Senior QA Automation Engineer, Novata
£51-60k
+ Stock options
More information about location
1 day a week in office
ESG platform for private markets
Job no longer available
ESG platform for private markets
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
£51-60k
+ Stock options
More information about location
1 day a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower private markets to achieve a more sustainable and inclusive form of capitalism.
Role
Who you are
- At least 4 or more years of demonstrable experience engineering automated testing solutions using TypeScript/JavaScript
- Experience in building and maintaining automation frameworks for both functional and non-functional testing
- Great attention to detail, you care deeply about the team’s output and take a no-compromise stance when it comes to quality
- Excellent communication skills, and are able to work collaboratively and respectfully with other team members
- A start-up mentality, are responsible, energetic, ambitious, adaptable and willing to jump in wherever you might be needed
- Extensive experience creating test documentation such as test strategies, test plans and writing detailed bug reports
- Deep understanding of Quality Assurance processes when it comes to both the theory as well as the implementation of it
- Have experience with a variety of testing tools and frameworks, ideally BrowserStack and Percy
- Experience working hand-in-hand with manual QAs and Engineers
What the job involves
- For this role you’ll be working across the product and engineering department and be responsible for ensuring our ESG reporting application achieves our quality targets, and delivers the best experience for our users
- Currently we have 2 manual QA contractors working alongside the Lead QA Engineer that is the line and hiring manager for this role
- We are moving towards stronger automation in our testing and as such will be replacing the contractors in due course with this permanent hire
- This role will encompass taking ownership of the Automation testing guidelines, framework and part of the strategy
- You’ll be responsible for building and maintaining the automation framework, working to develop strategies for both functional and non-functional automation testing, supporting the engineering teams in test writing, and managing automation testing tools
- The delivery teams are responsible for covering their functionality with automated tests of all levels but you’ll be responsible for coaching them and making sure that we meet our strategic goals
- Ensure that the team's collective output is comprehensively tested and meets our quality targets
- Work closely with engineers to guide the test coverage of the tickets, making sure that test scripts are comprehensive, follow our guidelines, and provide sufficient coverage
- Build and maintain automation testing framework
- Work closely with the engineers to help coach them in the best practices of automation testing and be inline with our strategy
- Work to establish strategies for non-functional testing such as performance testing
- Fulfill additional duties as requested
Application process
- An initial screening call where we’ll ask questions about your current and recent roles to gage your experience and talk about you as a person
- A 2-stage technical assessment, starting with a technical Interview and then a take-home exercise
- Follow up after the technical exercise where we discuss how you approached it and why you made the decisions you did
- End-to-end, the process typically takes 3-4 weeks but we’re happy to work around your schedule and move faster or slower if need be
Salary benchmarks
Our take
ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investment has been on a remarkable rise, increasing by over 50% in recent years and pulling in nearly $500B annually. This surge is driven in part by a growing collective pressure to invest in companies that prioritize sustainability and ethical practices.
With this trend accelerating, there's a clear need for better tools to track and analyze ESG data. That's where Novata comes in. The company offers robust solutions that allow investors to monitor and assess the ESG performance of their portfolios, helping them make more informed, responsible investment decisions.
Backing Novata is an impressive list of investors, including the Ford Foundation, Omidyar Network, S&P Global, and Hamilton Lane. The company's first funding round raised a staggering $21M - one of the highest ever for a public benefit corporation. This momentum continued in 2024 when the company attracted new investors and strengthened its financial backing, positioning itself to expand its sustainability solutions and enter expand its geographies while securing its place as a key player in the ESG space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2023
$30m
SERIES B
Nov 2021
$21m
SERIES A
Total funding: $51m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefit packages (medical, dental, vision and pension)
- Robust leave policies (PTO, parental leave, VTO)
- Opportunities for personal and professional development
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Alex Friedman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former White House Fellow in the Clinton Administration and an Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. Co-founder of Jackson Hole Economics, a non-profit research organization in economics, politics, the environment and finance. Served as CEO, CIO & CFO for a number of publicly listed financial services companies including GAM Investments, UBS, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Josh Green
(Co-Founder & COO)Prior to co-founding Novata, spent 15 years as CEO of trade data insights platform Panjiva (acquired by S&P Global in 2018). Former assistant CEO at growth investment firm the iFormation Group, created by technology VC Boston Consulting Group.
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