AUTOMATION QA ENGINEER

QA role in a new team at an established international company of more than 20 years that is now in scaleup mode. Responsible for QA process including building automated regression testing and hands-on testing where automated testing still needs to be implemented. There is an opportunity to combine this with a DevOps role if the candidate has relevant AWS experience. A successful candidate will be an early starter in a newly established team that will grow and offer long-term career growth opportunities in line with an international company growing fast and leveraging technology to manage this business growth. Company Overview K2 Corporate Mobility is an independent global mobility expert, providing comprehensive services to corporate clients relocating their employees. We manage and deliver services through our global partner network and strive to be a true business partner – an extension of our clients’ HR/Mobility function. We provide one accountable point of contact for HR teams and assignees throughout international relocations. Managing a global network of over 1,000 carefully selected specialist partners worldwide allows K2 to deliver an extraordinarily high standard of service on every assignment. This high level of service and care has ensured blue-chip clients and an excellent reputation in a highly competitive industry. We’re independent, ambitious, entrepreneurial, diligent go-getters and we believe in delivering only the best for our customers, their assignees, our partners, and staff. Headquartered in the UK, K2 serves every location worldwide via our regional hubs located in the USA, Brazil, France, Sweden, South Africa, UAE, Singapore, and Australia. The next office we are building out is in Bucharest, Romania, which will start as our Technology hub. This will be our core Technology team supporting the global K2 business. We are building this team from scratch as K2 looks to insource our systems' Intellectual Property and rely less on external consultants for our systems development. We are therefore looking for a team that will want to be part of something very new at K2 and help us build a technology department that works closely and in partnership with the rest of the firm. Technology is at the core of our K2 service offerings and in order to scale up the business, K2 is now making a significant and continued investment in building out our current system architecture as well as building new systems in order to integrate more seamlessly with our customers, their assignees, and just as importantly our partners. What sets us apart is our people. We employ the best and allow them to be the best they can be. Reporting to Senior Technology Team Lead The Role The QA role is a critical part of the SDLC at K2. As a software tester, you’ll be involved in the quality assurance stage of software development and deployment. You’ll conduct automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose and any bugs or issues are removed within a product before it gets deployed to our users. An important part of this role will also be advancing the automated regression testing coverage, as well as being part of the core team that helps K2 move to a test-driven development model as we redefine our business analysis and specification processes to drive more agile development. This role is core to the creation of software solutions at K2. Significant business growth over the last year and plans for much more growth are driving a lot of system enhancement requirements. As well as excellent technical skills, this role needs strong analytical skills and a team player to help deliver critical system development in sync with the overall SDLC process. This role is immediately important to K2 achieving its next chapter of growth with technology at the heart of this critical part of the business strategy, and as a result offers career growth with more system and technical strategy ownership as knowledge of the system and technology offering increases. Main Duties and Responsibilities Responsible for automated and manual testing cycles Scripted hands-on testing of frontend UI Semi-automated regression integration testing as pre-release critical path Responsible for building out new automated tests using backend and UI test harnesses Responsible for QA best practices and strategy Contribute to best practices for test-driven software development model, including review and validation of any test-driven specification methodology input tests Join daily Tech team stand-ups and partner closely with Tech leads on project pipeline management Partner with Support team to incorporate any additional tests into the QA process needed to facilitate robust system releases Opportunity to learn and understand AWS deployments Excellent people skills to interact with staff, colleagues, and cross-functional teams Experience: Skills / Abilities & Knowledge Hands-on and automated testing execution experience Experience with automated testing tools and scripting Working knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, hybrid methodologies) Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as JIRA and Confluence Ability to learn fast, have attention to detail, and be able to progress tasks Good communication in English, both oral and written Teamwork +4 years of relevant technology experience Preferred Experience with Allure TestOps tool Working knowledge of SDLC models/methodologies Experience with AWS deployments Interest in K2 business functions in order to contribute to UAT process Working Hours 8 hours a day 2-3 days a week in the office together with the rest of the Technology team, to ensure quality time with all of the new local team members as we build our Romania-based team. 23 days holiday per year plus Public Holidays Training Opportunities for technical certifications and relevant conference attendance. This role is part of a new Technology Team at K2, and so being at the start of this journey will open up many opportunities for individual growth as the overall team grows in size and responsibility. As you learn K2 systems and technology infrastructure, you will be given more responsibility, more autonomy to influence system architectures, and increase seniority. We will also ensure that there is the opportunity to learn new technologies as these are adopted by K2. This is a long-term role at K2, and we invest in our people. Benefits Development and specialization training. #J-18808-Ljbffr