Job description
Role
A Software QA Analyst at FX Digital has a passion for ensuring quality in all facets of your profession. You will report to the QA manager, who will be able to offer guidance and support. You can competently, and independently, write robust test plans and test cases to ensure quality coverage within a fast-paced working environment. Doing so on multiple concurrent projects (Smart TV apps). You will be responsible for ensuring that the quality of work delivered is of an impeccable standard across the board.
You are brave enough to challenge team members with regards to quality and processes, forever striving towards an improvement in both. You maintain personally and encourage a culture of curiosity to the learning of new languages, tools and practices to maintain the high standard of quality and innovation expected at FX Digital.
You are a dependable and collaborative member of the QA and wider FX team, able to competently communicate and follow processes, while having a desire to innovate with regards to their personal development needs, tools and opportunities that contribute towards increased professional knowledge and efficiency. You have a keen eye for detail, a passion for process and a thirst for knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Involved throughout the full test life cycle (test case planning and definition, test execution, defect capture and reporting
- Enforce and uphold the quality assurance processes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Hold yourself and colleagues accountable for the standard of work that is released, ensuring it meets both aesthetic and functional requirements.
- Thorough documentation of test plans and test cases and the maintenance of these.
- Report and prioritise bugs and issues raised in a variety of channels.
- Proactively and clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Work with Junior and Senior QAs to contribute towards implementing broader automation coverage across current and future projects.
- Assist with the personal development of more junior members of the QA team
- Requirement analysis
Requirements
- Good understanding of HTML and CSS.
- Some previous experience with, or knowledge of Javascript, or another programming language
- Knowledge of APIs, testing of them and related tools
- Excellent time-management and organisational skills.
- Excellent analytical skills and eye for detail.
- Able to effectively communicate, written and verbally, to all levels within the business.
- Experience with version control and workflows and relevant tools
- Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle.
- Able to demonstrate great attention to detail, care and accuracy while maintaining the speed of work to meet deadlines.
- Experience with issue tracking tools such as Jira.
- Exceptional understanding of UX qualities.
- Experience using software debugging tools (e.g. web inspector)
Desirable
- 3+ years of relevant professional experience of working in a wider team with multiple concurrent projects.
- Relevant work experience with OTT apps (Connected Devices/Smart TV)
- Working knowledge of implementing and maintaining test automation frameworks
- ISTQB qualifications
- Experience implementing or integrating unit testing
- Experience testing on Playstation and/or Xbox platforms
- Experience testing HTML video players
- Relevant work experience testing iOS and Android mobile apps
- Experience using Charles proxy
Why work at FX?
To recognise everyone’s incredible contribution to the success of the business, we offer an annual profit share equally distributed across all roles and departments.
Salary in kind / Salary sacrifice options starting 2025, including medical insurance
Personal development is hugely important and so we offer paid weekly training time to up-skill and continue your learning.
Flexible working - with the option to work 2 days a week from home.
We appreciate that the world has changed and so we also offer a flexi start time between 8am and 10am.
Early finish Fridays in the summer
To ensure that our remote workers don’t miss out on the office experience, we have invested in technology that allows us to run company events in a hybrid way.
Every month you have the option of a one-on-one Sanctus mental health coaching session, a great opportunity to get quality mental health support at work.
Take part in regular company-wide and team-specific socials (both in-person and remote).
We take great pride in our culture of acceptance, diversity and inclusion.
Complete regular surveys to provide anonymous feedback on the business, leadership team and your role to ensure that we are doing everything we can to keep improving and making FX a great place to work.
Join us at our monthly Show and Tell, where team members update us on what they’ve been working on.
Get nominated for the monthly FX Factor by your peers and get recognised for your contribution to the business.
Get a chance to earn a £10 voucher for high project NPS scores.
We are invested in your growth and so we run regular, quarterly appraisals, to ensure you are receiving constant feedback and working towards goals for growth.
We support our team to get involved in conferences, events and trade shows at home and abroad.
Work with epic and prestigious global brands in the media, sport and entertainment space, from Discovery to BBC and ATP Media.
This is a full-time role based out of our Barcelona office. We can only consider applicants who can work 3 days per week from the office.
