Job Description
We are currently looking for a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to join our team and help us test and deliver quality software solutions that are fit for use and purpose. This role is hybrid but could be based in our Manchester city centre or Whitley (Yorkshire) office.
But there’s more to this than just the ‘day job’. Tunstall is embarking upon a significant technical and business transformation programme that is focusing on changing the way in which we host and deliver our market leading solutions.
A bit about us:
Tunstall is a market-leading health and care technology provider.
We’re passionate about ensuring our team reflects the brilliant and unique qualities of the people and communities we support. Our incredible team of more than 3,000 colleagues provides life saving and life changing technology and services to millions of people in 18 different countries.
At Tunstall you’ll find a place where you’re valued and celebrated for being yourself. We empower our people to deliver the very best teamwork, innovation and thought leadership by creating an environment where we champion diversity and inclusion. We demonstrate our commitment to diversity and inclusion at each step. From our open, fair, and transparent recruitment processes, through to the many development and career growth opportunities we provide.
Each Tunstall colleague has a superpower… they’re unique. No one else is them, and we think that’s special. Come and join our mission and be part of our team, our One Tunstall team.
What will you be doing in this role?
As a Senior QA Engineer at Tunstall, you will be focused on improving our ability to test efficiently as well as enhancing the product and customer experience. You will help implement a team, lead on test automation strategy design and implementation, so you must have a proven track record of software testing for organisations where time to market, quality and rapid change are critical to the company's success.
The Ideal candidate:
To be successful in this role you will have proven experience as a Senior QA Engineer, using your strong communication skills to drive the importance of quality and testing throughout the entire software development life cycle. You will review, analyse and recommend appropriate tools for automation and non-functional testing including, performance, load, stress and security testing. You will also have a hunger for continuous improvement and innovation.
Any experience of working within a business moving from Legacy to modern systems and working with cloud micro services using Microsoft and / or mobile applications would be desirable, but not essential.
Key skills and experience:
Passionate about building a great consumer product that our customers will love
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Proven-track record as an effective Quality Engineer in complex software development projects
Demonstrated experience of both manual and automated testing methods
In depth experience of Test Automation Development
Experience of Agile Methodologies and frameworks like Scrum / Kanban / SAFe
Working knowledge of development languages for unit testing (we mainly use Microsoft/C#/React/Angular at Tunstall)
Experience supporting developers in writing better test automation
Experience mentoring and coaching other team members on software testing best practices
Working knowledge of a development language such as Java, Python or C#
Demonstrated experience of testing microservice based architectures and understanding data flow through such systems
Experience taking on complex technical concepts and information relatively quickly in most contexts and providing immediate advice on effective courses of action
Expertise demonstrating & illustrating an understanding of solution architecture including system design, data design and data flow
Expertise in testing at API layers (e.g. REST)
Experience of testing tools like Selenium / Appium or similar
If you are not sure if you have the relevant skills or experience, then please apply (only takes a few minutes) and let our team review and come back to you.
What we offer:
Hybrid working
Competitive salary
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Contributory pension
Volunteer day
Car benefit scheme
Perks and benefits that include things like: free eye tests, a cycle to work scheme, retail discounts and a subsidised on-site canteen (Whitley office)
A warm and welcoming team environment
Development and a chance to build a rewarding career
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