At a Glance
- Tasks: Test and maintain a new front-end application, ensuring a seamless user experience.
- Company: Join Sage, a forward-thinking tech company with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, supportive team environment, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborate globally and contribute to continuous improvement in software development.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team delivering impactful software solutions in a fast-paced setting.
- Qualifications: Experience in front-end testing, JavaScript, and Agile methodologies.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
Sage is a forward-thinking technology company that specialises in software. We pride ourselves on fostering a fast-paced, innovative environment where experimentation and continuous improvement are highly valued. Our infrastructure is built on AWS, enabling us to deliver robust and scalable solutions to our clients.
The key responsibility of the role will initially be to test a new Embedded Payroll Service, specifically the UI part of the product utilising the API’s connected to the backend services. Working closely with UX design colleagues and other Business Analysts before moving onto the delivery of the overall product alongside Developers and other QA Engineers.
You will be supported by being positioned in a squad with a strong lead, principal, senior, mid-level and graduate set up, that will support your growth as well as a leader who will invest in your career. This is a hybrid role – three days per week in our Newcastle office.
- Test and maintain a new high-quality, scalable front-end application that integrates with internal APIs bringing it together as a complete solution.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Business Analysts to ship an elegant, performant, and reliable product that delivers a seamless user experience.
- Participate in refinements sessions to provide complete stories, with concise designs and acceptance criteria ready for delivery by the engineering team.
- Maintain relevant documentation to describe logic, coding/configuration, testing and changes where applicable.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our software development lifecycle.
- Collaborate with global teams across Sage, to define, design, deliver and maintain other services across the Payroll and HR Business Unit.
- Experience in front end testing with a focus on Playwright/Accessibility.
- Experience using Github Co-Pilot as a complimentary tool building on your own skills making deliver as efficient as possible.
- Experience of programming languages – Javascript & Typescript (Essential) and C# & SQL (Favourable).
- Knowledge of AWS services.
- Experience with Agile Development & SCRUM would be an advantage.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Manual/Cross Browser testing experience.
