Quality Engineer

Job Description

Responsibilities

• 80% of time spent on automation and 20% on manual exploratory testing.
• Liaises with Product Managers and developers to ensure that the planned testing meets the requirements.
• Designs, codes, tests, and debugs highly complex software solutions.
• Creates, runs and maintains automated tests for features developed by the team.
• Skilfully navigates their team to simple and testable designs.
• Demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of software practices.
• Helps with training new hires and junior staff.
• Participates in risk analysis activities.
• Attends and contributes to regular projects and team meetings: sprint review, retrospective, planning.
• Works closely with developers to identify defects as early as possible (e.g. features and fixes walkthroughs).
• Works towards meeting the sprint goals.
• Raises any defects found during testing and escalates in accordance with set procedures.
• Helps with the specification, setting up and maintenance of test environments.
• Contributes to software testing documentation and knowledge base.
• Contributes to testability of the software design during sprint planning. Good knowledge of testing tools and frameworks.
• Actively collaborates with senior colleagues with the view of gaining additional technical and product knowledge.
• Identifies and attends appropriate training.
• Assists in hiring new talent.

Skills and Experience

• Coding skills
• Competent use of test automation tools
• Ability to identify and analyse problems
• Good product knowledge
• Understanding of business issues linked to the application being tested

Personal Attributes

• Ability to learn and pick up new concepts quickly
• Reliable
• Detailed / accurate
• Diligent
• Proactive
• Can effectively communicate and share ideas
• Ability to challenge in a constructive manner
• Works effectively with others in their immediate team and with members of other teams
• Contributes constructively to technical and process related discussions

Core values

Consistently live and demonstrate Henry Schein core values:

• Mutuality
• No politics
• Each person as important as the next
• Recognise creativity and encourage it
• Open communication
• Ethics

Qualifications and Attributes

• Computer Science degree or relevant tertiary qualifications
• ISTQB certification

Henry Schein is committed to the principle of equal opportunities in employment in all spheres of its operation. Henry Schein UK Holdings strives to operate a policy of equal opportunity and not discriminate against any person gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law.