Senior Test Automation Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer

Who are we?

Ki is the biggest global insurance tech company you’ve never heard of, unless you’ve been looking to insure a satellite, wind farm or music festival recently.

Having written over $877m in gross written premium in 2023, we’ve achieved significant growth since our beginnings in 2021. Our investors were excited about the fact we were revolutionising the way a 333 year-old industry was working. There are hardly any industries left that are mainly paper based, but the specialty insurance market is one. Together with partners at Google and UCL we developed Ki and created a platform that helps insurance brokers place risk in a fast and frictionless way. We’re continuing to lead the charge on the digitisation of this market and we need more excellent minds to work with us to realise this goal and create more opportunities.

The role

We're looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our Quality Assurance (QA) function, and promote a culture of quality assurance in our cross-functional delivery squads.

With your strong, proven background in test engineering, you’ll serve as a subject matter expert in one or more of Ki's core technologies, with a specific focus on test automation. You'll be upholding and advancing the engineering team's principles and practices, mentoring and coaching colleagues in both engineering and business domains, as well as developing, implementing, and supporting test automation frameworks and tools to facilitate the delivery of high-quality software by cross-functional squads.

About you

You’ll possess a solid foundation in test automation and a high level of proficiency in utilizing industry-standard automation frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, or similar tools. Valuable experience in conducting exploratory testing of browser-based user interfaces, particularly single-page applications, is sought after for this position.

Demonstrating efficient use of automation tools to evaluate non-functional requirements such as web performance, fault tolerance, and security is crucial. The ability to contribute to the creation of components for a continuous delivery process is pivotal in optimizing our software development cycle. Successful performance in this role hinges on active collaboration within an agile environment with product and engineering teams. A capacity to effectively analyse requirements and delineate test coverage for both manual and automation scripts is imperative.

Proficiency in software delivery tools, including ticket tracking systems and version control, is essential. Candidates must showcase a strong track record of constructing and maintaining intricate test suites for critical software components, along with developing test suites utilizing Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Ruby.

Our culture

This opportunity comes along with a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave, optional private medical insurance, on target bonus and strong employer’s contributory pension, plus many more benefits. We also operate in a hybrid working capacity meaning you can collaborate in the London office as well as enjoy the ability to work from home.

Inclusion & Diversity is at the heart of our business at Ki. We recognise that diversity in age, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical ability, thought and social background bring richness to our working environment. No matter who you are, where you’re from, how you think, or who you love, we believe you should be you.

You’ll get a highly competitive remuneration and benefits package. This is kept under constant review to make sure it stays relevant. We understand the power of saying thank you and take time to acknowledge and reward extraordinary effort by teams or individuals. If this sounds like a role and a culture that appeals to you, let us know. Apply now.