Associate Backend QA Engineer, Chip
£35-45k
Plus Discretionary Performance-Related Bi-Annual Bonus of up to 10% (Cash) and 5% (Shares) based on your gross annual salary
Investing and savings app
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Investing and savings app
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£35-45k
Plus Discretionary Performance-Related Bi-Annual Bonus of up to 10% (Cash) and 5% (Shares) based on your gross annual salary
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build wealth for our generation.
Role
Who you are
- Strong QA Fundamentals - Deep understanding of testing methodologies, automation, and defect management
- Microservices & Monolith Testing Expertise - Experience in validating APIs, integrations, and system behavior
- Proficiency in any automation framework - Hands-on experience in writing and maintaining automation tests using at least one object-oriented testing framework
- CI/CD & Deployment Awareness - Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into workflows
- Effective Communication & Collaboration - Ability to work across multiple squads, prioritize tasks, and drive quality initiatives
- User-Centric Mindset - Ensure common user journeys are seamless, intuitive, and free of critical issues
- Strong grasp of SDLC & STLC - Familiarity with DevOps principles and best practices in software development and testing lifecycles
- Mobile Testing Experience - Hands-on experience testing applications on iOS and Android
- Debugging & Troubleshooting - Proficiency in Charles or similar debugging tools for network and API testing
- Someone with a genuine interest in Chip and is excited about being part of a fast-growing company and our mission to build the investment super app of the future
- We want a real person, with interests outside of work, to join our team. You could be a dancer, a gamer, a musician, a parent, a hockey fan, or even that one person that still writes Twilight fan-fiction. Doesn’t matter to us
What the job involves
- We are looking for a very talented and dedicated Associate Backend QA Engineer to help us build out a world-beating feature set
- Joining our engineering team, you’ll be responsible for testing new front-end, rest-api backend features and microservices manually; as required and identified at the planning sessions to help us continue to deliver a great product to our customers which helps our company and their money grow
- Collaborating with a cross-functional team - Work closely with Backend and Frontend Engineers, developers, and other specialists to maintain a quality-first mindset
- Defining and executing test strategies - Identify test scenarios, create detailed test cases, and document results effectively
- Championing quality - Be the QA evangelist, promoting best practices within and beyond your team
- Driving test automation - Contribute to a shift-left approach by building automation journeys using an OOP-based framework
- Exploring performance testing - Learn and develop performance testing strategies to ensure system efficiency
- Owning test estimation & reporting - Accurately estimate testing efforts, track progress, report status, and escalate issues when necessary
- Enhancing CI/CD visibility - Integrate automated tests into CI tooling (GitLab) and generate reports for better visibility
- Managing defects proactively - Document software faults and work closely with developers until release readiness
- Executing manual testing - Perform detailed exploratory and functional manual testing using industry-standard techniques
- Monday to Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Start your weekend early!)
- Enjoy a structured yet balanced workweek, with an early Friday finish to kickstart your weekend!
Application process
- We usually respond within three days
- At the interview stages, we will be looking for empathy, eq, fun stories, and the ability to smile even when things are tough
- Video screen with someone from our Talent team
- Short take-home test
- Video interview with the hiring manager
- Final interview with Engineering Manager and Product Manager
Our take
Chips offers a free app designed to make saving as easy as spending. Utilising an AI-driven system, the app calculates how much users could save, provides an option to decline, and automatically transfers the selected amount to the user's Chip account, streamlining the saving process.
To date, Chup's users have collectively saved over £800M, showcasing the product's popularity. The enthusiasm for Chip is evident, having raised a total of £43.5M with over 27.5k shareholders.
The company has bolstered its team with strong hires from notable organisations such as Purplebricks, Deposit Solutions, Barclays, Funding Circle, and Monzo, positioning Chip for significant growth. However, the challenge lies in remaining relevant amid a competitive landscape of savings and investment accounts. To address this, Chip continuously innovates its investment product to help users effectively build wealth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Dec 2023
$6.8m
LATE VC
Nov 2022
$4.8m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $84m
Company benefits
- Discretionary share option bonus
- Workplace pension scheme
- Private medical insurance (medical history disregarded)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Free ChipX subscription for UK-based employees
- We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity
- Flexible working arrangements
- Unlimited holiday (policy not to count) ✈️
- Annual £1500 Personal Learning Allowance
- £30 per month Chip Fitness Benefit to suit your Mental/Physical Wellbeing
- Company laptop
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Simon Rabin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Roamer. Prior to that, they were a Director at Txt2buy and a Marketing Manager at Unibutler.
Alex Latham
(Co-Founder & CMO)Previously worked in Marketing at Maxim and as Head of Growth at Pineapple Punk.
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