T&I Applications Test Engineer

We are looking for a reliable, competent Test Engineer with solid experience in testing and quality control for a company based just outside Cambridge. This is a new role and an excellent opportunity to take on the initial tasks of Applications Test and to create the test environment.Responsibilities* Liaise with internal teams (Product Management, Product Owners, etc) to understand requirements and develop testable Acceptance Criteria* Provide Test estimates to support project costing and task planning* Develop automation frameworks to deliver efficient and effective testing* Design, develop and execute functional and non-functional tests (automated and manual as required)* Peer review QA and Test team work* Prioritise workload to meet agreed commitments* Capture, record and document bugs allowing Development teams to readily reproduce issues* Application quality assurance* Performance and load testing* Functional testing* Creating, writing and executing test scripts* Documenting test results* Communicating findings to technical and non-technical colleagues* Working towards departmental and project deadlinesRequirements* Multichannel testing across web, mobile and native applications* Attention to detail and a result driven approach (personal attributes)* Coding skills to develop frameworks and automated tests using tools such as Gherkin, Visual Studio (C#), Selenium* Ability to develop clear, concise, test plans and cases, and perform manual and automated tests across desktop and web applications* Ability to interpret written requirements and technical specification documents* Knowledge of database architecture* API testing, Load and Performance testing* Confident written and verbal communicator including client facing roles* Experience managing test environments* Exploratory Testing* Automated Testing* Non-Functional Testing* API Testing* Software development experience with Java, Objective-C, JavaScript, .NET* Experience with command line usage* Demonstrable QA and Automated Test experience * Demonstrable Software testing experience across full SDLC* Knowledge and experience of developing robust, maintainable, efficient automated test frameworks * Experienced in developing SQL and scripts* Experience of Continuous Integration Experience / knowledge in the following would be an advantage: * Agile/SCRUM methodologies* Reporting tools such as Jira* Knowledge of testing windows applications* Scripting languages* Testing in different environments including web, iOS, Android and Universal Windows applications