A leading Independent IT Infrastructure and Services Consultancy are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to work with a multinational Entertainment giant in the Gaming Industry, 3 month contract initially, remote working, Inside IR35.

You will be responsible for working with the team’s quality architects and engineers to verify and validate the Architecture/Engineering team’s implementation of their designs. All services and applications will need to be tested to scale to serve all of our employees globally. Responsible for writing the functional, automation, and performance test suite specifications utilizing the quality assurance toolsets in a secure and efficient manner, ensuring high quality and user experience leveraging the use of continuous integration/continuous deployment systems. You should be familiar with working in an Agile/Scrum model in a modern DevOps organization.
Our Senior Quality Engineers love to research new cutting edge technology, implement high standards of quality assurance and work as part of a team of experts who define “what excellent looks like” while creating outstanding user experience through a powerful automation toolset and innovative practices. You ensure stellar product quality and provide technical guidance to Product & Program Managers as they communicate user and product requirements. This role is for a senior engineer who loves the challenge of testing, through verification & validation, distributed, high availability, and resilient systems in an ever-evolving environment. You should have excellent problem-solving, analytical skills and collaborative acumen in ensuring that all applications/services created to meet our quality standards.
As a senior quality engineer, you will be involved in proof-of-concept (POC) for new technology, work with leads and architects to define technical specification standards, and quality assurance best practices. You will assist in driving the overall testing strategy to include test suite creation, designing test automation, processes, and framework architecture/enhancements for the Employee Experience and Engineering portfolio. You will interact with product managers, project managers, architects, development engineers and infrastructure engineers, across the US and other geographies, to drive high levels of quality and user experience while providing real-time feedback as the subject matter expert in this area.

Required Skills
Experience in Developing end-to-end test plans\suites for all facets of software testing, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Load & Stress testing, and Regression & Sanity testing
Thorough understanding of testing practices (black-box testing, risk-based testing, system testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, performance testing, etc.)
Working knowledge of test methodologies, processes, and toolsets (Selenium Grid, Appium, Postman, Test management tool: TestRail, Test issue tracking: JIRA, Performance testing: Apache JMeter)
Understanding of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) practices (GitLab, Jenkins)
Experience with testing on services and applications running in AWS
Experience taking projects from initial spec/requirements through design and implementation, testing and debugging, documentation, and installation in an Agile environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills at building and strengthening relationships across multiple functions to drive quality through cohesive, tactical, proper testing processes
Knowledge test status & metrics reporting, creating executive-level reports via dashboards and the ability to convey the data in a clear and concise manner
Desirable
Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Java, Javascript and/or C#
Experience with testing on other cloud platforms (e.g. MS Azure, GCP)
Knowledge of employee collaborative tools (Slack, Google Suite, Zoom)

Responsibilities
Implement an automated testing infrastructure that covers all layers of the
Mobile/Web/Services technical stack
Work with the Employee Experience & Engineering (E3) Test Lead and Architecture/Engineering Team to create a sustainable testing toolset, test automation framework that incorporates the DevOps model in Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline, and device inventory
Develop comprehensive test suites to allow the E3 Team to achieve its project deployment targets utilizing Agile\Scrum principles while achieving a test coverage of 70%-80% or greater
Coordinate and work with both on-shore and off-shore resources for:
-Manual testing for areas that don’t meet the test automation parameters
-Creation or modification of automated test suites
-Automation of Load and Performance Testing of service APIs and mobile/web apps
-User Acceptance Testing activities for a major feature or point releases
-Final rapid sanity/verification regression testing pre-CD activities
Effectively communicate progress and issues with engineering and product/project managers to ensure verification & validation signoff of issues for “Ready for Production” activities
Ensure all testing processes and procedures are well documented with proper technical specifications and maintainable
Collaborate with multiple project teams (Product Management, Experience Design, Dev/Engineering, & Operations) on requirements and objectives for overall project success

Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, related technical discipline or equivalent experience
3+ years of Software Quality Assurance engineering experience with focus areas on Functional, Automation, Performance and/or DevOps
3+ years of hands-on experience in desktop & mobile development, execution, and maintenance in test automation, performance testing, and DevOps testing on multiple browsers, platforms
Self-starter with an eagerness to constantly learn and share technical knowledge with team members; Staying current on new technologies and how they integrate with our current & future objectives
Strong sense of ownership/‘can do’ attitude and high attention to detail
Experience working on a distributed global team
Ability to dive into difficult problems and deliver results on time and per specifications
Demonstrate a high level of creativity and problem solving

A leading Independent IT Infrastructure and Services Consultancy are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to work with a multinational Entertainment giant in the Gaming Industry, 3 month contract initially, remote working, Inside IR35.

You will be responsible for working with the team’s quality architects and engineers to verify and validate the Architecture/Engineering team’s implementation of their designs. All services and applications will need to be tested to scale to serve all of our employees globally. Responsible for writing the functional, automation, and performance test suite specifications utilizing the quality assurance toolsets in a secure and efficient manner, ensuring high quality and user experience leveraging the use of continuous integration/continuous deployment systems. You should be familiar with working in an Agile/Scrum model in a modern DevOps organization.
Our Senior Quality Engineers love to research new cutting edge technology, implement high standards of quality assurance and work as part of a team of experts who define “what excellent looks like” while creating outstanding user experience through a powerful automation toolset and innovative practices. You ensure stellar product quality and provide technical guidance to Product & Program Managers as they communicate user and product requirements. This role is for a senior engineer who loves the challenge of testing, through verification & validation, distributed, high availability, and resilient systems in an ever-evolving environment. You should have excellent problem-solving, analytical skills and collaborative acumen in ensuring that all applications/services created to meet our quality standards.
As a senior quality engineer, you will be involved in proof-of-concept (POC) for new technology, work with leads and architects to define technical specification standards, and quality assurance best practices. You will assist in driving the overall testing strategy to include test suite creation, designing test automation, processes, and framework architecture/enhancements for the Employee Experience and Engineering portfolio. You will interact with product managers, project managers, architects, development engineers and infrastructure engineers, across the US and other geographies, to drive high levels of quality and user experience while providing real-time feedback as the subject matter expert in this area.

Required Skills
Experience in Developing end-to-end test plans\suites for all facets of software testing, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Load & Stress testing, and Regression & Sanity testing
Thorough understanding of testing practices (black-box testing, risk-based testing, system testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, performance testing, etc.)
Working knowledge of test methodologies, processes, and toolsets (Selenium Grid, Appium, Postman, Test management tool: TestRail, Test issue tracking: JIRA, Performance testing: Apache JMeter)
Understanding of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) practices (GitLab, Jenkins)
Experience with testing on services and applications running in AWS
Experience taking projects from initial spec/requirements through design and implementation, testing and debugging, documentation, and installation in an Agile environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills at building and strengthening relationships across multiple functions to drive quality through cohesive, tactical, proper testing processes
Knowledge test status & metrics reporting, creating executive-level reports via dashboards and the ability to convey the data in a clear and concise manner
Desirable
Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Java, Javascript and/or C#
Experience with testing on other cloud platforms (e.g. MS Azure, GCP)
Knowledge of employee collaborative tools (Slack, Google Suite, Zoom)

Responsibilities
Implement an automated testing infrastructure that covers all layers of the
Mobile/Web/Services technical stack
Work with the Employee Experience & Engineering (E3) Test Lead and Architecture/Engineering Team to create a sustainable testing toolset, test automation framework that incorporates the DevOps model in Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline, and device inventory
Develop comprehensive test suites to allow the E3 Team to achieve its project deployment targets utilizing Agile\Scrum principles while achieving a test coverage of 70%-80% or greater
Coordinate and work with both on-shore and off-shore resources for:
-Manual testing for areas that don’t meet the test automation parameters
-Creation or modification of automated test suites
-Automation of Load and Performance Testing of service APIs and mobile/web apps
-User Acceptance Testing activities for a major feature or point releases
-Final rapid sanity/verification regression testing pre-CD activities
Effectively communicate progress and issues with engineering and product/project managers to ensure verification & validation signoff of issues for “Ready for Production” activities
Ensure all testing processes and procedures are well documented with proper technical specifications and maintainable
Collaborate with multiple project teams (Product Management, Experience Design, Dev/Engineering, & Operations) on requirements and objectives for overall project success

Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, related technical discipline or equivalent experience
3+ years of Software Quality Assurance engineering experience with focus areas on Functional, Automation, Performance and/or DevOps
3+ years of hands-on experience in desktop & mobile development, execution, and maintenance in test automation, performance testing, and DevOps testing on multiple browsers, platforms
Self-starter with an eagerness to constantly learn and share technical knowledge with team members; Staying current on new technologies and how they integrate with our current & future objectives
Strong sense of ownership/‘can do’ attitude and high attention to detail
Experience working on a distributed global team
Ability to dive into difficult problems and deliver results on time and per specifications
Demonstrate a high level of creativity and problem solving

Your new company
This exciting new opportunity is with a world-recognised professional services organisation, located in central Edinburgh. This organisation has a global presence and is currently looking for an experienced developer to join their high – performing IT team as it expands.

Your new role
The role holder will be responsible for building and implementing IT systems across the business and will offer you the opportunity to design and build web-based systems using modern technologies.

You will be involved in full-stack development, but it is highly beneficial if you have substantial experience working with UI/UX tools such as Adobe XD and Azure.

The organisation is committed to providing every employee with personal development opportunities that will enable you to build a highly successful career.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced developer with a background developing and implementing IT systems. Technical skills include:

• Skilled using UI/UX tools such as Adobe XD and Azure
• Exposure to front-end development (HTML, CSS, React, Angular)

• Full stack .Net Experience
• C#
• ASP.NET

What you'll get in return
As well as a competitive salary and benefits package, this role offers you the opportunity to be part of global organisation that puts its’ employees first.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Your new company
This exciting new opportunity is with a world-recognised professional services organisation, located in central Edinburgh. This organisation has a global presence and is currently looking for an experienced developer to join their high – performing IT team as it expands.

Your new role
The role holder will be responsible for building and implementing IT systems across the business and will offer you the opportunity to design and build web-based systems using modern technologies.

You will be involved in full-stack development, but it is highly beneficial if you have substantial experience working with UI/UX tools such as Adobe XD and Azure.

The organisation is committed to providing every employee with personal development opportunities that will enable you to build a highly successful career.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced developer with a background developing and implementing IT systems. Technical skills include:

• Skilled using UI/UX tools such as Adobe XD and Azure
• Exposure to front-end development (HTML, CSS, React, Angular)

• Full stack .Net Experience
• C#
• ASP.NET

What you'll get in return
As well as a competitive salary and benefits package, this role offers you the opportunity to be part of global organisation that puts its’ employees first.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Your new company
Hays have been approached by an award-winning UK mailing and printing specialist near Bath, who are looking for a Senior Software Engineer.

Your new role
You will work with key members of the business to lead, develop and deliver complex software solutions for the business’s varied customer base. You day to day work will deploying projects using CI / CD tools, mentoring and coaching the junior developers, performing code reviews and get involved in the daily stand-ups.

What you'll need to succeed
You will have extensive experience in C#/.NET and can demonstrate your experience delivering & maintaining software solutions. As this is a senior role, you’ll have experience in coaching and mentoring junior developers and will experience as a developer in a commercial environment.
From a technical perspective, you’ll need to have experience in hands on development with C#/.NET, TDD, BDD & CI / CD workflows. You’ll also need a combination of experience/knowledge in:
- GitFlow
- RESTful API
- SQL
- Docker (desirable)
- Angular or React (desirable)

What you'll get in return
Join a growing company with a great working company culture that offers competitive salaries and pension contributions. 25 days holiday, and on-site gym, free parking + more.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Your new company
Hays have been approached by an award-winning UK mailing and printing specialist near Bath, who are looking for a Senior Software Engineer.

