Role Description We’re partnering with a fast-growing tech company looking for a Lead QA Engineer to take ownership of their testing strategy and build a best-in-class QA function from the ground up. This is a hands-on role where you’ll define frameworks, shape processes, and drive quality across a modern engineering environment. - Leading QA strategy across multiple products and teams - Designing and implementing automation frameworks from scratch (C#) - Establishing scalable QA processes, standards, and best practices - Collaborating closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams - Mentoring and growing QA capability within the team Qualifications - Strong experience in QA automation using C# - Proven track record of building frameworks and QA structures from the ground up - Experience in a Lead or Senior QA role - Solid understanding of CI/CD and modern development practices - A proactive mindset with a passion for improving quality and processes Benefits - Fully remote across the UK - High-impact role with real ownership and autonomy - Opportunity to shape QA in a scaling business - Collaborative, engineering-driven culture

• Own and resolve escalated tickets from Level 1 through to resolution • Troubleshoot and support **Windows Server environments** (AD, DNS, DHCP) • Advanced administration and troubleshooting of **Microsoft 365** (Exchange, identity, MFA, Conditional Access) • Diagnose and resolve **networking issues** (LAN/WAN, VLANs, DNS) • Implement and manage **firewall changes** (FortiGate preferred) • Validate and troubleshoot **backup and DR solutions** (Datto, Cove, Veeam or similar) • Respond to monitoring alerts and improve system stability • Create and maintain **SOPs, documentation, and runbooks** • Mentor Level 1 engineers and reduce unnecessary escalations • Proactively identify risks, security gaps, and improvement opportunities

• Refactor and Maintain Web Scrapers • Overhaul existing scraping scripts to improve reliability, maintainability, and efficiency. • Implement best coding practices (clean code, modular architecture, code reviews, etc.) to ensure quality and sustainability. • Implement Advanced Scraping Techniques • Utilize sophisticated fingerprinting methods (cookies, headers, user-agent rotation, proxies) to avoid detection and blocking. • Handle dynamic content, navigate complex DOM structures, and manage session/cookie lifecycles effectively. • Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams • Work closely with analysts and other stakeholders to gather requirements, align on targets, and ensure data quality. • Provide support, documentation, and best practices to internal stakeholders to ensure effective use of our web scraped data in critical reporting workflows. • Monitor and Troubleshoot • Develop robust monitoring solutions and alerting frameworks to quickly identify and address failures. • Continuously evaluate scraper performance, proactively diagnosing bottlenecks and scaling issues. • Drive Continuous Improvement • Propose new tooling, methodologies, and technologies to enhance our scraping capabilities and processes. • Stay up to date with industry trends, evolving bot-detection tactics, and novel approaches to web data extraction.

Ciklum is looking for a Senior .Net Engineer to join our team full-time in India. We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live. About the role: As a Senior .Net Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Client for this project is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. They are launching a digital transformation project to evaluate existing technology across the tax lifecycle and determine the best future state for that technology. This will include decomposing existing assets to determine functionality, assessment of those functionalities to determine the appropriate end state and building of new technologies to replace those functionalities. Responsibilities: - Back-end development of new functionality - Participating in code and architectural reviews, documenting architecture - Communicating with stakeholders: PMs, developers, architects, QA engineers and other colleagues - Proactive position in solution development, processes improvements - Delivering the product roadmap and planning for the future - Handle complex problems that might arise during solution development and provide field support with creative and rapid solutions - Ensure that the highest coding standards are met and write highly testable, automatable and performant code over the whole SDLC - Accelerated and Productive Development using AI Tools Requirements: - More than 4 years of experience in commercial software development - Excellent knowledge of computer science and computing theory: - OOP, DDD, SOLID, TDD, BDD - Database theory (RDBMS, NoSQL) - Algorithms and data structures - Design, architectural and enterprise patterns - Understanding of network protocols and conventions (e.g. HTTP, REST), authentication and authorization flows and practices - Experience with NoSQL (e.g. Mongodb, DynamoDB) - Knowledge of key-value storages (e.g. Redis, Memcached) - Basic knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) - Excellent knowledge and experience with C# and .NET - Should possess exposure and hands on experience with AI tools preferably github copilot, and additionally exposure to Vibe coding - Commercial experience with: - .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET (Core, MVC, WebAPI) - ORM (e.g. Entity Framework, Dapper) - RDBMS (especially SQL Server) - Messaging systems (e.g. RabbitMQ, ServiceBus) - Cloud providers (e.g. Azure) - Testing frameworks (e.g. NUnit, XUnit, MSTest) - Web Servers - Version control systems (e.g. GIT) - Upper-intermediate English or above Desirable: - Experience with Search Engines (e.g. ElasticSearch, Azure Search) - Experience with REST API development for mobile application - Experience with integration with 3rd party solutions Personal skills: - Ability to relate positively to and engage with a wide range of people - Strong self-motivation, reliable and flexible team-player. High attention to details - Always seeking to improve processes and suggest alternative better solutions - Be ready to embrace change, be flexible - Ability and willingness to mentor more junior team members What`s in it for you? - Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment - Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise - Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications - Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies - Care: We’ve got you covered with company-paid medical insurance, mental health support, and financial & legal consultations About us: At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress. India is a strategic innovation hub for Ciklum, with growing teams in Chennai and Pune leading advancements in EdgeTech, AR/VR, IoT, and beyond. Join us to collaborate on game-changing solutions and take your career to the next level. Want to learn more about us? Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn. Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum! Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.