Hybrid Mid/Senior QA Automation Engineer for a leading Forex company in Larnaca, Cyprus

Posted 19 May 2023
LocationLarnaca
Discipline QA and Testing
Reference36589
Contact NameAaron Kiely

Job description

Hybrid QA Automation Engineer in Larnaca, Cyprus for Industry leading Forex company

  • Hybrid Model – 2 Day’s from Home
  • Birthday Leave, Gym Membership & much more

The company is an award winning forex and commodities broker, providing trading services and facilities to both retail and institutional clients. They offers various accounts types, trading software and tools to facilitate individuals and institutional customers to trade Forex and CFD's online. 

Role:  

They are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join their team and help ensure the quality of our web and mobile applications. As a QA Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for executing test cases and plans, identifying and reporting software defects, and collaborating with the development team to resolve issues. 

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES 

  • Uses, improves and maintains the company’s test automation framework and tools 
  • Designs automated tests to validate the functionality of web mobile applications
  • Applies continuous integration methodologies and uses test automation servers to automate code deployment and testing, and also ensure that code standards are applied 
  • Prepares test environments and all necessary procedures and/or infrastructure to develop and to execute automated tests 
  • Works with the development team to capture and reuse automated units test cases, test plans and other Development test objects 
  • Monitors every phase of the software development process 
  • Ensures the quality of a product including reliability, usability and performance 
  • Creates test plans, test cases, test execution , test automation and reporting activities in an active development environment 

Requirements

  • BSc/BA in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant field.
  • 3+ years’ experience as a QA Automation Engineer.
  • A thorough understanding of relevant QA technologies and methodologies.
  • Extensive expertise in test automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, and related frameworks.
  • Proficient in scripting languages like Bash, Python, Groovy, and Ruby.
  • In-depth knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
  • Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., Jenkins) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
  • Good knowledge of test automation tools such as Junit, pytest.
  • Proven experience with Postman and/or SoapUI for API and backend services testing.
  • Practical experience with JavaScript and HTML/CSS to support automated tests development.
  • Hands-on experience in Linux environments (e.g., Red Hat, Ubuntu).
  • Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes would be considered an advantage.
  • Familiarity with JIRA or similar defect tracking tools.
  • Experience with Python web frameworks (e.g., Flask, Tornado, FastAPI) would be considered an advantage,
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Proactive approach to process improvement.
  • Comfortable in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

Benefits:  

  • 13th salary 
  • Full induction training 
  • Medical Insurance from day 1 
  • Free Gym membership
  • 22 days of annual leave  - increase up to 30 days eventually
  • Benefits card – discount in shops and restaurants around Cyprus
  • Birthday Leave
  • Half Day Fridays during summer time
  • Lunch twice a week 
  • Daily provision of fresh fruits and healthy delicacies 
  • Team Building events
  • Parties
  • Professional development 

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