Senior Backend QA Engineer (Remote within the UK)

We are looking for a very talented and dedicated Senior Backend QA Engineer to help us build out a world-beating feature set. Joining our engineering team, you’ll be responsible for testing new front-end, rest-api backend features and microservices both manually and by automation; as required and identified at the planning sessions to help us continue to deliver a great product to our customers which helps our company and their money grow.

What you can expect to be doing:

• Working within a dedicated team of highly experienced backend and frontend developers.
• Creating Test Automation Feasibility Review, Test Automation Approach, Test Automation Plan, Test Automation Strategy.
• Continuously liaising and collaborating with developers and other specialists within and outside your team to ensure requirement clarity and quality-first mindset.
• Driving quality from start - being involved in the user story definition process and writing test scenarios upfront.
• Bringing a QA perspective to planning sessions and ensuring test effort is taken into consideration.
• Writing and leading API automation within the squad.
• Leading performance testing using K6.
• Estimate the testing required, reporting status and issues within your team using the system in place.
• Integrate test automation and generate reportings from the CI tooling after automated test executions for visibility.
• Sharing your knowledge of the latest test automation technologies and best practices.
• Design, build, implement, improve and continually maintain automated testing frameworks.
• Understanding and gaining experience within the cloud/AWS and opportunities that bring in.
• Configuring test environments for manual testing and automation using terraform, kubernetes and helm.

What we’re looking for:

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant QA/testing and test automation experience.
• Excellent programming skills in Javascript/Typescript or any object-oriented language.
• Proven track record of testing and automating microservices.
• Experience with performance testing (e.g. knowledge of K6 is a plus).
• Proficient in version control system (e.g. Git).
• Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Nice to have:

• Demonstrated experience in designing and maintaining test frameworks and scripts.
• Experience in integrating automation tests with any CI/CD system.
• Experience in creating and implementing test automation strategies, tools and techniques (unit, functional, integration).
• Strong knowledge of mocking test dependencies and debugging test failures.
• Strong grasp on SDLC and STLC with a DevOps approach.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices and Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Ability to switch context effectively between feature validation, automation, manual testing, and documentation.
• Knowledge of kubernetes, helm, terraform or other container management and IAC solutions is a plus.

What we’re really looking for:

Someone with a genuine interest in Chip and is excited about being part of a fast-growing company and our mission to build the investment super app of the future.

Although we’re in the financial space, and under the scrutiny that comes with it, the current engineering team works well together, and even sometimes with a smile. We’re sure you’ve got the technical skills, otherwise, you would have stopped reading by now, so let us be clear on what will make us want to work with you.

We want a real person, with interests outside of work, to join our team. You could be a dancer, a gamer, a musician, a parent, a hockey fan, or even that one person that still writes Twilight fan-fiction. Doesn’t matter to us.

At the interview stages, we will be looking for empathy, eq, fun stories, and the ability to smile even when things are tough.

PERKS:

• £61,000 - £70,000 per annum.
• Discretionary share option bonus.
• Workplace pension scheme.
• Private medical insurance (medical history disregarded).
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket loan.
• Free ChipX subscription for UK-based employees.
• We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Unlimited holiday (policy not to count).
• Annual £1500 Personal Learning Allowance.
• £30 per month Chip Fitness Benefit to suit your Mental/Physical Wellbeing.
• Company laptop.
• Opportunity to have a huge impact on our product while fast-tracking your knowledge, responsibility and skills in a high-growth fintech startup.

Our Interview Process:

1. Video screen with someone from our Talent team.
2. Short take-home test.
3. Video interview with the Head of QA.
4. Final interview with VP of Product & Engineering Manager.

Our mission is to build wealth for our generation.

Chip started out in 2017 as a clever app to help people save without lifting a finger.

Fast forward five years, and now we’ve grown into an award-winning wealth app used by over 500,000 people and managing over 4 billion pounds. And we’re not slowing down.

Our vision:

We know planning for your future can be a tedious, daunting task often avoided, so we want to change that. We're building the wealth app for our community, giving them one place for saving and investing.

We're giving customers control and guidance to effortlessly build their long-term wealth using award-winning tech, while celebrating their achievements along the way.

Who we are:

Chip has a creative and diverse team of 160, from all different backgrounds and industries. We’re driven and passionate people, but no one takes themselves too seriously.

Don’t just take our word for it. We have a few awards under our belt, including Best Personal Finance App at the 2022 & 2024 British Bank Awards.

Our Values:

Be ACCOUNTABLE: Everything you do matters, Care about the end result, Challenge the norm, Disagree, yet commit to making it happen once a decision has been made, Do the best job possible.

Be BOLD: Share our Ambition and do your bit to achieve it, Innovate: challenge the norm, break the mould and make it happen, Set goals that truly align with our mission, Do your best for our customers.

Be COLLABORATIVE: Work cross-functionally - we win as a team, Build strong relationships based on trust, Treat others fairly and respectfully, Hold others to account, Be supportive and inclusive, Have fun together.

Equal Opportunities:

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and home life. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Note to Agencies:

Chip does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to any of our live roles on our career page. Chip will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to these unsolicited CVs. Chip explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Chip.