Quality Engineer

QUALITY ENGINEER 

WHO WE ARE 

Datapharm is a fast-growing technology company and SaaS provider in the healthcare space. Our medicines information database, emc (electronic medicines compendium) is the UK’s most comprehensive, trusted, and accessible source of information on medicines. We provide innovative solutions to support the Life Sciences and wider Healthcare sectors, serving more than 350 Pharma customers in the UK.  

THE JOB ROLE   

We are looking for a passionate, self-driven Quality Engineer to join our growing team, specialising in solutions design and crafting solutions for our cloud services and products.  The role requires hands-on test automation expertise, the ability to take initiative, and to evolve the quality assurance processes currently followed by the company.  With a cross-departmental focus on quality, you be responsible for the continuous delivery of value enabled by close collaboration with Delivery Leads, Product Owners, and multi-location delivery teams.  This is a unique opportunity to join a company with a fun, friendly and collaborative working culture where your career development will be fully supported. You will be part of a team where we strive for excellence in everything we do.  

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

As the Quality Engineer, you will lead the establishment and refinement of formal automated testing practices, processes, and standards to bolster our agile development and operational efforts. Your expertise in automated testing will position you as the go-to resource within the engineering team, guiding and mentoring Software and Quality Engineers toward best practices.

Collaborating closely with the DevOps Lead, you will play a pivotal role in crafting our Quality Automation strategy, fostering a push on green capability, implementing robust test automation solutions, and overseeing test execution. Additionally, you'll drive the definition and tracking of key metrics, drawing upon industry best practices to continuously improve our automated testing approach. Your contributions will extend to designing reusable automated test scripts, optimizing quality feedback loops within our CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring strict adherence to company-defined testing standards. Effective communication of project plans, commitments, and changes will also be integral to your role. 

ABOUT YOU  

The following expertise and experience are required: 

• Strong background (5+ years) as a Quality Engineer.

• Proficiency in creating, maintaining, and optimising automated tests across the entire tech stack to ensure stability and scalability.

• Usage of tools such as JMeter, Postman, Newman, RestAssured, ReadyAPI, Selenium, Swagger etc.

• Demonstrable experience and a good understanding of object-oriented programming and SQL.

• Familiarity with best practices in Software Development (patterns like PageObject Model, SOLID, DRY, KISS etc.)

• Ability to create automated tests for exiting solutions written in C#, JavaScript/Typescript.

• Experience with modern automated testing frameworks, with a particular emphasis on Playwright.

• Collaborate with other engineers to identify and resolve issues, improvements and efficiencies.

• Web browser testing experience across IE, EDGE, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

• Expertise in writing automation tests on different levels (API, E2E)

• Solid knowledge of data formats, including JSON.

• Solid knowledge of the http protocol.

• Experience engaging and working within multi-functional agile teams.

• Understanding of business needs while being able to propose practical solutions.

• Proficiency with GIT.

• Understanding of CI/CD concepts. Demonstrable experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD tooling.

• Familiarity with the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.

Desirable 

• Exposure to design techniques such as TDD.
• Recognised testing qualification such as ISTQB Test qualification.
• Microsoft certification.
• Commercial experience in conducting non-functional tests, such as performance testing, infrastructure testing, or related areas.
• Knowledge of the UK Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences industry.

We are looking for a candidate who can show the following: 

• Outstanding communication and problem-solving skills.
• Committed to producing efficient and high-quality technical solutions.
• Adaptability: ability to overcome obstacles and be adaptable to change and motivate your team to achieve the business goals.
• Proactive and self-motivated, able to set and achieve personal targets.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?  

• 25 days holiday per annum.
• Life insurance.
• Dental plan.
• Medical insurance.
• Pension contribution of 10% (after 12 months)
• Ongoing training in software, including accreditations.
• Discounts on gym membership, discounts with retailers.
• A fun, supportive and inclusive culture – the opportunity to work with, and learn from, some great people.

Don’t meet every single requirement?   

  

At Datapharm we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this role or another within the company.  

Our Mission 

Our mission is to improve the accessibility, effectiveness and excellence of healthcare product information.

We do this through our expertise in medicines information, providing regulatory, compliance and commercial software solutions to the pharmaceutical industry. This enables the delivery of trusted and accessible medical information to, and increased engagement with, healthcare professionals and patients.

Our Values  

• We Care for colleagues and customers by acting with integrity, responsibility, and mutual respect.
• We Collaborate to ensure a shared commitment to goals which are based on customer impact and success.
• We have the Courage to create positive change, be open to new challenges and learn new skills.