Quality Analyst

What project we have for you:

A unique, Sharia-compliant digital banking and wealth proposition in the heart of London. We are not just another digital bank offering seamless banking experience with certainty, security and simplicity but more. Our mission is to help people sustain and grow their wealth for future generations. We do this by solving problems people have instead of just selling boring banking products. We achieve this in a socially responsible way, driven by innovation and backed by a leading financial institution who are in it for the long run.

What you will do:

• Work as part of cross-functional agile team to ensure quality is driven into the heart of the development process from the requirements stage through to delivery.
• Promote a ‘shift-left’ approach to testing, ensuring tests are identified, prepared, and executed as early as possible in the lifecycle.
• Represent the interest of the customer and the experience of the end user during the delivery process.
• Develop and evolve test frameworks using best-in-class tools and technologies.
• Support testing at different levels of the test pyramid – i.e., unit, integration, service, contract, end-to-end testing.
• Write and review test code to ensure high standards in terms of test coverage, as well as resilience, maintainability, and performance of the test automation suite
• Perform manual testing – functional, exploratory, localization – when needed.
• Participate in agile ceremonies (Stand Ups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives etc).
• Use appropriate metrics/KPIs to validate and report on software quality.
• Proactively bring issues and problems to the attention of the team to ensure timely and appropriate actions are taken.
• Apply risk assessment methods to identify quality risks and impact and, where possible, take appropriate mitigating measures.
• Participate in test plan/strategy review and process review and help drive continuous improvement.
• Log defects in a clear and understandable manner, and work with the Product team to triage and prioritize defects for resolution.
• Collaborate with developers in problem spaces to pair-test functionalities and debug issue

What you need for this:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Quality Assurance.
• Coding proficiency in one or more programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript – preferable, Java – in case if the candidate has experience with JS). Hands-on experience applying design patterns and test automation patterns to the codebase.
• Experience in both manual testing and automation of different mobile app journeys on both iOS and Android.
• Experience in defining test strategy, test plan and test cases.
• Experience with test automation frameworks such as WebdriverIO or Cypress.
• Hands-on experience working with mobile test automation tools e.g., Appium, Calabash, Espresso; IDEs such as XCode, Android Studio, VS-Code; and network monitoring tools such as Charles Proxy, Fiddler or similar.
• Practical experience testing Webservices/RESTful APIs with tools such as RESTAssured or Postman, and testing Microservices with tools such as PACT (contract testing).
• Experience with iterative Lean/Agile methodologies e.g., Scrum or Kanban.
• Prior experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, Bitrise etc.
• Knowledge of version control with GIT and a good understanding of branching and merging concepts.
• Good understanding of approaches such as BDD, TDD, ATDD and how it can be applied to test both backend services and frontend.
• Experience of both functional and non-functional testing – security, performance, accessibility etc – aspects of testing.
• Experience diagnosing, reporting, tracking, and resolving defects and issues using tool, such as JIRA, Trello etc.
• Practical experience with public Cloud infrastructures such as AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloud testing platforms such as BrowserStack, AWS Device Farm, Saucelab etc.
• Qualifications- Degree in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering or a related qualification

About you:

• Driven by the desire to help build solutions that make a difference.
• Have a strong view of what success looks like. Not afraid to question the status quo.
• A problem solver who is prepared to use their initiative and present solutions.
• Strong task orientation (gets things done) and can manage competing priorities.
• Understand the software development life cycle and how quality engineering fits in.
• Have a passion for quality advocacy. A good communicator and collaborator.
• Have a solid understanding of the mobile ecosystem.

Nice to have:

• Experience testing payment processing solutions.
• Knowledge of blockchain technology and NFT. 

1. 5+ years of experience with a minimum of 3 yrs in Automation
2. Mobile testing experience with strong basics, understanding of testing and shipping releases on these platforms - iOS, Android, and Web
3. Prior experience in creating optimal test strategy - functional, non-functional, analytics, and automation
4. Experience with relational database and SQL queries
5. Experience of working with JIRA
6. Prior experience in working with tools like -
   1. Figma
   2. Datadog
   3. AWS

• B.Tech in Computer Science/Information Technology or related field with 5-7 years of relevant experience
• Strong hand in Data Structures and Algorithms
• Proficiency in Java language, Collection & Maps, Exceptional Handling, Object-Oriented Concepts, Design Patterns, Multithreading, and File I/O
• Expertise in Mobile App Automation with Espresso, Appium and/or XCUITest is a must
• Experience in Android Activity life cycles, Android Versions- Builds and apks, App development
• Having solid understanding of tools - jUnit, TestNG, Git Commands, Jenkins Job Setup, Gradle, Maven, and CI/CD
• Candidate with knowledge of Swift, XCUITest, XCUI Tests Scripting, Test Framework Knowledge, Scheme Creation, Cloud Device Management, XCUI Performance and Profiling, XCUI Coverage, SonarCube and Xcode is preffered
• Decent experience in Server Automations, Rest Services, and Controllers, Server Testcases, Jar/war Deployment, SpringBoot, Backend architecture, MySQL/NoSQL, mongo, Redis, Zookeeper

