Senior Test Engineer

Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.

 

By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.

 

From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

Brief Job Summary

A technical role within the team. With some domain knowledge, they are involved in the entire lifecycle of a project or feature, in a way that moves the products forward. Will deliver their own work and demonstrate the ability to support others around them, through events like onboarding and mentoring. They ensure continuous improvement, understand the department strategies and provide input to practices, toolkits and processes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Designs detailed functional test cases and scripts, covering various scenarios and boundary values.
• Actively participates in requirement and design reviews, refining test plans based on insights gained.
• Undertakes structured exploratory testing to investigate and verify functionality.
• Prepares test data, configures environments and automates repeatable tests. Executes tests, logs defects with detailed information and analyses results to assess system functionality.
• Involve yourself in the implementation of software development processes, standards, and best practices to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality software products while ensuring you adhere to the over-arching Software Development Lifecycle and Agile Operating Model aligned to your Home
• Show individual engineering excellence and quality through appropriate use of analysis tools, control gates and peer reviews by fostering news ways of thinking to improve design, productivity, and quality and promote these qualities in more junior members of your Squad and Home
• Show interest in the evaluation of emerging technologies, models, methods etc. on an ongoing basis to enable competitive differentiation and strengthening of existing product technology; involve yourself in adoption of these within your squad as required
• Contribute towards optimization of the engineering lifecycle through a systematic knowledge management and continuous learning process to better enable the organization to meet market and client needs
• Participate in code reviews for fostering new ways of thinking to improve design, quality, etc. to drive higher engineering productivity and quality
• Escalate, document, and manage issues related to product design, feature set, and functionality at appropriate levels to ensure delivery goals are met as per defined plans

Job Specifications

Education

• Any technical graduation; engineering, computer science, etc.
• Preferred, post-graduation in advanced computer science subjects and MBA in Systems

Relevant Experience

• Experience in engineering activities in a Product SaaS organisation, including scrum agile methodologies, efficiency improvement, configuration management, release readiness, documentation / technical writing, process, data and system engineering,  analytical skills in business, process, data and system, lifecycle management and problem solving
• Experience of having led conceptualization and development of a portfolio of products or SaaS based products
• Experience in Financial Services preferred
• Experience in Pensions welcomed

Functional Skills

Required skill level: Advanced

Essential:

• QA Methodologies
• Requirement Analysis
• Test planning, design and execution
• Test Data Management (best practice, data privacy, information security, data migration )
• Defect Analysis & Management
• Test Strategy / Test Architecture
• Test Automation (functional and non-functional)
• Data access / Database Query
• Integration and System testing using unit and BDD frameworks
• UI web test automation – patterns and practices
• Object oriented design and programming
• Web services (SOAP, REST)
• Containers
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Testing
• Web security and accessibility, cross browser/device testing
• Performance Testing
• Source Control Systems
• Azure DevOps
• Azure Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services
• Git
• SQL and SQL Server Management Studio
• XML, XSL, XQuery, XPath
• HTML, CSS
• xUnit/nUnit, jUnit/TestNG
• Gherkin syntax and Cucubmer/Specflow
• Selenium and Playwright
• FluentAssertions, SoftAssertions
• WCF, Web services, RestAssured, RestSharp
• Postman
• .Net Framework, .Net Core, C#
• Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code
• Java and InteliJ IDEA IDE
• Maven
• jMeter / BlazeMeter
• Jenkins
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Fiddler and Wireshark
• Browserstack
• Mailosaur
• Power BI / NewRelic / Sonarqube

Behavioural Skills

• Demonstrates high ethical standards and integrity in their actions and decision-making
• Is recognised as calm, composed, polite and respectful in all situations and circumstances.
• Practices and promotes openness and transparency.
• Regularly self reflects and supports others within their squad to do the same.
• Will be positive and enthusiastic, even in difficult circumstances.
• Will be self-motivating and maintain a solution-focused attitude.
• Will promote optimism and motivate others within their squad.
• Celebrates the success of others.
• Openly praises other members of their squad and publicly recognises success.
• Champions their squad to others.
• Accepts feedback easily without confrontation and responds to it, acknowledging the perspective of others.
• Highlights any impediments or risks constructively.
• Provides positive and constructive opinions in conversations.
• Helps to avoid conflict within their squad by spotting contentious matters and dealing with them.

 

 

 

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.