QA Engineer

Job Description

Capital on Tap is seeking a QA Engineer to join their team in Cardiff. The successful candidate will be responsible for both manual and automated testing, contributing to best practices throughout the SDLC, and working closely with Software Engineers and Product Managers to ensure product quality. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in the Cardiff office.

What this role involves:

• Contributing to the development of automated test scenarios.
• Driving continuous improvement in test processes and procedures.
• Investigating user problems and creating bug reports.
• Performing hands-on testing from a technical standpoint.
• Supporting engineering colleagues to promote team-wide testing responsibility.
• Prioritising tasks in a fast-moving environment.
• Managing risks and issues effectively.
• Reviewing design proposals and recommending improvements.

Requirements:

• Proven software quality assurance experience with web and mobile applications.
• Experience developing tests for functional, regression, performance, and ad-hoc testing.
• Pragmatic approach to raising bugs with a good understanding of risk and impact.
• Understanding of the full E2E impact of changes.
• Experience with C# (or similar OOPs languages) and JavaScript/Typescript.
• Experience with testing tools and frameworks like Selenium Webdriver, RestSharp, PostMan, Appium, xUnit, NUnit.
• Experience working with and testing REST APIs.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and continuous testing practices.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to testing.
• Proficient in SQL Server queries and scripting.

What Capital on Tap offers:

• Private Healthcare.
• Worldwide travel insurance.
• Anniversary Rewards.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.
• 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays).
• Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Season Ticket Loan.
• Free therapy sessions.
• Dog Friendly Offices.
• Free drinks and snacks in our offices.