About Us:
The payments market is the most exciting technology market in the world today for good reason. McKinsey values it globally at over $2 trillion and it’s growing between 13-15% year-on-year. Some of the largest most dynamic brands are investing in this sector; Apple has ApplePay, Google has GooglePay, Amazon has AmazonPay, and it’s not just the Silicon Valley brands. Tencent owns WeChatPay, Alibaba owns Alipay and digital disruptors like Square, Stripe and Adyen all invest millions to grow the payments market.
Planet are a technology company that’s transforming payments by putting the customer experience first. We help our customers deliver a better experience for guests, shoppers, and consumers everywhere. We operate in a market that continues to evolve and expand, partnering with the world’s most prestigious brands across Retail and Hospitality, and with a network of Financial Services partners worldwide.
To meet consumer demands, payments must be simple, safe, and invisible. The only way to do this is to fully embed payments in the software that runs business. By combining software and payment technology, Planet’s creating a world of connected commerce, that makes payments feel good.
We’re growing organically, and with strong Private Equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we’ve the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisition.
Role Overview:
The QA Engineer is responsible for overseeing the activities of the quality assurance personnel as well as being hands-on in testing and methodical problem-solving regarding Planet’s products.
Along with key members of the quality assurance department, the QA Engineer provides strategic leadership for the direction of Planet’s software testing roadmap.
What you will do
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Quality Assurance Measures: The QA Engineer leads the creation of quality assurance measures across the business. The QA Engineer is also tasked with developing and enhancing both manual and automated test frameworks.
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Shifting Test Left: In this capacity, the QA Engineer also actively takes part in the discovery and design phases of new software/product feature development and promotes continuous testing to guarantee an error free final product.
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Meet Requirements: The QA Engineer ensures that validated deliverables always meet functional, design specifications and requirements of the software/products.
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Testing: The QA Engineer regularly executes software/product tests and records the results during release cycles. He also reviews functional and design specifications to ensure that there is a full understanding of individual deliverables.
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Documentation: The QA Engineer further develops documentation and maintains functional test cases as well as all other test assets, for example, data validation scripts and test data.
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Analytics: The QA Engineer also has analytical responsibilities where he conducts regular analysis of software/product requirements and produces test estimations.
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Collaboration: The role is also a collaborative one and the QA Engineer works with software/product developers in driving issue resolution.
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Software Release: Work with software/product development teams in ensuring that high quality and timely releases of software/products into market are realized.
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Knowledge: The QA Engineer maintains knowledge of the industry best practices, introducing the most suitable practices to the business.
Who you are
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3 years of QA / software tester automation experience.
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Ability to provide direction and guidance.
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Ability to create new test coverage of the product.
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Take ownership of tasks & projects to deliver highest quality test service.
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Ability helping other team members to deliver to a high-quality standard.
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Estimation and scheduling experience.
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Experience in writing & executing project test plans and test cases based on business requirements.
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Excellent working knowledge of QA standards, processes, tools, and methodologies.
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Experience in Advanced JavaScript Codding Language
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Experience in Test Management Tool (Xray)
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Experience in Node.js
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Experience in Communication Protocols is a plus.
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Experience in Cucumber is a plus.
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ISTQB Certification is a plus.
Why Planet :
Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce. We would love to hear from you – Apply now.
What We Do
Planet is a leading global provider of integrated technology and payments solutions for retail and hospitality customers.
We create great experiences for the millions of people who use our Payments, Software, and Tax Free solutions every minute of every day.
Planet empowers its customers to deliver amazing customer experiences by combining payments and technology in ways that drive greater loyalty, increase revenue and save time.
Founded over 35 years ago and with our headquarters in London, today we have more than 2,500 employees located across six continents serving our customers in over 120 markets