Company Description

OpenBet is sport. The world's top sports betting brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech and tailored services. We have their back. So they’re ready with exciting, memorable and safe sports betting experiences, to entertain millions of players worldwide.

OpenBet’s mission is to power growth and player engagement for operators through a global betting ecosystem that delivers at scale, at speed, at every great sports event. Our 1000 talented colleagues are the market's top team. We achieve billions of bets in a season; 60,000+ per second (more transactions than Amazon on Prime Day); 100% uptime (zero Superbowl crashes!) and we're built on 25 years of imaginative technology that is iterated daily.

OpenBet has established a premium client base of more than 75 operators worldwide and has 34 licences across the fastest growing regulated sports betting markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The team is growing at scale driven by accelerated demand for our products and significant investment. We offer the speed, dynamism and growth opportunities of a start-up, underpinned by the stability and strength of a global employer.

Working at OpenBet every day is an opportunity for you to create exciting betting entertainment for millions of sports fans across the globe.

Want to be part of our evolving future growth?

Job Description

The Software Engineer QA role will involve working alongside Developers, Software Architects, other QA team members and Senior Software Engineers under the supervision of the QA Manager in order to analyse and deliver a Test Plan which is in line with our Upgrade strategy.

The Software Engineer QA should be able to input to the risk assessment and coverage selection process of test cases based on the release notes for a build to ensure that the upgrades are tested effectively and efficiently and in the timeframes needed to hit our strategic goals this year.

Key responsibilities:
Work within an agile Feature Team of Agile Delivery Leads, Product Owners and Software Developers to cover manual QA related activities such as translating business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria into test scenarios/cases – collaborative
Reviewing release notes and be able to make risk assessments based on areas of change in a release to select test case coverage for regression testing
Understand business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and how these have been translated into test scenarios / test cases
Collaborate with Snr QA/ Test Lead/ other team members to establish the scope for testing a release. This should include an analysis of what tests are already automated or what additional tests would benefit from automation (either component or integration)
Liaise with automation testers as to what can be tested via the automation scripts and what will need to be tested manually
Develop and execute accurate and comprehensive test plans to cover the manual testing element of a release
Conduct functional and regression testing
Raise clear and accurate defects, follow up on resolutions and retest fixes
Carry out thorough exploratory testing when required
Review and escalate test automation failures for support from the Principle Engineer QA
Ensure manual regression packs are maintained and updated bases on new functionality and changes
Reports test results to Test Lead and/or other colleagues in a clear and concise manner

Qualifications

Knowledge & Experience:
Experience of using test tools both enterprise and open source.
A Technical background – BSc or equivalent in IT/Engineering/Scientific or related discipline and professional experience of minimum of two years in IT.
Good knowledge of structured test methods and procedures.
Some experience of testing complex user interfaces.
Good communication and presentation skills - confident communicator
A commitment to quality and a thorough, detailed approach to work.
Experience with various development methodologies; Agile, TDD or Waterfall.
Experience of working as a team to deliver a quality product to the customer
2-4 years’ experience in QA
Should be opinionated, especially about quality.

It would also be great to see these skills/experiences as well:

Experience of working on highly complex, distributed systems.
Experience with Java, Gherkin/Cucumber, Selenium
Experience with JIRA and TestRail
API Testing with Postman
A basic understanding of Docker, Ansible, Maven, Jenkins, and Git (BitBucket).
Understanding of Behaviour/Test Driven Development.
Experience working with version control systems.
Qualified to ISEB/ISTQB Foundation level.

Additional Information

Why would you enjoy working with us at OpenBet?

Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace

The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis and the possibility to switch teams and projects as you and our business continues to develop and grow

Tangible and genuine development - at OpenBet, you can take your career where you want it to go!

And if that’s not enough; you will get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.

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