Key Facts

Remote From:

United Kingdom

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

50 - 50K yearly

English

Hard Skills

Other Skills

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Mentorship
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Communication

Roles & Responsibilities

Experience in test automation strategies and approaches.
Proficiency with web and API test automation tools and CI/CD pipelines.
Hands-on coding experience in Java, C#, Python, or JavaScript.
Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and BDD frameworks like Cucumber or Specflow.

Requirements:

Lead and provide technical guidance on testing projects.
Define and implement automated testing solutions and frameworks.
Develop and maintain automated test suites.
Mentor and train other team members on testing practices.

Spike

Information Technology & Services

About Spike

Spike deliver confidence in retail technology, from end to end, for the best commercial outcomes, delivering quality go-live technology to retailers in all stages of growth. In a challenging retail landscape, technology is ubiquitous. We are navigators of quality for retail tech, with you at any stage of your tech journey. We’re there to make sure you are ready to implement and maintain the critical technology that delights your customers, drives growth and increases value and conversion. Our services are deep, and our experience extensive and focused in three core areas: Transform, Evolve, Innovate: Transform – We give you the confidence that your major transformation programmes are technically ready, delivered on time, at the right level of quality, and will perform superbly. Evolve - We continuously improve your ability to adapt and change, fostering a culture of continual improvement. Innovate - We drive innovative and advanced approaches to technology change delivery, keeping you at the forefront of the industry. Some key programmes we’re involved in include: - - Ensuring the quality of transformative Salesforce implementations, accelerating go-live decision making to deliver in record time - Peak trading optimisation, to protect revenue from superscale to hyperscale - Implementing build & test automation for faster delivery of ongoing change and enhancements - Proving the quality of complex end to end retail journeys, from merchandising to e-commerce or in-store and on through fulfilment, delivery and beyond - Increasing customer lifetime value by driving quality into post-sale customer experiences such as warranty, repair & customer contact centre experiences - Ensuring accurate retail business decisions can be made in fully integrated Netsuite financial implementations Our market-leading clients include Currys, Lovehoney, Not On The High Street, ASOS, Next, Halfords, Ooni, Mulberry, NBrown and more. Local focus, global scale.

Company type: Scaleup

Industry: Information Technology & Services

Founded: 2018

Company size: 51 - 200

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Job description

Permanent, Full-Time role
Salary: £50k - £65k per annum (depending on experience)

Direct applicants only, no agencies please as we have preferred suppliers already.

Spike are retail technology experts delivering end-to-end, go-live confidence for the biggest retail brands. Learn more about us here.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Spike at a time when we are growing our testing practice.

We are looking for Lead QA Engineers to join us working across our growing client portfolio on different projects using a wide variety of test automation solutions, technologies, and tools. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of both manual testing and test automation across different clients and applications, the ability to work in complex and challenging environments, and strong stakeholder management skills.

Key responsibilities:

Works autonomously and acts as a senior providing technical advice, uses a wide variety of technical solutions, technologies, and tools
Leads technical areas within projects using available frameworks to meet project plans with on-time and on-budget project goals
Identify and recommend the automated testing processes and tools
Define automated testing solutions for a wide range of technologies used on our various client engagements
Create Test Automation frameworks
Develop automated test suites
Lead, guide, train, and mentor other Spike consultants on the project

Required skills:

Proven experience in defining and developing test automation strategies and/or approaches for multiple projects
Exposure to web and API test automation tools and engineering approaches including CI/CD
Hands-on technical design/development experience in tools using a variety of different coding languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript
Agile Software Development Lifecycle Processes and Methodologies
BDD experience with exposure to either Cucumber/Specflow or Gherkin
Previous experience working in the retail industry (optional)

Desirable skills:

Salesforce (Commerce Cloud/Service Cloud)
Mulesoft
Netsuite
Other retail platforms including MACH/Shopify front ends, payments, warehousing or merchandising platforms

What we offer:

Personal relationships - We know each other as individuals with social meet ups at least quarterly and a Director open door policy
Technical consultancy - Challenging technical work with varied projects/clients and internal knowledge management forums
True flexibility - Remote first approach delivering as teams for clients with expenses paid if needed to travel away from home
Shared purpose - Owned by practicing consultants with a hand-picked client base in line with Spike principles
Pick and mix benefits – Generous annual benefits allowance giving you the power to choose how and when you engage with benefits including modern perks & discounts
Genuine support – Career coach assigned on joining with career chats when you want them

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