Senior QA Engineer

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. 

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. 

Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

A Hybrid working model

Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for an average of 4 days per week for most people . Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

What does a Senior QA Engineer do at Hogarth?

We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer who will play a key role in our Quality Engineering team.  Primary responsibilities include leading projects, developing tools, updating frameworks, executing and maintaining automation scripts, working with QA Leads to support projects, maintaining test plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver projects in a fast paced environment, and interfacing with development teams.

Key responsibilities:

• Participate in all aspects of QA product lifecycle: scoping, strategizing, test case creation and execution including feature, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Lead a project, manage multiple priorities, drive quality initiatives, establish metrics, apply industry best practices, and develop new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Identify, isolate and replicate software defects, research root causes, debug issues, and propose regression tests to discover reoccurrences.
• Promote QA productivity through automation, tools, and other best practices.
• Collaborate with the teams to identify efficiencies and process improvements at all levels and automate routine tasks.
• Maintain the current automation framework and automated test case repositories, along with participating in code reviews.
• Discuss architecture, integration, and design decisions both internally and with the application development team.
• Lead and mentor other QA engineers on the team.

Requirements:

• BS in computer science or equivalent with 5+ years of hands-on professional experience in testing and automation.
• Proficient coding experience with languages like Java or JavaScript.
• Knowledge of industry-standard test automation tools, such as Selenium WebDriver, Appium, WDIO, TestCafe, TestNG, Mocha, Jasmine, etc.
• Contribute to the development of self-service tools, APIs, and scripts for continuous end-to-end test automation which will be used across multiple teams.
• Develop test scripts based on business requirements and processes, in line with defined workflows, acceptance criteria, and other documentation.
• Strong understanding of CMS, Databases, Web Services, XML, HTML, CSS, JSON, and DOM elements.
• Experience with Unix, source control, and CI/CD.
• Good understanding of modern front-end frameworks such as Vue.js, React, and Angular.
• Advanced working knowledge of SQA processes and methodologies; expertise in test planning, test case management, code coverage, and defect analysis.
• Proven experience, mentoring, and problem-solving skills combined with flexibility working in a dynamic, fast-moving and fast-growing product development environment.
• Strong team player with the ability to interact effectively with team members across the organization.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise in researching root causes, debugging issues, and testing web services and related technologies.
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus.

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, go to