Automation QA Engineer: API & Microservices

Bango plc; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a QA Engineer to drive quality practices within the Engineering team. You will be responsible for creating and executing automated tests, promoting a quality focus, and working in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate should have experience with open-source automation tools and strong analytical skills. This role offers a friendly working environment and various employee benefits including flexible working hours and private medical insurance.

Benefits

A friendly, informal working environment

Bendi-time (flexible working hours)

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday a year increasing to 28 days with 4 years service

Cycle to work, gym discount

Qualifications

• Experience with open-source test automation tools and building automated functional regression test suites.
• Strong communication skills, both spoken and written.
• Working experience in Agile development teams.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and execute automated tests to support agile software development.
• Run exploratory and usability tests using a range of test tooling.
• Promote an automation-first and quality-driven development mindset across the teams.

Skills

Experience with open-source test automation tools

Experience of test automation in programming languages

Experience in testing APIs, REST & SOAP Web services

Good analytical mind problem-solving skills

Strong communication skills

Tools

Postman

Jira

Confluence

Job description

A leading technology company is seeking a QA Engineer to drive quality practices within the Engineering team. You will be responsible for creating and executing automated tests, promoting a quality focus, and working in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate should have experience with open-source automation tools and strong analytical skills. This role offers a friendly working environment and various employee benefits including flexible working hours and private medical insurance.