Your new role
You will work with key members of the business to lead, develop and deliver complex software solutions for the business’s varied customer base. You day to day work will deploying projects using CI / CD tools, mentoring and coaching the junior developers, performing code reviews and get involved in the daily stand-ups.

What you'll need to succeed
You will have extensive experience in C#/.NET and can demonstrate your experience delivering & maintaining software solutions. As this is a senior role, you’ll have experience in coaching and mentoring junior developers and will experience as a developer in a commercial environment.
From a technical perspective, you’ll need to have experience in hands on development with C#/.NET, TDD, BDD & CI / CD workflows. You’ll also need a combination of experience/knowledge in:
- GitFlow
- RESTful API
- SQL
- Docker (desirable)
- Angular or React (desirable)

What you'll get in return
Join a growing company with a great working company culture that offers competitive salaries and pension contributions. 25 days holiday, and on-site gym, free parking + more.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Your new company
A little company in North Yorkshire, with a huge global impact. They are a new company who are providing services to oil storage sites in UK and Ireland.They are global leaders and are a company knowing for using the latest tech and helping people take their careers to the next level.

Your new role
This is a excellent opportunity to develop and further your career with a well-known and respected company in the oil and gas industry. Helping maintain our existing products and develop new product features, you will also be expected to analyse customers’ requirements and implement effective solutions.

What you'll need to succeed
Key Skills: Experience of programming languages such C#, .NET, WinForms, WPF/XAML or HTML5/Javascript/Angular, Java/Spring , C++

What you'll get in return
You will get the opportunity to grow and to develop. The opportunity to get hands on with some amazing projects and work with the latest technologies.

You will get 23+8 Days Bank Holiday and additional benefits too.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Your new company
A little company in North Yorkshire, with a huge global impact. They are a new company who are providing services to oil storage sites in UK and Ireland.They are global leaders and are a company knowing for using the latest tech and helping people take their careers to the next level.

Your new role
This is a excellent opportunity to develop and further your career with a well-known and respected company in the oil and gas industry. Helping maintain our existing products and develop new product features, you will also be expected to analyse customers’ requirements and implement effective solutions.

What you'll need to succeed
Key Skills: Experience of programming languages such C#, .NET, WinForms, WPF/XAML or HTML5/Javascript/Angular, Java/Spring , C++

What you'll get in return
You will get the opportunity to grow and to develop. The opportunity to get hands on with some amazing projects and work with the latest technologies.

You will get 23+8 Days Bank Holiday and additional benefits too.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Your new company

Working leader in the global Investment Management space - my client is looking for an exceptional senior developer / team lead.

Located near Green Park - my client boasts fantastic offices.

Your new role

Developing Client facing applications, you will be leading a small, highly technical team working full project life cycle from development to implementation.

This is a perfect role for an astute hands on developer with technical design ability and leadership attributes.

Working front office, you'll have direct interaction with both users and clients.

You'll also have Exposure to the latest Cloud based technologies

What you'll need to succeed

C# / Python / MVC / WebApi

experience leading teams

strong education

clear concise communicator

What you'll get in return

In return you'll receive a salary north of £100 k

Excellent bonuses

Pension / benefits

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Your new company

Working leader in the global Investment Management space - my client is looking for an exceptional senior developer / team lead.

Located near Green Park - my client boasts fantastic offices.

Your new role

Developing Client facing applications, you will be leading a small, highly technical team working full project life cycle from development to implementation.

This is a perfect role for an astute hands on developer with technical design ability and leadership attributes.

Working front office, you'll have direct interaction with both users and clients.

You'll also have Exposure to the latest Cloud based technologies

What you'll need to succeed

C# / Python / MVC / WebApi

experience leading teams

strong education

clear concise communicator

What you'll get in return

In return you'll receive a salary north of £100 k

Excellent bonuses

Pension / benefits

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.