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We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.
About your team:
You’ll be working centrally within our mission control room, aka Centrica’s group functions. From Finance and Data Science, to our Wellbeing and People teams - this is the engine of our energy system, where our various Centres of Excellence power up each of our brilliant businesses, ensuring they have all the support, technologies, and capabilities they need to get our customers to Net Zero by 2050.
Centrica is Seeking Talented Senior Software Quality Engineers
Join our Digital QA team and play a crucial role in designing and maintaining test plans, test cases, and test automation frameworks. You will support a team of software quality engineers and collaborate with developers, product managers, and customers to deliver high-quality software solutions.
Location: You can work in Windsor/home; we have people working all over the UK but also a range of office locations.
On a day-to-day basis you will:
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Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data for various software products and features.
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Perform manual and automated testing using various tools and frameworks.
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Identify, analyse, and report software defects and issues.
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Support a team of software quality engineers.
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Provide technical guidance and feedback to developers and product managers.
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Review and improve quality processes and methodologies.
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Communicate test results and status to stakeholders.
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Translate principles from the Quality Engineering Manager and implement them into their area.
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Seek feedback from the teams and act on it.
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Lead show and tells/demos.
Technical Skills required:
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4+ years of experience in software quality engineering or testing.
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2+ years of experience in leading or managing a team of software quality engineers or testers.
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Experience writing tests in JavaScript (required).
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Experience with various testing tools and frameworks such as Cypress, etc.
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Experience with various testing types such as functional, performance, accessibility, visual, etc.
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Experience with agile development methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.
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Attention to detail and quality-oriented mindset.
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Experience writing and running API Testing.
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Experience of using Continuous Integration tools such as Azure DevOps.
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Test Automation experience – CI/CD frameworks.
Key Competencies/Core Capabilities required to perform the role:
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Ability to adapt to changing requirements.
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Customer Focused.
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Adaptability in a high-pressure environment.
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Great Stakeholder management.
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Proactive.
We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows:
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Competitive salary and bonus potential
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Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap
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Pension scheme
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Company Funded Healthcare Plan
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25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days
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Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance
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Why should you apply?
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.
https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centrica
If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.
Help us, help you. We would love for you to share any information about yourself throughout our recruitment process so that we can better understand you and help shape your journey.
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What We Do
Centrica is a leading energy services and solutions provider founded on a 200-year heritage of serving people. We are the UK’s biggest retailer of zero carbon electricity, serving around 10 million customers across the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe through brands such as British Gas, supported by around 9,000 highly trained engineers and technicians. Centrica’s purpose of helping you live sustainably, simply and affordably drives our strategy and our People and Planet Plan.
