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This role is ideal for individuals who are methodical, analytical, and passionate about quality assurance and automation. If you're looking to make a real impact within a fast-paced Agile environment, we would love to hear from you.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Cypress.io, following BDD practices with Cucumber.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and business analysts to review requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Implement, execute, and document system, regression, and integration tests across multiple environments.
• Perform API testing using tools such as Postman or Insomnia to validate REST API integrations.
• Write and maintain test cases in QMetry, ensuring alignment with project requirements and test strategy.
• Accurately identify, log, and track defects using JIRA, and support development teams in reproducing and diagnosing issues.
• Define appropriate test data, develop quality benchmarks, and contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes.
• Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and retrospectives, contributing to the team's velocity and shared objectives.
• Attend our quarterly PI planning sessions and contribute effectively to the plan for your squad
• Proactively track time and progress to support sprint metrics and management reporting.
• Ensure release readiness by reviewing release notes, scheduling test activities, and validating release functionality.
Essential Skills and Experience
• Strong experience in software testing within an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Proven ability to write and execute automated test scripts using Cypress.io or equivalent and BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Hands-on experience with API testing tools such as Postman or Insomnia.
• Experience writing and managing test cases using tools like QMetry.
• Competence in using JIRA to manage tasks, defects, and sprint progress.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly and collaborate effectively.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, with a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Technical knowledge of JavaScript, SQL, or experience working in a Java-based environment.
• Familiarity with the UK Insurance industry, particularly Motor Claims, Anti-Fraud, or Property & Personal Injury domains.
• Experience with load testing tools such as JMeter or K6.
• Experience in using AI tools to drive/improve testing such as CoPilot.
• Industry-recognised testing certifications such as ISTQB or ISEB.
• Previous experience working with test strategies in regulated or high-compliance industries.
hackajob is partnering with Verisk Analytics to fill this position. Create a profile to be automatically considered for this role—and others that match your experience.