About the role
We’re looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join our cross-functional teams building our React Native Zable App, used by over 1M monthly customers on iOS and Android.
Over the next year we have big plans for our app. New products and bringing Zable to new audiences. We are scaling our dev team up to match our ambition and we’re looking for talented people to help us experiment and succeed in these new areas.
Our new Senior QA Engineer will take responsibility for the smooth running of our automated test suites and infrastructure. They will collaborate with developers, providing advice on best practices for test writing and QA rigour. They will need to be hands on with our Maestro E2E test code and infrastructure to scale this up. They will be a leader of Quality, educating and motivating other teams to make changes that improve our QA processes.
Our Tech Stack
Mobile Apps - Typescript, React Native, GraphQL, Jest, React Testing Library, Maestro
Web - Typescript, React, NextJS, SCSS, Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Redux
Backend -Kotlin, PHP 7/8 (Symfony), AWS, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes
Tooling
Github, Jira & Confluence, for our code & product management processes
Github Actions
Bugsnag, Datadog & Sentry for debugging and reporting
Figma & Storybook, for our design process
For more information about how we work you can also check out our blog and read more about our workplace culture.
About You
You have a significant amount of experience in QA Automation testing, specifically for mobile apps
You are proficient using modern Javascript with Typescript
You are experienced in setting up automation test frameworks and maintaining automated test infrastructure
You have the investigatory skills and the tenacity to enthuse people to get to the root cause of system failures
You are proactive and take initiative, preferring to improve the app or test infrastructure rather than maintaining the status quo.
You have the ability to mentor developers on the subject of testing, inspiring them to improve their tests and coverage
You have a strong understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devices and what is pragmatic to test for
You understand the importance of catering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered to
You have a product mindset and enjoy working with product managers and engineers to ensure we have appropriate tests and levels of coverage for MVP and critical feature functionality, as well as non-functional requirements including security and performance.
What would make you stand out
You have experience using Maestro for mobile testing
You have experience testing cross-platform mobile development using React Native
You have experience with test tracking software to manage test suites
You’ve tested products that have used staged rollouts and multivariate testing approaches to release new features and test hypotheses
You’ve worked on products that have scaled from zero users to tens or hundreds of thousands (or more), and can apply what you learnt in new contexts
Interview process
A quick video call with a member of our talent team to learn more about you
A 45-minute video call with an Engineering Manager to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the role
A short test automation exercise to complete in your own time
Final Onsite or Video interviews;
A technical session with your peers where you’ll discuss your solution to the exercise, talk through some problems and scenarios, and dig deeper into your technical experience
An interview with an Engineering Manager to explore your motivations and goals, assess how you could play a part in your team’s success, and better understand how we could help you thrive in your role.
