QA Engineer (Python) - 12 Month FTC

We are seeking a QA Engineer to help ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable systems that exceed user expectations. In this 12-month fixed-term contract, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving our systems by developing, executing, and automating tests across various platforms.

Everyday responsibilities include:

• Follow standard software testing processes to validate and verify Genomics England products.
• Design, build, and maintain Test Automation Frameworks in Python, and for APIs, performance, and security testing.
• Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines for seamless test automation.
• Produce clear, accurate documentation to support product and service maintenance.
• Apply Agile techniques to effectively deliver testing solutions.
• Interact with databases programmatically to retrieve and verify test data.

Skills and Experience for Success:

• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Ability to write clear and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Experience with cloud platforms ideally such as AWS (preferable)
• Hands-on experience across the full testing lifecycle, from unit testing to user acceptance testing.
• Proficiency with Selenium-Python, Pytest, and Pytest-BDD.
• Familiarity with BDD methodologies.
• A proactive problem-solving approach and a drive for continuous learning and innovation

QA or testing certifications are desirable but not essential.

Salary from £53,500

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• 30 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
• A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
• Life Assurance (3 x salary)
• Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
• A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
• Blended working arrangements

Talk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.

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Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.

Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor. 

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to our virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. 

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team. 

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.