Senior Testing Engineer (Remote)

Job description / Role

What you’ll do

– The Quality Assurance Engineer ensures the quality of the solution through clearly understanding the product, the associated risks and then defining, building and executing tests to mitigate these risks, whilst ensuring code and capability quality standards are satisfied. Typically reports to the Chapter Lead.

Who you are

– Assesses risks (e.g. product, project, reputational and financial risk) and defines, drives, implements the squad’s test strategy, where applicable, to mitigate these risks, including identification of deficiencies and debugging;
– Reviews technical design documents and specifications and tracks quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect density and early life incidents) to ensure the squad adheres to design quality and coding standards;
– Supports developers in designing test cases to assure high quality code for example by using test-driven development techniques;
– Executes test cases (both automated and manual) at various levels and feeds results back to development teams when needed;
– Designs and implements acceptance tests for user and technical stories and coordinates with stakeholders (e.g. Architecture, Development, Deployment, end-users) regarding test efforts for bigger and/or interconnected releases;
– Estimates, prioritizes, plans, and coordinates testing activities;
– Identifies, records, and monitors testing bugs;
– Debugs tests and provides corrective actions to software engineering;
– Collaborates with and influences stakeholders across the end-to-end software development process, including 2nd and 3rd line incident and problem support.

Not a perfect fit?

– Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What’s in it for you

– We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You’ll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

Who we are

– You may have already heard of Vodafone – We’re a leading telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

As part of our global family, whether that’s Vodafone, Vodacom or VOIS, you’ll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.

About the Company

At Vodafone, we are known for our technology, but the truth is, it is humanity that drives our business forward. With the global pandemic raising so many questions for tech brands, it has highlighted the leading role that we need to play.

We believe that, when working together, humanity and technology can find the answers and create a better future for all.

Working at Vodafone is all about helping people feel ready to benefit from new technology. We bring the future to even the most remote places, using technology to help families in disaster zones, showing young people that a phone is not just for fun and thinking about technology that doesn’t even exist yet.