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Junior QA Engineer
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
£30K - £36K / year
Seniority
Junior
Job Description
Junior QA Engineer
Allego
• Testing new features, product enhancements, and fixes relating to the Allego platform and all associated products. • Engaging in the Agile development process, from sprint kickoff through to reporting bugs. • Actively participating in team standups, refining, estimating, and retrospective sessions. • Creating well-structured test cases covering specifications and ensuring high-quality outcomes. • Producing and maintaining manual testware supporting automation efforts. • Raising and reporting quality issues clearly and concisely. • Following through with Development and Product to ensure timely and accurate bug fixes. • Maintaining and executing regression packs.
Job Requirements
- 1+ years Quality Assurance experience preferably in a SaaS environment.
- Ability to create and manage all testware (test cases, cycles, data).
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks (SCRUM, Kanban).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience of Jira / Test Management Systems / Google Workspace.
- Experience with manual testing web and mobile applications preferred.
- Knowledge of security best practices for a SaaS platform preferred.
- Knowledge of CRM systems (Salesforce / MS Dynamics) is beneficial.
- Automation experience or understanding of tools such as Jenkins / WebdriverIO / BrowserStack is beneficial but not essential.
- Motivation and confidence to suggest improvements to strengthen test effectiveness.
- ISTQB foundation level is desirable but not essential - we can help with that!
Benefits
- Private healthcare plan
- Holiday & sick time
- Pension Scheme
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