KR79 QA Engineer
Application Deadline: 31 May 2024
Department: QA
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Remote (Asia)
Reporting To: Lead QA Engineer
Description
OverviewAt Cybernetic Controls Limited (CCL), we are committed to global leadership in providing innovative digital solutions that empower businesses to reach their full potential. As a remote-first company, we believe in empowering our employees to work in a way that best suits their individual needs, fostering a culture of flexibility and trust. Since our founding in 2020, we have successfully delivered high-quality resources to our clients in the FinTech sector across various business areas. Read more on the Cybernetic Controls website.
Our Client
We are a multi-award winning Regtech company on a mission to transform the quality of regulatory reporting in the financial services industry. We've combined regulatory expertise with advanced technology to develop our market-leading quality assurance services. Unique in being able to fully assess data quality, our services are used by some of the world’s largest investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds and brokers, helping them to reduce costs, improve quality and increase confidence in their regulatory reporting. Job summary
Kaizen’s QA Engineer will help us ensure the highest level of quality of new and existing web and application solutions. The individual will have the opportunity to work in a team empowering the DevOps spirit, operating at every stage of the Software Development/Testing Lifecycle and working on serverless solutions within the AWS cloud.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and architect high quality, reliable software test assets including test design, approach, scripts and bugs
- Write clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases from user stories
- Support technology stacks for various engineering projects leveraging continuous integration and delivery
- Work with the product teams to ensure that the solutions being worked on are in accordance with their requirements
- Actively participate in agile ceremonies providing the QA perspective into every user story
- Ensure the highest level of data security to protect our clients’ information assets
- Support and be an integral member of the IT team
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Skills- Deep understanding of:
- Software QA methodologies, tools and processes
- Software development lifecycle best practices
- Test-driven development
- Test automation frameworks (Cypress in combination with Cucumber in particular)
- Good understanding of:
- Javascript programming and scripting
- Systems architecture, design and development
- Version Control tools (Git, Github, Gitlab, etc.)
- API testing
- Competent understanding of:
- Python programming and scripting
- Amazon Web Services
- Serverless computing (AWS Lambda and API Gateway, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions, etc.)
- Databases (MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)
- Agile principles, processes and tools
- Ability to communicate in both technical and user-friendly language depending on the audience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to be a “big picture” thinker
- Obsessed with quality
- 2 years of working experience in software testing
- Experience with Cloud Computing, preferably Amazon Web Services
- Bachelor’s degree (or above) in Computer Science or a related subject
Benefits
- 25 days' paid holiday plus UK bank holidays
- Healthcare contribution
- Annual pay review
- Anything in your role you would like to expand on and build professional skills, you are welcome to let us know and we can help you, put you on courses etc.
- Monthly Socials
- Company Laptop will be provided