Senior Engineer, QA

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Job Title - Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Team - Platform Integration, News UK
News Technology Services (NTS) is News Corps premier Development Center. We provide global technology and information services that connect people to the news they need. We are an essential part of News Corps global technology strategy. We work directly with News Corps global brands to offer a range of technology services, including Mobile Development, Web Solutions, Analytical Services, IT Infrastructure Support, and Cyber Security Operations.
We are People First :
Ultimate Software began more than 6 years ago with a core belief: Always put people first. We are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of caring, and, perhaps more importantly, of inclusiveness. This founding principle drives us at the core from creating a culture thats made us unique and the Best Workplace. According to Silicon India Magazine, were one of the finest places to work in 2017. We are the proud recipient of the Best IT Partnership of 2017 at the latest RITA awards, and have been included on a plethora of recommended companies lists.
We are Driven by Innovation
From operations and infrastructure support to data technology and software development, we are committed to finding creative solutions to deliver essential news around the globe. We believe that technology will always be a tool thats driven by human intent.
We are a diverse and dynamic team that is expanding. Culture and respect are at the heart of everything we do. We have a well-positioned office, a flexible working pattern and a great team environment. Well help you deliver your best work and grow you with career and personal development through training,
Roles & Responsibilities
Youll be an important part of a team delivering quality software. This could lead to a more senior role requiring you to show autonomy, initiative and good judgment. You will help define, implement and continuously improve a testing strategy, aiming to automate as much as possible.
Youll work in an agile environment with product teams and business analysts to ensure that tickets are clearly understood and are testable. Youll collaborate with your peers across QA, engineering and other disciplines both in Sofia and in London to advocate a test-driven development approach and evangelize the importance of quality.
Youll find these skills useful in this role:

• A solid understanding of testing methodologies, principles and tools
• A collaborative and engaging approach to team-driven outcomes
• A willingness to broaden your knowledge of testing by learning new skills, tools and approaches
  

What were looking for from you: Youre a seasoned QA professional who can make right judgment calls based on a sound knowledge of the testing pyramid and best practices. Your experience has covered the breadth of testing, including APIs, microservices, UI, load, performance, security, and perhaps contract testing. Maybe you have previously written performance tests for high traffic websites and understand its impact on improving SEO.
You are familiar with shell scripting, AWS and Docker and know how to create a test automation framework from scratch.
We love knowledge sharing, so ideally youll feel comfortable presenting to internal teams as well as external Meetups, representing the QA work at News UK.
Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years working experience in Web Applications development and testing automation.
• Good experience in Javascript based frameworks like (e.g. Cypress, Jest, Mocha, PactJS).
• Good experience in Visual testing like (e.g. BackstopJs , Applitools and React Storybook).
• Good experience in APIs, load, performance, security, and perhaps contract testing.
• Good experience in CI/CD using Jenkins/CircleCI.
• Strong adoption of BDD/ TDD and is able to articulate the experience
• Strong experience in designing, documenting, and implementing test frameworks in a service-oriented environment.
• Strong experience in Javascript language.
• Good to have knowledge on GraphQL applications (including Apollo).
• Strong experience in AWS and Docker.
• Hands-on skills with subversions like SVN, GIT etc.

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• Ability to handle deployments and manage release processes.
• Well versed knowledge across project development processes and life cycles.
• Capability to demonstrate skills towards Team / Peers management(if applicable).
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to any changes both technical and process-related.
• Knowledge of test methodologies and their corresponding tools.
• The ability to recognise risks and errors in an application.
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Extensive experience of working as part of Agile teams.
  

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