Automation QA Engineer

What is the project and why should you care?

Betway Group is a proud member of Super Group, who are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SGHC). Betway is a leading provider of innovative and exciting entertainment across sports betting, casinos, and esports betting. Founded  in 2006, Malta, Guernsey, Spain, and London teams are constantly expanding and evolving. By developing and utilizing the latest technologies, Betway has remained at the forefront of the online gaming industry, providing innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe, and responsible environment.  Driven by a shared vision to become the global leader in the online sports betting and casino industry, Betway people are forward-thinking, players who thrive on a collective diversity of skills and backgrounds. Betway provides their teams the tools to create market-leading, cutting-edge interactive gaming experiences, from pre-game and live sports betting to esports and casinos. 

As the software engineering department, we work in partnership with the product and quality teams to find effective solutions to complex business problems to develop best-in-class and industry-leading products. We have a deeply embedded culture of collaboration, sharing our experiences and skills throughout.

You will be an excellent fit for this position if you have:

• Full understanding of testing web/mobile applications, websites, and associated technologies
• An understanding of testing backend services, specifically microservice architecture
• Communication skills – ability to communicate with clients and line management effectively
• Experience in Agile methodology, either Scrum or Kanban
• Experience with test automation tools and strategies
• Experience in using BDD effectively
• Proven JavaScript & TypeScript experience
• Experience with any of the following Frameworks: WebDriver (not IDE) / WebdriverIO · Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js | WebdriverIO /Playwright /Cypress / TestCafe
• Experience with Continuous Delivery processes & tools
• Exposure to API testing practices & tools
• Basic abilities with YAML
• An awareness of key metrics for measuring the performance of QA efforts
• An awareness of processes for feature flag testing and testing in production

It would be a bonus if you also had:

• Specialist software testing skills and knowledge of structured software testing methodologies gained through formal training
• Previous exposure to Microsoft Azure DevOps & VSTS
• Experience with actively developing & managing Docker infrastructure
• Experience with managing & creating Owaps Zap testing scripts for security testing
• Exposure to Saucelabs or other tools for mobile testing
• Experience with Terraform / Pulumi

Person Specification

• Take responsibility and ownership for completing assigned tasks that may rely on the contribution of other team members
• Be extremely detail-oriented in documentation and communication
• Be at ease with mentoring and supporting peers
• Able to organize & plan day-to-day without guidance
• Being able to collaborate with peers effectively within the direct team and on cross-team initiatives

Here are some of the things you’ll be working on:

QA (Quality Assurance) is responsible for the overall quality and testing architecture of the products that our department produces. We use a range of innovative front-end and back-end tools & technology to drive robust, well-engineered practices through to delivery, giving the business that sought-after confidence. Consisting of QA Manager, Test Architects, Performance Test Manager, Performance Test Engineers, and QA Engineers, we have a deeply embedded culture of collaboration, sharing our experiences and skills throughout.

Purpose of the role:

• QA Engineers will perform testing procedures on Web/Mobile Applications and ensure all errors are identified and corrected before releasing to production
• You will be involved in ensuring high quality is engrained into teams as well as working closely with developers to give them a test perspective

You will be responsible for:

• Quality from the start – get involved in the user story definition process and write test scenarios upfront
• Bring a QA perspective to planning sessions and ensure test effort is taken into consideration
• Work closely with developers to ensure that quality is considered and they are creating the right kind of tests
• Work with product owners to ensure they sign off work items during the UAT phase
• Support – Assist with the resolution and reproduction of user software problems
• Creation of automated tests within as well as conversion of current manual tests
• Work within the ATDD framework and define items using BDD style syntax
• Ensure that bugs are treated with importance and try to limit the amount that makes it live