Senior QA

4 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Imaginera Full time

**Job Title**:Senior QA**

**Location: Hybrid (Hubs in Oxford & Bristol)**

**The Role**

Do you have experience of successfully running a QA Team? Or are you a talented QA Tester who is ready to take the next step? Would you like to join a successful reinsurance software company that offers a comprehensive benefits package and flexible working options?

You will be responsible for leading the QA team to ensure successful testing of new features, regression testing, automated testing, User Acceptance Testing, and reporting of all identified system bugs to ensure quality standards are met.

In this role, you should have a keen eye for detail, excellent communication skills and be passionate about quality. You will be developing test strategies and plans along with the associated documentation. You should be ready to coach, mentor, motivate and supervise the QA team, encouraging them to be proactive and accountable for their work.

You will be joining a friendly and professional team with offices based in both Oxford and Bristol.

**Required Skills**:

- Experience as a QA Tester or similar role (3+ years)
- Experience with automated, functional, manual and regression testing approaches
- Experience with project management and QA methodology
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and the full SDLC
- Excellent documentation skills
- Experience with tools such as Cucumber, Selenium, Jenkins, Jasmine

**Desirable Skills**
- Experience leading a QA team
- BDD experience
- Knowledge of C# and SQL
- Experience in reinsurance or capital markets
- Strong mathematical skills

**Personal Skills**
- Excellent communication skills with all stakeholders
- Good organisation, planning and time management
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- A strong desire to learn and explore new technical challenges
- Attention to detail
- Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude

**Educational Requirements**

ISTQB/ISEB certification desirable

**Im**aginera Culture & Benefits

We believe in creating an environment where people can thrive and reach their potential - we want our Imagineers to succeed in everything they do. Quality of code is key to our business, and we support our Teams to achieve high standards through a desire to continue learning. Our business is unique in the market it operates, which means you will learn commercially and technically - mentoring and coaching are an integral part of our business.

In addition to a welcoming and supportive culture, we offer:

- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance with the option to add family members
- Flexible Working Hours
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- A Wellbeing Team & Mental Health First Aiders
- Yearly paid time off allowance for medical appointments in addition to holiday
- Local charity support
- Regular Team and Company Events

**Who We Are**

Here at Imaginera, we create solutions to meet our client challenges across a focused marketplace of Insurance, Reinsurance and Insurance Linked Securities. We set ourselves apart from our competition by being technically at the top of our game with the unique ability to also communicate directly with our clients, understanding their complex business requirements.

Having spent eight years creating bespoke solutions for our clients, we are entering an exciting new phase as we diversify into a consultancy and product business. Our first product, Orca, went live in Autumn 2020 and has a busy roadmap ahead of it. We are a vibrant company with around 60 employees across our Oxford and Bristol sites.

Our journey so far has been an exciting and fast one - we don’t have any plans to slow down. So, if you’re excited by growth and opportunity and want to be a part of it, we would love to hear from you.


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