Circit is a fast-growing B2B SaaS company that is on a mission to make business verifiable in real-time. We are creating a global asset verification platform that allows auditors to deliver higher quality financial audits and spend more time helping businesses to create greater value for all economic stakeholders. Our current customer base includes big four accountancy firms as well as global banks.
We are looking for an ambitious Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (QA) with a passion for quality and the desire to shape our company Test strategy as the first hire on the QA team. By nature, you're a problem solver and excited to identify deficiencies that could impair our sales and technical processes. You work well with technical teams and see software development as a team sport.
Requirements
In this role you will:
- Develop a deep knowledge of our business platforms and backend to help assess Circit’s overall quality;
- Create a Quality Assurance plan for Circit which includes both manual and automated aspects;
- Review requirements prior to implementation and be able to identify risk area.
- Ensure that, on a sprint-by-sprint basis, user stories are tested appropriately prior to releases;
- Clearly define any issues found and document the root cause;
- Create clear metrics that show quality on a release, business area and platform level;
- Work closely with the team to understand the designed and implemented state for each requirement;
- Run and maintain the automated test suite;
- Co-ordinate with other team members on any bugs raised in Production.
Candidate Requirements
Our people are incredibly ambitious, yet humble, warm, accepting and positive. Whether you build, market, sell or support product, we want you to make your mark with us. Our ideal candidate should be:
- A team player - embed yourself in the team to ensure great products are delivered;
- Highly analytical and critical thinker;
- Well-structured, business, and technical writer to document Test strategies and plans;
- Translate technical and business requirements into testable components;
- Experience contributing to an automated test suite;
- 4-5 years working as a QA Engineer;
- Experience working closely with technical teams;
- Technical background or previously worked on low level technical projects;
- A good understanding of APIs and ability to consume technical documentation;
- Fast paced, flexible and able to turnaround work quickly;
- Self-governed self-starter who can translate high level business requirements into low level steps;
- Thrives on collaboration but can also make independent decisions;
- A clear communicator that is always honest with your team and management;
- A general attitude towards work that is both positive as well as realistic;
- A continual learner who is always looking to update their skills and knowledge;
- A passion for technology and innovation;
- Experience in the fintech industry is a plus but not essential;
- Knowledge of PSD2 / open banking and or audit would be awesome;
- Good organisation skills and ability to plan when there are a number of moving parts.
Benefits
This is an exciting opportunity for an all-rounder, highly motivated candidate to get involved at the ground level of a fast-growing company. We’re committed to making sure our employees are well-treated. If there’s something that’s important to you that’s not on the list, talk to us.
- Competitive salary;
- A small team with a friendly environment that promotes autonomy for you to self-manage your time;
- Hybrid-working and flexible working hours;
- Great opportunity for career progression with hands on experience;
- Freedom of expression is encouraged;
- Quick release turnaround times;
- Lightweight Scrum/Agile, not process heavy.