QA Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: London / Hybrid (3 days a week from home)
Team: Product Development

The Role:
We are looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join one of our delivery teams in the Rightmove family based in London. We are one of the biggest home-grown brands in the UK. At Rightmove we are developing products to make the experience of finding a home better, quicker and happier for our users.

As a team we believe:
Being a QA engineer is more than just testing, we are champions of quality and we are passionate about embedding it throughout the lifecycle to prevent defects rather than find them, and to build systems we are proud of rather than break them. We believe in testing continuously rather than at the end and that quality is the responsibility of the whole team. We are subject matter experts guiding our teams to think critically about all aspects of delivery not just functional but for example in areas like security, performance, accessibility and usability.

As a quality assurance engineer, you are responsible for:·       

• Actively participating in the refinement sessions by covering appropriate details like acceptance tests, implementation details, risks, release & monitoring details etc. in the tickets
• Helping the team understand and estimate any test efforts, test dependencies during planning and refinement sessions
• Reviewing requirements to understand gaps, the potential user impact, risk and dependencies on other internal/external services in Rightmove
• Reviewing the designs and helping the team deliver features that are accessible and inclusive to everyone
• Pairing with engineers during development and code review to ensure appropriate test coverage at different levels and to avoid any duplication of efforts
• Develop and execute test cases against a defined strategy for web applications written in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Ensuring our automation test framework and coverage is targeted, relevant, efficient and resilient
• Working with the team to determine the root cause of issues, for example: using logs (new relic) and databases
• Collaboratively participating in the QA ceremonies within the team such as bug backlog and triage process
• Actively contributing to our QA community, by sharing your experience and learning
• Consistently utilise available test metrics to define and deliver cross-discipline improvements

We would love someone to have any of the following:·       

• Experience working with Java Applications using a modern front end (JavaScript/Typescript)
• A history of working in an agile environment with continuous release mechanisms
• Comfortable working within a complex microservice architecture (Java based)
• Exposure to running and debugging automated test suites
• Experienced in using API testing tools such as Postman, REST Assured
• Ability to adapt to change and a hunger to learn and experiment with new technologies and process
• Comfortable taking the lead to shape effective processes and standards with a lean mentality

About Rightmove 

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here!  We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove How's at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• Be approachable and appreciate what others do
• Make complex things as simple as possible
• Build great teams, because Rightmove is people
• Drive improvement, we can always be better
• Share early, honestly and often

We believe in careers that open doors, and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right!

If all this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making...  

What we offer

People are the foundation of Rightmove - We’ll help you build a career on it.

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes
• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in office 
• Contributory stakeholder pension
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life
• Competitive compensation package 
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan 
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching 
• Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation.

At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.