Mandate Skills:- Appium, Java

Responsibilities:

• Should have hands on experience Java have flexibility to learn new programming languages, tools & can build PoC around them
• Should have hands on experience on Functional Testing (UI, Mobile, API), Regression Testing, Testing Web Services/API (Postman/Swagger/YAML)
• Experience on load testing/performance testing is good to have
• Should have hands on experience with API testing tools like ReadyAPI, SOAPUI, JMeter, Blaze meter etc.
• Should have hands on knowledge in writing PL/SQL's to collect and verify test data and should have worked on relational databases.
• Must have knowledge on setting up test automation pipeline in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Teamcity, and Azure DevOps etc.

Desired profile:

• Should have excellent communication skills and should be able to handle communications independently and confidently with business and development teams.
• Should have good documentation skills & experience in defining and publishing key quality metrics and governance around it.
• Experience with Test Management tools like Atlassian JIRA, TestRail will be a plus.
• Experience working in Agile software development

Key Skills

• Java, C#, JavaScript & have flexibility to learn new programming languages
• Designing Proof-of-Concepts (PoC) & Test automation architecture/framework
• Automation Testing (UI, Mobile, API, dB)
• PL/SQL , MS-SQL Server
• API testing tools like RestAssured, RestSharp, ReadyAPI, SOAPUI, JMeter, Blaze meter etc.
• CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Teamcity, and Azure DevOps etc.
• Open Source tools - Appium.

• Designing, developing, coding, testing and debugging software framework/product
• Coordinate automation testing with the Engineering team members in an Agile workflow
• Flexible to work on automation as well as development
• Create accurate and detailed bug reports when issues are identified
• Mentor and assist other Engineering team members in automation standards

Do you have the right skills?

• 2+ years of professional experience within Automation/Development
• Scripting experience in Java or Python
• Hands on experience with the Rest API testing is necessary
• Basic understanding of networking / Linux process debugging tools
• Excellent communication and analytical skills, with experience working with otherdevelopers towards a common goal
• Great communication: Provides status without prompt, brings up blockers (coding/testing) immediately, speaks up in standup / planning
• Ability to remove some roadblocks

• This position involves testing activities of all phases of software development life cycle and the development of GUI automated tests for end-to-end testing of a Business-to-Business web application that spans Front Office (website) and Back Office (Linux) implementations. The successful candidate will be working closely in a team environment with product development engineers and quality assurance to create automated acceptance, functional, smoke tests and performance tests.
• Ownership of the entire test cycle for an Agile team, including story decomposition and sizing, test and test automation approach, test plans and objective creation, testing.
• Maintaining test suites and test tools, test environment setup, defect management, test execution and test reporting.
• Work on improving Best Practices in Test Management and Quality Assurance Process.

• 5-10 years of experience.
• Minimum 5 years of Experience in Selenium Web-driver. 
• Good understanding of QA methodology, automation expertise and ability to code.
• Good understanding of various operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux/Unix.
• Good knowledge of SQL and relational database such as Oracle, MS SQL Server, and MySQL.
• Good understanding of browser technologies such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox, and Google Chrome.
• Good knowledge of Rest API testing.
• Some knowledge of programming/scripting languages/environments such as XML, JavaScript, Perl, PL/SQL and Unix/Linux Shell, Python.
• Some understanding of network protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP and SSL.
• Some knowledge of programming languages such as Java.
• Experience with tools such as Selenium strongly desired.
• Experience with tools such as cucumber strongly desired.
• Experience in supply chain management software and industry an advantage.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment. 
• Must possess critical thinking skills in addition to good interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Willing and able to create and adapt to new tools or technologies.

• The candidate should have more than 2+ years of experience in Manual testing, Developing, and executing test cases.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with selenium web driver is required also needs to have strong Java coding skills.
• Selenium with Java, Selenium Eclipse automation, API automation experience is good to have.
• Exposure to working in Agile/Scrum environment.
• Experience in Web Testing and Mobile Testing is a must.
• Understanding of QA metrics and reporting.
• Should have knowledge of Defect Management, Bug life cycle, Performance management.
• Proficient in different types of Testing like Integration, Regression, Sanity, User Acceptance testing, etc.