Job Description

Digital QA Engineer

Reporting to: Quality Assurance Lead

Based: Hybrid/ East Croydon

Here at The Gym Group we believe we are simply the best in our industry! Our amazing teams have skills, abilities and can-do attitudes that make this a great place to work!

We have strong, embedded values and an easy-going culture which ensures we put our people first. We pride ourselves on being fun, innovative, inclusive and engaging. We are now on the lookout for a Digital QA Engineer to join our amazing Product and Engineering Team.

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The Gym Group is not like your average gym! To our members we\xe2\x80\x99re the lowest cost nationwide 24/7 Gym with over 230 gyms and counting! To our teams we are fun, welcoming, engaging and inclusive. We challenge our limits and push ourselves to impact positive change with our goals and initiatives. We take steps into new areas with a real and authentic purpose - It\xe2\x80\x99s our mission to break down barriers to fitness for all.\xe2\x80\x8b\xe2\x80\x8b

We\xe2\x80\x99re #1 in our industry when it comes to our values, our culture and our people \xe2\x80\x93 check out Glassdoor if you don\xe2\x80\x99t believe us. We offer a fantastic place to work in a great working culture and were recognised as #25 in the Top 50 places to work in the UK in 2022! We may be one of the leading budget gym chains in the UK but there\xe2\x80\x99s nothing budget about our investment into our people. We have retained GOLD in our investors in people award for the last 6 years and silver in wellbeing last year. We\xe2\x80\x99re recognised as a disability confident and inclusive employer which is something we are truly proud of. We have a brilliant team and opportunities for development and growth with support for success. Having recently undertaken some huge projects from a digital point of view and our plans are to keep being innovative, creative and agile in all that we do.

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What you need to know about the role\xe2\x80\xa6

The Gym\xe2\x80\x99s pioneering low-cost, no contract, 24x7 business model relies heavily on innovative digital experiences. All our members join via the website and our online self-serve tools are a key part of the member proposition. Our website and app serve well over 1m users each month, and our digital offering becomes increasingly important as the membership base grows, and the health and fitness industry continues to embrace technology.

We are currently transforming our digital experience working with cutting edge partners, technology and people to power a next generation digital experience. Our programme is working with micro-services and a headless architecture to improve our eCommerce, service and in-gym experience.

You will be joining a growing a diverse and growing Product & Engineering team having just completed a major re-platform, we want a team to help our members and TGG get the most out of the technology.

The Digital QA Engineer role is responsible for delivering a high-quality experience for our members. You will be working very closely with internal and suppliers to ensure the quality of our digital deliveries.

Only candidates who are eligible to live and work in the UK need apply.

Let us tell you what we are looking for..

As a Digital QA Engineer, you will:

• Actively engage in sprint ceremonies

• Deliver test artefacts including test plans and manual/automation scripts

• Engage in both manual and automation testing

• Provide timely test execution reports for new features and regression testing

• Raise & track software defects

• Run defect status meetings and support the triage process to identify root causes

• Set up and maintain test data

• Support the QA lead with test environment management

• Collaborate with different stakeholders including Product Owners, Delivery Managers, Developers (internal/external) Solution Architects and the rest of the business

• Give proposals to drive improvements in the QA efficiency and maturity through processes, ways of working and tooling

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We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for someone who is clearly able to demonstrate:

5+ years hands-on QA experience across automation and manual exploratory testing.

Customer centric, passionate about delivering great digital products and services

Experience using the following tools to a high standard (Essential):

Playwright or similar (framework, scripting, execution)

API Postman Platform (framework, scripting, execution)

Azure Devops (test cases, execution, defect management)

Jira (user stories and sprint tasks)

Experience using the following tools (Desirable):

Lighthouse for page speed (scripting, execution via the pipeline)

Sonar for security (scripting, execution via the pipeline)

Experience testing the following:

Websites

Mobile App

APIs

Payment & Customer Systems

Strong experience with Agile working practices

Practical knowledge of software engineering practices of BDD and TDD

Strong teamwork skills, self-motivation, energetic, with a commercial mind-set and an ability to think innovatively.

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If you have a disability or condition that makes it difficult for you to complete your application online please email your cv to recruitment@thegymgroup.com or alternatively call the TGG Recruitment team on 0203 319 4838 and someone will be more than happy to support you. We also want to put it out there that we actively encourage applications from a diverse demographic and we are passionate about your culture and value alignment. We want this to be a match that challenges your limits and works for you as much as for us. When we say We\xe2\x80\x99re With You we really do mean it!

The Gym Group