Engineering

QA Automation Engineer (UK)

London, England, United Kingdom

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer to work on our healthcare platform alongside our UK based team. This is ideally suited to a highly motivated and experienced engineer, looking to play a key role in the testing and QA of our internal and external web applications. You’ll be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, as we build out our UK engineering team, working on UK projects, collaborating with our US teams where required.

Who We Are

Since 2006, 23andMe’s mission has been to help people access, understand and benefit from the human genome. We are a group of passionate individuals pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to help turn genetic insight into better health and personal understanding. In November 2021, we acquired Lemonaid Health in order to transform the primary care experience and make personalized healthcare, powered by genetic and non-genetic data, a reality. Together we are achieving our mission of helping people benefit from the human genome by empowering people to take control of their health and building a healthcare platform that focuses on prevention and wellness. We also formed our partnership with Boots in June 2021, to launch Boots Online Doctor, helping patients remotely interact with a medical professional for over 40 services. For more information, please visit: https://lemonaidhealth.co.uk/

What You'll Do

• Provide QA, automation and testing expertise to the UK engineering team
• Engage in the both manual testing and creation of test automation
• Regression testing
• Release management
• Test coverage monitoring and analysis
• Collaborate with QA team peers both in the UK & US, but also work independently to increase the coverage of test cases and improve overall software quality
• Produce clear defect reports with details on how to reproduce the issue
• Contribute suggestions to the team on how best to implement and deploy new features
• Participate and contribute on project priorities, estimations and release planning
• Provide technical and device support to non-technical team members

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years experience in a senior QA automation engineer role
• Experience in manual & automated testings of web and mobile applications
• Hands on API testing frameworks primarily on HTTP client or REST-Assured
• Automation tools: Selenium, Cypress, PHPUnit, Postman / Newman
• Good understanding of API methods and response statuses
• Knowledge in SQL & ancillary QA tools
• Ability to parse JSON response data and map it to objects
• Experience in Git, Jenkins, Jira
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal
• Demonstrate high ownership and ability to drive issues to resolution
• Fast thinker and a good decision maker
• Be highly organised and have the ability to juggle different tasks without losing sight of the highest priority items
• Ability to stay focused under pressure, prioritising and managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Be a team player
• Can do attitude

About Us

23andMe, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is a leading consumer genetics and research company. Founded in 2006, the company’s mission is to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. 23andMe has pioneered direct access to genetic information as the only company with multiple FDA authorizations for genetic health risk reports. The company has created the world’s largest crowdsourced platform for genetic research, with 80 percent of its customers electing to participate. The platform also powers the 23andMe Therapeutics group, currently pursuing drug discovery programs rooted in human genetics across a spectrum of disease areas, including oncology, respiratory, and cardiovascular diseases, in addition to other therapeutic areas. More information is available at www.23andMe.com.

At 23andMe, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.  If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at accommodations-ext@23andme.com. 23andMe will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.

Please note: 23andMe does not accept agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Thank you.

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