Senior QA Automation Engineer
Edinburgh (hybrid)
We have a truly exciting opportunity for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to be part of an innovative software engineering team developing Brady's cloud-native trading solution for the power and energy markets. With the energy revolution under way and decarbonisation driving reliance on intermittent renewable energy sources, companies must have the right tools to thrive in this green transition. Building upon Brady's unrivalled heritage in developing software for the European physical power trading markets, Brady is responding to this market shift by being first to market in creating a truly holistic short-term power trading solution called PowerDesk.
With some flagship customers already on board, we have exciting plans for PowerDesk including algorithmic trading capabilities with machine learning to be developed later this year. The Senior QA & Automation Engineer will be responsible for performing Quality Assurance and Test activities. This will involve developing and executing manual and automated tests across our product suite, which includes desktop and web applications. You will be an effective communicator who is comfortable discussing issues / ideas within the business and on site with clients. You are an enthusiastic tester whose drive is continuous improvement and a focus on helping the team deliver quality products.
The types of tech skills we're looking for:
1. Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript/C#
2. Frameworks: Cypress, Playwright
3. Testing tools: K6, Gatling
4. Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python, Azure CLI
5. Monitoring: Azure Monitor (App Insights)
6. Reporting: PowerBI, JupterNotebooks, or similar
7. Databases: NoSQL
Along with the technical skills, you'll likely have experience with the following:
8. Testing Event Driven architectures (Data Streaming)
9. Data generation for Load and Performance testing
10. Testing Azure cloud native systems that use Azure PaaS offerings (CosmosDB, ServiceBus, API Management, Azure Monitor, Storage Accounts)
11. WebSockets and REST APIs
12. Security Testing: Data segregation, roles and permissions
13. Setting up a testing pipeline from scratch (CI/CD, regression, load, performance, security testing)
Some key responsibilities:
14. Liaise with internal teams (Product Management, Analysts etc) to understand requirements and develop testable Acceptance Criteria
15. Liaise with clients, as required, to understand and develop testable Acceptance Criteria
16. Provide Test estimates to support bid pricing, project costing and task planning
17. Develop automation frameworks to deliver efficient and effective testing ensuring that solutions are practical, conform to good engineering practices e.g. SOLID and are readily adoptable, supportable and extendable by others in the team
18. Design, develop and execute automated tests using approved tools and frameworks
19. Derive and design test cases following approved development testing standards and guidelines
20. Design, develop and execute functional and non-functional tests (automated and manual as required)
21. Peer review QA and Test team work
22. Prioritise workload to meet agreed commitments
23. Review SDLC processes and recommend improvements
24. Ensure approved development procedures are followed across the SDLC
25. Capture, record and document bugs allowing Development teams to readily reproduce issues
26. Provide timely feedback to Line Management as required
27. Mentor less experienced staff in all aspects of testing (automated and manual)
28. Ability to collaborate successfully across cross functional teams to improve processes and product quality
29. Establishing baselines of tests required for regression testing
30. Identification of test coverage across systems and remedial work as required to fix gapIdentification of areas of any system that would benefit from automated test investment
What Brady offers:
31. Great compensation + 8% pension + 5% bonus + private health insurance and more!
32. 23 days' holiday + bank holiday, increasing by one day per year of service up to 28 days + bank holidays
33. 1/2 day off Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve
34. Pluralsight licenses for engineering team members
35. Flexible working hours
36. An opportunity to build a modern technology platform for the power and energy trading markets
37. A positive, values-driven culture