Extensive experience with continuous integration and delivery tooling.
- Strong communication, teamwork, analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced Agile team environment.
- Desirable experience with Azure cloud services, infrastructure as code, Docker, ACA, Kubernetes, chaos engineering, automated security testing, and the insurance industry.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a relevant discipline.
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave plus an additional WTW day.
- Private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health assessments.
- Defined contribution pension scheme with company-matched contributions up to 10%.
- Hybrid working options, an employee assistance programme, and a fully paid volunteer day.
- Optional electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme, cycle-to-work programme, dental and optical cover, and critical illness protection.
- Equal employment opportunity with application, interview, and workplace adjustments and accommodations available.
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