QA Analyst (Maternity Cover - 1 year Fixed Term Role)

Genesis Global London United Kingdom Client Delivery
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Company Description

Genesis transforms application development in financial markets by offering a low-code platform that supercharges developers and enables organizations to build performant, secure applications with unmatched speed, efficiency and scale.

At Genesis, we place a premium on cultivating and preserving an inclusive and respectful company culture where the foundation of our success is a diverse workforce of individuals with unique perspectives, diverse identities, varied experiences, and a range of cultural backgrounds. We have the vigor and passion of a startup and the skill and experience of a scale-up, consistently refining and exploring ways to make work better for everyone.

To help us achieve our vision of reinventing the way financial markets organizations build software, we are looking for people who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo - people who are passionate about change.

If you are a self-starter with a solution-orientated mindset, you’ll find a home at Genesis.

Position

We are looking for individuals capable of being accountable for QA within their small scrum teams. You are on the critical path from analysis all the way through to release to production, as we utilise the Genesis platform to deliver world class solutions at incredible speed. We embrace the 'Three Amigos' pattern of working so your ability to collaborate as an equal with analysts and developers is just as important as your technical skills in test automation or ability to turn a client's vision into a concrete set of acceptance criteria.

How you’ll play your part

  • Be involved in the full life cycle of software development.
  • Collaborate with analysts and developers in the ‘three amigos’ pattern on BDD.
  • Produce and execute test strategies, test plans, and implement test automation scripts as needed against the Genesis products and services.
  • Coordinate the execution of Manual and automated regression testing, maintaining a build pipeline on our Continuous Integration system.
  • Have a good knowledge of our business, services, and our customers’ needs.
  • Play an active role in our cross team, global QA guild.
  • Own a QA regime within your team which gives both stakeholders and colleagues confidence in the deliverable.
  • Design, collect and automate the metrics

Requirements

The experience you’ll bring

Technical

  • Minimum 2-3 years of Automation experience with Java, Selenium , Cucumber with a Foundation level of ISTQB Certified or equivalent
  • Expert in executing QA within an agile context.
  • Experience of owning exploratory and manual testing.
  • Proven track record of construction and verification of acceptance criteria.
  • Experience in test automation tools, ideally for web GUI, API and performance testing.
  • Competence in CI/CD pipelines especially integration of automated testing very useful.
  • Experience to capital markets not essential but an advantage

Competencies

  • Strong understanding of the latest trends in technologies and their role in a Capital markets environment.
  • Very strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical persons.
  • Must continually strive to acquire new skills in relevant technology and business.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to set own goals based on shifting priorities.
  • Ability to maintain confidence and composure in stressful situations.
  • Self-starter with strong sense of ownership.
  • Scrum Master certification is a plus

Other information

BENEFITS | WE HELP OUR PEOPLE THRIVE

At Genesis, we recognize that taking care means looking after the whole self, both at and away from the office. We are committed to enhancing the wellbeing of our team members through flexible, individualized benefits.

  • Competitive salary and a stake in the company’s success through a defined bonus
  • 25 days holiday per annum
  • Top-level cover private medical healthcare insurance
  • Employer contributions to your future through our company pension plan
  • A remote working allowance to help set up your home office
  • A dedicated training allowance with access to a great portfolio of training providers
  • An annual wellbeing allowance to spend on anything that will benefit your mental and/or physical wellbeing
  • Corporate discount programs and access to a large portfolio of remote activities (e.g. online interest and fitness classes)
  • Hybrid Working – If you are located within a reasonable commutable distance from one of our hubs, we encourage you to work from the office a minimum of one or two days per week.

JOIN OUR TEAM

At Genesis, there is no vertical limit on your career development, you will be surrounded by people and teams that challenge and inspire you to do things better, faster and smarter. What makes working at Genesis different? We support our team members who have trusted us with their careers through initiatives such as flexible working to promote work/life balance, and a continued focus on personal and professional development.

Website:https://new.genesis.global/

We are only accepting applications from candidates directly. Given application volumes, we do not require CVs from recruitment agencies

Tripti Chandwani

Genesis Talent Acquisition Team