Test Automation Engineer

PROFOUND IS AN AWARD WINNING DIGITAL AGENCY

We design and deliver better digital user experiences – primarily focused on website and ecommerce projects - from UX design to fully integrated CMS platform delivery. Working with major brands across the globe, we operate across a broad range of sectors from FMCG, manufacturing, B2B, technology and construction - helping clients solve marketing and commerce problems, improving user experience and solving complex technical integration and data problems.

With an equal balance of design and development personnel, we all have a passion for delivering the ultimate user experience and this is demonstrated through our award - winning team and our client list pedigree. With a growing reputation for excellence and an increasing number of projects, we are now expanding our team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Test Automation Engineer, you'll be focussed across our project deliveries promoting, creating and executing automation frameworks from scratch to capture incidents and catch defects before they have a business impact. 

You will be collaborating with a variety of technical teams and stakeholders in the business to relay any issues and ensure a successful project delivery.

The Test Automation Engineer is an exciting and varied role, and is critical to the success of all digital projects delivered by Profound.

On a daily basis the Test Automation Engineer will use skills such as:

• Idea generation.
• Problem solving.
• Influencing.
• Diplomacy.
• Collaboration.

This role will be a foundational and key addition to our team as we grow our East-Midlands based digital centre of excellence for next generation headless website and ecommerce delivery.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

The successful candidate’s areas of expertise will be a selection of the following:

• Strong testing background, experience designing and building web automation test suites across applications and APIs (JavaScript based) 
• Ability to to iterate, innovate, and instigate quality-driven approaches and processes. 
• A get up and go attitude as you will have the ability to shape the role yourself.
• Full appreciation of an Agile environment
• Experience working in a cross-functional delivery team. 
• Website performance and security testing.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD. 
• Experience of designing testing strategies to deliver effective and robust solutions.
• Knowledge of test driven and behaviour driven design.
• Knowledge of code versioning and branching strategies.
• Strong conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills.

DESIRABLE

• Knowledge/experience of Cypress. 
• Knowledge/experience of Lighthouse. 
• Knowledge/experience of Visual Regression testing (Percy/Chromatic). 
• Knowledge/experience of JAMStack architecture. 
• Previous Digital Agency experience.

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of relevant Test Automation engineer experience. 
• 3+ years large enterprise or e-business systems experience. 
• Commercial eCommerce experience. 
• BSc or BA degree preferred.

THE BENEFITS

• Opportunities for self-development, working with great Clients and challenging projects
• Up to 25 days holiday + bank holidays 
• Flexible working environment (including work from home days / remote options)
• Bonuses linked to team and individual achievement.
• Weekly team lunches
• Childcare vouchers
• Pension scheme 
• Relaxed and enjoyable working space 
• High quality office equipment

Strictly no agencies please