Senior QA Engineer (Automation)

Manila, Philippines

Role Description

Contract type:

Full-time

Function:

Geneos Classic

Recognised as a Great Place to Work, ITRS is an Enterprise SaaS provider with industry-leading solutions. Our prestigious customer base includes 90% of the world's top investment banks. We are backed by leading private equity investors and are rapidly growing.

Our headquarters are in Shoreditch - London's tech hub – with offices in other UK and global locations from the Netherlands to Manila, NYC and Florida. We pride ourselves on a diverse, friendly, dynamic culture - with a focus on internal promotion and developing our people.

Scope of role

As a Senior QA Engineer you will ensure a high-quality product is delivered to our customers while driving through improvements to our QA capability, you will report to the QA Manager in our Makati office. The software product QA team have the responsibility of delivering improvements, influencing colleagues and implementing manual and automated tests. The team is part of the wider Engineering team which is a global team with main hubs in Manila, Sweden, Spain, UK and North America.

The Makati office is growing, and we are looking for Engineers that want to be part of a successful team building software products and working with the latest technologies. 

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will:

Define and deliver QA strategic improvements and capabilities.
Focus on automation to support Continuous Delivery to our customers.  
Build expertise in important QA areas, for example performance or security testing.    
Deliver quality software to our customers.  
Improve the testing approach of user stories through refinement and technical designs.  
Develop automated and manual tests against those detailed user stories and designs.  
Ensure Engineering deliverables meet the needs of our customers and are thoroughly tested.  
Validate engineering estimates and timescales.
Maintain current technical user documentation.  
Maintain the software on an ongoing basis.  
Communicate with our customer success team to help troubleshoot/verifying customer raised defects.

Requirements

At least 7 years of comprehensive experience in QA practices, encompassing automation, functional testing, regression testing, and exploratory testing.
Proficient in coding test automation using object-oriented programming languages such as Java or C++.
Experience developing tooling and scripts to streamline daily activities, including provisioning, installing, and configuring systems.
Hands-on experience implementing automation frameworks from the ground up, or the ability to conduct research and development to solve complex testing challenges.
Understanding of the software development lifecycle, from planning to testing and deployment.
Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, with the ability to manage code repositories.
Experience working in Agile (Scrum) environments, with an understanding of Agile principles and methodologies.
Awareness of Continuous Delivery principles and best practices, with the ability to test during the delivery process.
Willingness to work in a hybrid setup, with the flexibility to report onsite at least once a week to our Makati office.

Experience in the following is favorable (but not required):

Understanding of Docker and Kubernetes, with the ability to apply this knowledge in testing environments.
Experience in Groovy Scripting
Experience in Kerberos Authentication
Proficiency in utilizing Jenkins for continuous integration and deployment processes.
Exposure to Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure or GCP)

Benefits

Health Insurance for you and your dependants
Supplemental Medical Claim
Employee Assistance Program
Retirement Plan
Flexible Hybrid Working
Enhanced Parental Leave
Life Assurance
Subsidies and Allowances

ITRS Group is an Equal Opportunity employer and Inclusion is part of our everyday life. We celebrate diversity and pride ourselves on providing an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and have a voice, allowing everyone to contribute equally. We remain committed to advocating inclusion, diversity, and equality into our ITRS family as we grow and enrich our business.