Job Description
The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it's like to trade the world's markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we're digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.
We thrive on progress - for our clients and for ourselves. Our organisational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused. You'll find our 550+ team currently across 11 locations and 9 time zones.
The Role
The QA Automation Engineer is an experienced, technically competent individual contributor responsible for ensuring the quality of our software solutions with automated testing solutions. They lead quality assurance initiatives, own and support testing processes, and champion Continuous Delivery practices within the team. By driving modern, collaborative approaches, they facilitate best-in-class engineering outcomes.
The role actively collaborates with their team, product managers, analysts, and designers to deliver exceptional, high-quality software solutions. They play a key role in influencing our engineering function to promote and foster robust quality assurance practices. Along with their Engineering Team Lead, they develop and execute a roadmap to uplift the application over time.
With leadership support, they own the quality assurance strategy and test plans, working closely with the team to meet delivery objectives and ensuring the appropriate testing frameworks and tools are in place to support these objectives.
They champion the team's success, drive thoughtful conversation during tech huddles and retrospectives, and encourage others to develop their knowledge of modern engineering practices.
The role reports to the Engineering Manager, based in Cyprus. Our team is made up of individuals from all walks of life, each bringing unique experiences and perspectives that enrich our work and culture. We truly value this diversity and are excited to welcome someone who is open-minded, adaptable, and enthusiastic about collaborating in a globally connected and inclusive environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, support, and maintain quality assurance processes using best practices across a range of technologies, ensuring high-quality, reliable, efficient, and scalable testing procedures
- Provide input into the quality assurance strategy and contribute to the overall platform reliability
- Develop a robust, automated, and Continuous Testing practice within the team, prioritizing rapid feedback loops
- Collaborate with the team and appropriate members throughout the engineering function to develop high-quality, timely testing solutions across various technologies used in our applications
- Establish strong quality and automation practices, tooling, and processes
- Lead quality assurance automation initiatives, including test strategy and design decisions, reviewing test related artifacts, develop and maintain test framework and automated testcases
- Collaborating closely with product owners, delivery leads, and business analysts
- Contribute to the improvement of software development lifecycle processes with a focus on quality assurance
- Participating in the team ceremonies and agile processes and estimating and refining work
About You
- 3-5+ years of quality assurance experience
- Expertise in QA methodologies and tools, with proven deep experience in automated testing frameworks such as Appium, Maestro.dev, Detox or similar
- Proven Scripting knowledge in Typescript
- Experience in testing mobile applications in scripted way on both iOS and Android platforms
- Hands-on experience managing, building and testing infrastructure for iOS and Android
- Experienced in Continuous Delivery practices
- Hands-on knowledge of testing methodologies (e.g., TDD, BDD, mocking) or a willingness to develop further in that area
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with software engineering trends
- Proven ability to work with remote, global teams
- Ability to make rapid, high-quality decisions in a fast-paced environment and to default to action.
Why you will enjoy working with us
- Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
- Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year
- Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
- 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
- Periodic recognition and reward programs for outstanding performance and achievements
- Frequent events and celebrations
- Comprehensive medical insurance with coverage for your healthcare needs
- Pension fund
- Employee Assistance Program & Wellbeing Initiatives
- Convenient and cozy office located near the Limassol Municipal Garden
