About GBG
Enabling safe and rewarding digital lives for genuine people, everywhereWe make it our mission to ensure more genuine people have digital access to opportunities, and businesses have access to more genuine people. Our technology draws on diverse and reliable data to create a single point of truth for identity and address verification.
With over 30 years of experience behind us our team and technology are focused on enabling safe and rewarding digital lives for everyone. Regardless of age, location or background, genuine people everywhere should be able to digitally prove who they are and where they live.
About the team
The team is responsible for providing practical decision support solutions to address business objectives in the areas of risk prevention and fraud detection. We offer state-of-the-art software solutions and provide comprehensive client support using our expertise and flexible, client-focused approach.
The Role
Working closely with and under the guidance of the Software Engineering Manager & QA Lead, the role will be responsible to ensure the delivery of high-quality software by designing and executing effective testing strategies. In addition, you will be collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, automate tests for efficiency, and ensuring that functionality of the system developed in-house is fully tested to meet the high standards of quality expected by the business.
What you will do
As part of an Agile development team:
- Actively participate in a team based agile ceremonies and work closely with software engineers, product owners, architects, and designers.
- Create and review test acceptance criteria for all tasks during sprint planning/ grooming.
- Undertake manual testing activities, documenting test results and create clear and understandable defect reports (using Jira and Xray).
- Create and execute automated test scripts and contribute to the maintenance of automated test suites.
- Assist with the creation, management and execution of test plans for larger feature development activities where needed.
- Identify and manage defects within project with a view of preventing customer facing issues.
- Actively contribute to quality assurance improvements and initiatives.
Skills we're looking for
Technical Skills
- Experience in automated testing for web-based and API-based software solutions.
- Solid experience in analysing acceptance criteria and creating a thorough and targeted suite of relevant test cases.
- Understanding of TDD or BDD framework (Gherkin language).
- Experience with functional test, and integration test.
- Experience working in an Agile environment and participating in related ceremonies.
- Knowledge of these automated testing tools and technologies would be advantageous: Java, Cucumber, Selenium, Jenkins, SOAP UI, Postman.
- Hands-on experience with non-functional testing such as Performance, Security etc., would be an advantage.
Interpersonal Skills
- Effective communication skills to convey testing strategies, results, and issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders/ scrum team members.
- Gets to the heart of complex issues and problems through clear analytical thinking and effective application of expertise.
- To have a meticulous approach to testing and pay close attention to the details to identify potential defects or issues.
- A demonstrated ability to work as a team within a fast-paced team.
- Flexible, resilient, and able to change focus on demand.
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly within a continually changing, challenging environment.
- Ability to prioritise and to work independently, takes ownership of own workload.
- A focus on thorough software quality and documentation, takes pride in high-quality product releases.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Please inform your GBG Talent Attraction Partner if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process.
To chat to the Talent Attraction team and find out more about our benefits and why we’re a great place to work, drop an email to and we’ll be in touch. You can also find out more about careers at GBG and check out our current opportunities at
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