Hackajob Stockport, England, United Kingdom
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hackajob is collaborating with CDL Software to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
QA Engineer
Are you passionate about quality and testing software with an Agile mindset? Do you care about “building the right thing” and “building the thing right”? Does being part of an innovative culture inspire you? Does being part of an “Automate, automate, automate” QA strategy interest you? Then we want you!
We’re looking for a QA Engineer to join our ranks. With a strong collaborative focus and a drive for continuous improvement, you’ll be a key part of the Delivery Team as they work to implement features to delight our customers. You’ll be an experienced QA Engineer, with a strong automation testing background, and a desire to iterate, innovate, and instigate quality-driven approaches and processes. You’ll know a variety of automation test tools and technologies, specifically API and UI levels of the automation test pyramid.
This is the perfect opportunity to be a part of meaningful change to our flagship and newer products and help drive a culture of excellence in everything we do.
About CDL
CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.
We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on cultivating an inspiring working environment with our employees at the heart of our company.
In a nutshell we are the market leading software house in our industry, creating the software, websites & apps for the Insurance & Finance sector across the UK. If you were to go on a price comparison website, approximately 65% of the companies on there are our clients!
What you'll do
* To be involved in the entire Software Delivery Lifecycle.
* To build, maintain and improve automation test frameworks.
* Work with the delivery team to turn requirements into fully automated test sets.
* Provide detailed metrics from the automated test results.
* To prevent the creation of defects in our software.
* To work proactively with the team to instil quality into our product, processes & practices.
* To embed modern testing approaches as a part of a whole-team responsibility for quality.
Business Requirements
* To communicate and collaborate effectively in an Agile environment.
* Experience of Performance and Security Testing desirable.
* Confident in presenting and demoing to wider business areas.
* Experience of working in a fast-paced Agile environment.
* A cradle-to-grave approach to ‘baking quality in’ to Software Delivery.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills.
* A proactive, positive ‘can-do’ attitude.
* A desire to learn the latest technologies in the market and help to implement those into QA at CDL.
* Solution-orientated.
* Insurance experience desirable.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
* An excellent understanding of the principles of Agile testing.
* Experience of automating API tests, using frameworks such as Karate, SOAPUI, Rest Assured or similar.
* Experience with front end automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress or similar.
* Experience of working with cloud-based infrastructure. Cloud practitioner or other foundational qualification is desirable.
* Experience of working with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into the pipeline.
* Proven knowledge of databases and database query languages, e.g. SQL.
* Experience of TDD and BDD techniques.
Benefits
Salary
The salary for the role of QA Engineer pays up to £39,000p.a. providing a fantastic opportunity for career progression through CDL’s clearly defined career framework (https://progression.cdl.co.uk/).
Your growth and advancement within CDL are only limited by your own ambition and effort.
Benefits
* Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD)
* Truly flexible working.
* 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.
* Top employer for 9th year running
* Excellent training and development platform
* Opportunities for career progression
* Health and Wellbeing programme
* Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups.
* Life and health assurance
* Electric Vehicle Scheme
* Established Recognition Award System
* Great Parental Benefits
* Diversity and Inclusion network
* Pension scheme
* Community projects and volunteer days
* Refer a friend bonus
Campus Benefits:
* On-site free parking
* Open plan modern offices
* Quiet Spaces are also available
* Shuttle bus to and from the station
* Subsidised restaurant
* Games room and chill out zone
* Annual Hackathon & Deep Racer Events
* Social activities, regular social events through our social group Xtra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more!
* Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site
* Cycle to work scheme
* Shower and dry rooms
Diversity and inclusion
We’re on a journey to keep innovating, that means welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking.
CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants.
About CDL Software
The UKs biggest insurance retailers rely on CDLs trend setting solutions to drive success and growth. Our ambition and commitment has produced a track record of delivering exactly that. The result is a client base that includes some of the most profitable insurance operations in the UK.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Software Development
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