What does an Automation Test Engineer at CQE do?

Play your part in ground-breaking, enterprise level digital programmes.

As a CQE Automation Test Engineer you’ll be working on multiple projects across varied industry sectors employing a variety of technologies and tool sets. Working in multi-disciplinary teams you’ll help deliver some of the most exciting digital programmes with some of the best and brightest tech people in the industry. You will deliver a wide range of automation services to our portfolio of clients including defining/ implementing test automation strategies, roadmaps, tools, framework & approach across our growing client portfolio.

Provide cutting edge quality engineering services to some of the world's leading organisations.

Our Test Engineers work with experts from diverse backgrounds and experiences on some of the most innovative and newest-to-market technologies. Working for some of the world’s leading organisations we will provide you with a collaborative and open culture to find better ways to solve complex technology problems to deliver outstanding outcomes for our clients. All whilst also maintaining a stimulating and rewarding environment for our people.

Work in a fast paced, Agile environment using the latest tools and technologies.

As a consultant you’ll provide guidance and deliver value to clients, building quality in and demonstrating what quality means. You’ll work in a fast moving, agile environment implementing best-practice testing and continuous improvement across multiple industry sectors.

Alongside delivering projects you’ll also be provided with:

• Training opportunities and incentives - we’ll support training courses and professional certifications.

• Coaching and mentoring - share your own knowledge by getting involved with providing internal training and developing courses.

• Influence and build a fast-growing consultancy by being involved in recruiting our next team of innovative Technology Leaders and Quality Engineers.

• An open culture and stimulating environment to deliver at your best.

• Team socials and activities – bringing our team together regularly to foster collaboration, celebrate successes and an excuse to regularly get together. Seasonal parties, events and team building activities.

What you’ll be good at.

The ideal candidate will have a deep, diverse, working understanding of Automation Testing across a multitude of technologies, applications, and industry sectors with the ability to adapt to complex and faced paced delivery. The candidate will have strong analytical skills and an eye for detail.

With the confidence, expertise, strong technical background and proven skill set your aim is to help improve quality and deliver value in whatever form that takes. To do this you need to be adaptable above all, passionate about testing and able to effectively communicate with stakeholders both technical and business.

Your expertise.

You will need to have a strong understanding of all aspects of testing, the ability to influence and improve quality at all levels of the stack and will have expertise in some of these core areas:

• Working in a fast paced and challenging environment

• Defining, building and maintaining Test Automation frameworks

• Developing and maintaining automated test suites

• Working knowledge of web, API, and mobile test automation tools and engineering approaches including CI/CD

• Hands-on technical experience in tools and frameworks using a variety of different coding languages i.e. Java, C#, Python or JavaScript

• BDD experience with exposure to Selenium, Cucumber, Specflow or Gherkin

• Working experience delivering testing using Agile Software Development Lifecycle Processes and Methodologies

• Test management and version control tool expertise (such as JIRA and GIT).

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary and package

• Flexible and remote working arrangements to cater to your circumstances

• The opportunity to work across enterprise-level programmes in multiple industries including Government, Civil Service, Energy, Finance, Telecoms, Education, Healthcare, Retail & Logisitcs and Utilities

• Award winning training programme

• Budget for external training courses and professional certifications

• Defined roadmap for career progression within the organisation for every employee

• Work with the latest and newest to market technologies