Backend QA Engineer (Remote within the UK)

We are looking for a very talented and dedicated Backend QA Engineer to help us build out a world-beating feature set. Joining our engineering team, you’ll be responsible for testing new front-end, rest-api backend features and microservices manually; as required and identified at the planning sessions to help us continue to deliver a great product to our customers which helps our company and their money grow.

What you can expect to be doing:

• Collaborating with a cross-functional team: Work closely with Backend and Frontend Engineers, developers, and other specialists to maintain a quality-first mindset.
• Defining and executing test strategies: Identify test scenarios, create detailed test cases, and document results effectively.
• Championing quality: Be the QA evangelist, promoting best practices within and beyond your team.
• Driving test automation: Contribute to a shift-left approach by building automation journeys using an OOP-based framework.
• Exploring performance testing: Learn and develop performance testing strategies to ensure system efficiency.
• Owning test estimation & reporting: Accurately estimate testing efforts, track progress, report status, and escalate issues when necessary.
• Enhancing CI/CD visibility: Integrate automated tests into CI tooling (GitLab) and generate reports for better visibility.
• Managing defects proactively: Document software faults and work closely with developers until release readiness.
• Executing manual testing: Perform detailed exploratory and functional manual testing using industry-standard techniques.

What we’re looking for:

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in backend QA testing, with a strong focus on automation, and troubleshooting to deliver high-quality results.
• Proven experience in testing and automating APIs, integrations, and system behaviour in both microservices and monolithic architectures.
• Strong knowledge of at least one programming language, preferably JavaScript or TypeScript, with the ability to create efficient and effective automation tests.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines, integrating automated tests into workflows, and managing deployments.
• Ability to efficiently handle multiple tasks such as feature tickets, automation, technical tasks, and maintenance, while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies, automation strategies, and defect management. Proactive in identifying issues and ensuring the end goals are met. Willing to speak up and advocate for quality.
• Ability to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in both the application and test environments efficiently.
• Basic knowledge or experience in performance testing and understanding performance bottlenecks.
• Experience in testing mobile applications on both iOS and Android platforms.

What we’re really looking for:

Someone with a genuine interest in Chip and is excited about being part of a fast-growing company and our mission to build the investment super app of the future. Although we’re in the financial space, and under the scrutiny that comes with it, the current engineering team works well together, and even sometimes with a smile. We’re sure you’ve got the technical skills, otherwise, you would have stopped reading by now, so let us be clear on what will make us want to work with you. We want a real person, with interests outside of work, to join our team. You could be a dancer, a gamer, a musician, a parent, a hockey fan, or even that one person that still writes Twilight fan-fiction. Doesn’t matter to us. At the interview stages, we will be looking for empathy, eq, fun stories, and the ability to smile even when things are tough.

Working Hours:

Monday to Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Start your weekend early!) Enjoy a structured yet balanced workweek, with an early Friday finish to kickstart your weekend!

PERKS:

• £46,000 - £55,000 per annum
• Discretionary Performance-Related Bi-Annual Bonus of up to 10% (Cash) and 5% (Shares) based on your gross annual salary.
• Workplace pension scheme - We invest in your future with a workplace pension scheme, contributing 5% on earnings up to £50,000.
• Private medical insurance (medical history disregarded)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Free ChipX subscription for UK-based employees
• Flexible working arrangements
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, plus the days between Christmas and New Year
• Annual training budget for courses, workshops, or conferences to help you advance your career.
• £30 per month Chip Fitness Benefit to suit your Mental/Physical Wellbeing
• Company laptop
• Opportunity to have a huge impact on our product while fast-tracking your knowledge, responsibility and skills in a high-growth fintech startup

Our Interview Process:

• Video screen with someone from our Talent team
• Short take-home test
• Video interview with the hiring manager
• Final interview with Engineering Manager and Product Manager

About Chip:

Our mission is to make our customers wealthy. We’re building the wealth super app of the future. An app to build your long-term wealth across savings, investments and pensions. We use technology to break down barriers so users can invest like the ultra-wealthy, giving them one simple place to manage, grow and protect their wealth. Chip serves over 300,000 active customers and looks after over £5 billion in assets. These customers trust us to build the most amazing product we can, so working at Chip comes with real purpose. Chip is being built by a fast-growing team of designers, developers, customer service professionals, marketers, banking experts, and entrepreneurs.

Our Values:

• Be ACCOUNTABLE: Everything you do matters, Care about the end result, Challenge the norm, Disagree, yet commit to making it happen once a decision has been made, Do the best job possible.
• Be BOLD: Share our Ambition and do your bit to achieve it, Innovate: challenge the norm, break the mould and make it happen, Set goals that truly align with our mission, Do your best for our customers.
• Be COLLABORATIVE: Work cross-functionally - we win as a team, Build strong relationships based on trust, Treat others fairly and respectfully, Hold others to account, Be supportive and inclusive, Have fun together.

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and home life. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.