Job description: Mobile Software QA Engineer (Hybrid App Testing)
Location: High Wycombe Head Office / Hybrid
Term: Permanent
Full Time Salary: £25000-£35000 pa depending on experience + excellent benefits
Do you have experience testing mobile apps (preferably hybrid apps)? Are you passionate and knowledgeable about music, audio technology, and recording?
If you have answered yes to both of the above, we’d love to hear from you! We are expanding our QA Team, and we are looking for someone to step into a brand-new role, helping us to test the mobile apps that bring our industry-leading interfaces to life.
What you will be doing:
Reporting to the QA Manager, you will be working as part of a small development team to ensure the successful delivery of new mobile software to our users.
You will help to establish good practice in the planning and documentation of app testing within an agile development environment, and in the appropriate use of automated testing. Contributing to the continual evolution of our test approaches and tools will be a key part of your role. You will work closely with the rest of the QA Team, as well as Software Developers, Product Designers, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters from across our Engineering Department.
Key activities include:
Defining the scope of QA/Test activities across key mobile software projects Generating and executing robust, well documented, and maintainable functional, non-functional, and user acceptance tests Implementing automated testing wherever appropriate to enable more efficient regression testing. Documenting and reporting test results, working closely with software developers to address any issues.
An ideal candidate is likely to be:
From an app (preferably hybrid) testing background, with 2+ years of demonstrable professional experience Comfortable with both JavaScript and React Familiar with both iOS and Android ecosystems Experienced with at least one relevant test framework A clear communicator, methodical and rigorous, with a logical approach to problem solving Self-motivated, with a track record of improving test processes and coverage Passionate and knowledgeable about music, audio technology, and recording.
Experience of some of the following would also be useful:
Continuous Integration (CI) and Version Control Systems (preferably Git) Agile development approaches (e.g. Scrum) App Development/Test Tools, e.g. Appium, fastlane, TestFlight, adb, etc
I don’t have all the experience you’ve asked for, should I still apply?
Our priority is to find the right fit for the team and the company, and we will always do what we can to support individual development. In other words, if you don’t quite have all the experience listed above, we’d still be interested in hearing from you. Let us know what you’d bring to the role, and why you’d be a great fit for the team.
About Us
Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, its solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity – ‘we make music easy to make’. The Focusrite Group trades under eight established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio and Ampify Music. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry. Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including three Queen’s Awards for Enterprise and the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021. The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome and positively represented, whether office-based or working remotely. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.
Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, company music events, free breakfast/lunch in the canteen at Focusrite HQ. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development.
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