Automation Tester

The Digital Engineering team, part of our Integrate pillar, are responsible for building world class, enterprise grade digital applications for high profile brands. We pride ourselves in working with mature Agile methodologies and make use of the latest versions of technology. Our teams are structured in such a way that gives every employee the opportunity to learn new skills, work on various projects over time and see the results of your efforts in the online consumer marketplace. Joining the Digital Engineering function would see you work as part of a cross-functional, product style team, generally consisting of a Business Analyst, Scrum Master / Project Manager, Solution Architect, Lead Developers (FE and BE), Developers, and Testers (Manual and Automated).

We are looking for a highly talented Automated Tester who is in search of every bug, defect and glitch in the matrix! You can perform functional and non-functional testing on web and mobile applications in your sleep. You'll need to be confident in writing, programming, and running automated tests and regression suites; having gained demonstrable experience in Selenium WebDriver for automation and Automated API testing using RestAssured

Our Agile process is mature, and everyone can contribute when planning. We plan and estimate using Planning poker and the Fibonacci scale, ensuring that everyone in our team has a voice. Collaboration is key and we genuinely value everyone’s individual skillset and opinion.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on cutting edge, enterprise grade web-based solutions, where you will be part of a brilliant cross functional team consisting of Developers, Business Analysts & Scrum Masters.

Personality is key and you need to fit the role as well as the team in equal measure. Storyteq prides itself on its culture and every new individual will need to be hard working, enthusiastic and willing to help.

Ideally, we are looking for midlands-based individuals who are happy to work on a hybrid model with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote, HOWEVER we are also open to hiring remote workers in the UK as long as you are prepared to travel to the midlands from time to time.Responsibilities:

• Creating, developing and improving the automation suites for projects
• Develop our automation tests within our test frameworks using Java as our core development language with selenium Web driver
• Working alongside Development teams and other stakeholders to resolve issues
• Writing and running test scripts and regression suits and accurately recording issues raised

Essential Skills

• You’re curious, ambitious, and hardworking and thrive in a fast-moving digital environment
• You already have experience in QA testing web-based applications, cross browser functional testing, strong familiarity with bug tracking and reporting applications, plus experience of writing test cases
• Needless to say, you will come armed with experience of Selenium WebDriver with the Java programming language HTML, CSS and JavaScript and a Working knowledge of BDD (Behaviour Driven Development.

Benefits

Work’s a treat!

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays – we understand the importance of you getting some down time.

• Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
• Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
• Smart Working Options – spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
• So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.

• Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
• Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
• Raising money for charityincluding a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
• Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,500 for a putting a good word in.

• Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.

We Value Diversity

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.

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