Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job title:

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Company

888spectate

Job description

Ireland based only.888 Spectate is part of evoke Group, a global leader in both the retail and online gaming industry for over 80 years. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2005, evoke offers an innovative and world-class experience in online games including casino, poker, and sports betting.In Dublin, Spectate is developing the next generation of evoke’s sports betting platform.Through innovation we aspire to give our customers the most compelling, entertaining, and unique gaming experience possible. We are bringing the very best in e-Commerce practices to the sportsbook sector.We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our expanding team. The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, passionate about product quality and a strong advocate for driving automation improvements within a fast-paced agile software development environment.Key Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate with various teams to continually improve and prioritise tasks to achieve long-term, scalable automation architecture.
• Maintain and extend automation framework (Selenium, Appium & or Cypress) to ensure our infrastructure is reliable, resilient, and extensible. This involves developing automated functional UI tests & API/Service level tests.
• Work closely with the development teams to identify test cases that can be automated for new feature releases and support scrum teams throughout release cycle.
• Mentor other members of the QA team on best practices, processes and problem solving.
• Provide progress updates to the Lead QA Automation Engineer.
• Identify & track defects.
• Research and propose innovative solutions and technologies for our testing needs.
• Self-motivation to continually learn and adopt the latest industry innovations and technology.
• Create documentation and training aides to help other members of the Technology Department use the automation tools.

Essential Requirements

• 5+ years of professional work experience of which 3+years to be in QA Automation.
• Experience with Selenium & Appium frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in verbal and written English are essential
• Working experience of Java and SQL.
• Good working knowledge of software configuration management and continuous integration principles using tools such as Git, Jenkins & Docker.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced development schedule.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar.
• Experience with multi-tier systems; Database, App Servers, Web and Mobile Apps (iOS & Android).
• Experience using object-oriented design
• Experience working with API test tools such as Postman or SoapUI.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience with Cypress or JavaScript.
• Experience with AWS, Elasticsearch.
• Experience with Linux command line.
• Exposure to CSS, HTML, Python or PHP.
• Previous experience of the sports betting industry an advantage.
• ISTQB or other software testing certifications.

Expected salary

Location

Dublin – Sandyford, Co Dublin

Job date

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:31:16 GMT

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