Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (Merchant Experience)

We're Checkout.com
Checkout.com is one of the most exciting and valuable fintechs in the world, with our Series D taking our valuation to $40 billion. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We're the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Binance, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.
We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That's why we're number 9 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and on Glassdoor's list of Top 10 fintechs to work for. And we're just getting started. We're building diverse and inclusive teams around the world - because that's how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. So, join us to build tomorrow, today.
As a Senior Software Developer in Test, you'll work against a predefined test strategy for your product and make a significant contribution towards scripting tests using a modern and innovative automation framework. Your natural problem-solving skills, inquisitive mind and attention to detail will contribute towards a strong culture of quality across the organization and have a significant impact on the service we provide.
About the team - Merchant Experience Merchant Experience is Checkout.com's product team which interacts with Merchants to onboard them, show how their payments are performing, see what they need to take action on, deal with problems, see reports, and change settings.

About You:

• Proven experience in a test driven development role
• At a minimum, you have achieved your foundation ISTQB/ISEB tester certificate
• Good experience working within a fast-paced Agile team
• Growth mindset mentality and excellent attention to detail, fault finding, debugging and diagnostic skills
• Able to switch between manual and automated testing with ease, and with the attitude of both subject areas having equal importance.
• Confident collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders

What you'll be doing:

• Analyse complex business requirements and consistently provide constructive feedback
• Proactively engage with all partners to close gaps in requirements
• Consistently perform exploratory tests in planning phase
• Make an active contribution to all Agile rituals (standups, retros, planning, etc)
• Author test plans and record test cases using Gherkin syntax
• Author new and update existing automated acceptance tests using Javascript
• Build user documentation and processes
• Collaborate with developers to investigate production issues
• Collaborate with product owners to groom the backlog of bugs according to business risk priority
• Track quality metrics and generate reports for partners
• Build advocacy towards the wider QA community to facilitate knowledge sharing.

Key Skills:

• Experience in writing brief gherkin scenarios which clearly define the purpose of each test
• Experience in writing API automation tests in any language, ideally JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience in writing automation Web GUI tests using any framework, ideally Cypress
• Experience using clients like POSTMAN and Swagger
• Experience working with cloud services, ideally AWS
• Excellent debugging ability
• Confident understanding of the Testing Pyramid and its implementation
• Experience using continuous integration (CI/CD) tools like TeamCity and Octopus
• Familiar with different authentication types.e.g basic and bearer
• Comfortable with JSON data

What we stand for At Checkout.com, everything starts with our values, including the experience we offer our people. #Aspire We supercharge your professional growth with career development programs and leadership training. You can learn your way, with tailored pathways and online platforms. And be inspired at relevant conferences. #Excel We don't stop at 'good' here. We strive for excellence amongst our teams every day and recognize colleagues who take it to the next level through our quarterly peer-nominated Hero awards. #Unite We're proud of our global connections and inclusive environment. So we champion this through our colleague-led community groups and celebrate many cultural events together. Want to see us in action? Take a peek inside here. More about Checkout.com Our technology makes payments seamless. We provide the fastest, most reliable payments in more than 150 currencies, with in-country acquiring, world-class fraud filters and reporting, through one API. And we can accept all major international credit and debit cards, as well as popular alternative and local payment methods. Checkout.com launched in 2012, and we now have a team of 1800 people across 19 international offices. To date, we've raised a total of $1.8 billion, with our Series D valuing us at $40 billion. We believe in equal opportunities
We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use.
Our clients come from all over the world - and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.
When you join our team, we'll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We'd love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us. We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We'll be happy to support you.
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