Qa Engineer - Automation Testing

Join us as a “LIQ QA Automation Tester" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience skills as well as job-specific skillsets. To be successful as a "LIQ QA Automation Tester", you should have experience with:
4+ years of experience in software quality assurance

• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies (functional, regression, performance, security)
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools (like Cucumber, RightClick etc)
• Knowledge of JIRA, CI/CD practices and DevOps principles
• Experience with Java-based applications and microservices testing
• Experience with API testing and integration testing
• Minimum Qualification – bachelor’s degree.

Finance experience preferred - loan servicing experience strongly preferred

• Experience in managing QA cycle and automation framework - preferred
• Experience on a team using Agile project management strongly preferred
• Good experience with automated unit testing and TDD strongly preferred

To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability.

Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.         .
Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested.
Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.