QA Automation Engineer (C# & Selenium)

QA Automation Engineer (C# & Selenium)

Location: London, UK

About Argus

Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,400 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres.

Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences. Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes.

Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic. 

Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women’s network.  Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a hands-on, self-motivated Automation agile tester to join our QA team in London. You will report into the head of QA. The role will involve working as part of a medium sized development team. Testing related activities will include developing and designing an automation suite to test micro services.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an incredibly successful company who will further your career and enable you to work in an industry sector that is growing exponentially year on year. We have multiple projects running simultaneously using the latest technologies and methodologies providing a great opportunity to increase your knowledge and experience of working in the finance industry with cutting edge technical solutions. 

Key Responsibilities

• Plan to test 
• Promote and adhere to the Argus test strategy where applicable 
• Manage and maintain existing automation suites using selenium web-driver 
• Create new automation suites that provide early feedback on allocated projects 
• Determine the right proportion of UI based automation vs non-UI based automation tests implemented per project 
• Own (create, manage, edit) continuous integration on assigned projects within your role as Automation tester 
• Execute manual and automated functional and non-functional tests 
• Manage cloud-based environments  
• Guide developers on QA automation related matters 

Essential Skills and Experience

• Automation framework development and maintenance in C#

•        Test harness creation in a .net environment 
•        Advanced knowledge of selenium web-driver 
•        Advanced knowledge of Playwright
•        Creating a suite of Gherkin style tests with Spec-flow from requirements and or use cases 
•        A working knowledge of GIT  
•        Create automated integration tests at API level  

• A strong understanding of the technical architecture of complex web applications and web technologies including RESTful APIs 
• Strong understanding of object orientated programming 

•        A strong understanding of microservices architecture 
•        Test suite optimization (time and resources) 
•        Experience of collaborating with programmers and business experts 
•        Ability to interrogate a database using SQL or visual tools to extract relevant data 
•        Demonstrate the use and advantages of heuristic evaluation during software testing 

What’s in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

• Competitive salary and company bonus scheme 
• Group pension scheme 
• Group healthcare and life assurance scheme 
• Flexible working environment 
• 25 days holiday with annual increase up to 30 days  
• Subsidised gym membership 
• Season ticket travel loans 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Extensive internal and external training

For more details about the company and to apply please make sure you upload your CV via our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions 

By submitting your job application, you automatically acknowledge and consent to the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data to the Company. Argus is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.