Principal Quality Assurance Analyst

Principal Quality Assurance Analyst

Hello!

We’re BrightHR. We saw that small business owners were spending hours every day on their HR tasks, and we wanted to create a system that made those same chores quicker and easier to do. So, we put our heads together and created software that was unlike any other, and that’s how BrightHR was born. Since our launch in 2015, we’ve branched out into other areas of HR for small businesses.

Now, we offer 24/7 employment law advice, expert health & safety support, a confidential employee wellbeing service and much more! No wonder 100,000 businesses – across the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia—trust us to free them of their paperwork and keep them on the right side of the law!

There’s also 200 of us! You’ll mostly find us in our modern, city center office which boasts some of the best views you’ll get of the city and is a stone’s throw from Victoria Station. We believe that magic happens when talented people get together in a room and our approach of 5 days in the office, has nurtured a tight-knit community at BrightHR, one where face-to-face interaction isn't just a necessity; it's a preference that drives our collaborative spirit and creative solutions. We're on the lookout for a Principal Quality Assurance Tester to join our vibrant team and be part of a successful, mature, profit-making business that retains the community-driven approach of a start-up. We're looking for a technology leader who's eager to work in a collaborative environment, driving innovation, setting testing strategy, and ensuring the highest quality in our web applications and component libraries. If you're passionate about all forms of testing, and other modern technologies, and thrive in a dynamic, agile setting, we'd love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

Testing Strategy & Leadership (40%): Set the testing strategy and direction, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry best practices. Drive the adoption of new technologies, tools, and methodologies to keep our testing processes at the cutting edge. Collaborate with other principal developers and architects to define and implement scalable, maintainable, and high-quality testing solutions.

Manual & Automation Testing (30%): Dive deep into the testing of our SaaS products, working alongside a dynamic, cross-functional team, getting involved in every stage from brainstorming sessions to deployment. Your role extends beyond testing; you'll be envisioning, planning, and executing testing strategies that ensure the highest quality for our customers while mentoring and guiding the testing team.

People Development (20%): Conduct regular career coaching sessions and facilitate guild meetings to share knowledge and foster the growth of the testing team. Work with engineering managers to identify skill gaps and training needs and develop strategies to address them. Serve as a mentor and role model, promoting a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Process & Tooling (10%): Lead the effort in refining our testing processes and exploring new tools that enhance our efficiency and output. Your insights will be invaluable in keeping us at the forefront of technological advancements.

About You

• A visionary tester with a deep love for technology and a strong belief in producing high-quality, resilient services with an aspiration to achieve testing excellence.

• A strategic thinker who can align testing strategy with business objectives and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

• A polyglot thinker who values diverse technical solutions and approaches, and can articulate their merits to the team and leadership.

• Proactive in seeking out and evaluating emerging technologies that can add value to the platform.

• Extensive experience in Quality Assurance Testing and Agile methodologies.

• You love face-to-face collaboration, being part of a close-knit tech community, and fostering a positive team dynamic.

• Ambitious & passionate with a desire to develop your skills alongside your peers and help others grow.

• You’re comfortable explaining solutions to both technical & non-technical stakeholders and can represent the team in cross-functional discussions.

Technical Skills

Essential:

• Mastery of API testing tools (Postman)

• Expert understanding of CICD (Jenkins, AWS, Azure)

• Displays mastery of various testing techniques (Exploratory, Smoke, Regression)

• Advanced understanding of Database management tools and how to query data required (SQL)

• Exceptional communication skills

• Extensive Knowledge of automation tools (Selenium Web Driver, VS Code)

• Extensive Knowledge of automation framework (cypress, playwright, typescript)

Desirable:

• Knowledge of testing google analytics

• Knowledge of Mobile testing

• Browserstack

What’s great about working here? Tonnes! But here’s a few things:

• An engaging work environment focused on innovation, creativity, and continuous learning.

• Our office first approach within our hybrid working policy fosters a sense of community and collaboration available only by being physically present with the great people you can work with.

• Enjoy a high degree of autonomy in your approach to solving technical challenges. We take an outcome-driven approach, and we deliver software really well, and really quickly.

• Thrive in a developer-led culture that values regular guild & community of practice meets as well as quarterly guild and hack days.

• A transparent progression framework and a tailored development plan – know exactly where you are in your development.

• Unrestricted access to leadership, fostering transparency, and open communication.

• It’s an exciting time to join as our target market starts to shift towards larger companies and our roadmap of work takes shape around that with many brand new features on the horizon.

• We shout about our achievements and recognise each other’s work, offering financial rewards & holidays for outstanding performers.

Other Benefits

• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service, plus a day off for your birthday.

• £500 budget per year for training materials & supplies.

• 2 conference days per year to attend relevant events to further your own development.

• Enhanced sick pay and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) scheme.

• Health Shield scheme for additional health coverage.

• Cycle to Work scheme.

• Season ticket loan.

• Profit Share scheme reflecting the company's success.

• Free breakfast every Monday and office fruit to promote a healthy lifestyle.

• Various retail discounts and perks.

• Access to an on-site gym.