Senior QA Engineer

<p><strong>Job title: Senior QA Engineer </strong></p><p><strong>Location: London / Bristol / Edinburgh / Lisbon - Hybrid</strong></p><p><strong>Salary: £65,000 - £75,000</strong></p><p><strong>Closing date for applications: Friday 23rd August, 2024</strong></p><p>Kaluza wants to power a world where net-zero is within everyone’s reach, by building the platform that will accelerate a sustainable, affordable and resilient energy transition. It’s a huge challenge, but often the toughest problems are the most rewarding to solve.</p><br><p>Since launching in 2019, Kaluza’s technology has been empowering some of the biggest energy suppliers to better serve millions of customers.</p><br><p>From revolutionising billing to smart electric vehicle charging, our real-time cloud platforms transform supplier operations, reducing cost to serve and boosting engagement. And most importantly, they enable suppliers' customers to drive decarbonisation with smart, low carbon technologies.</p><p>We have a strong flexible, hybrid working ethos, we aim to be as flexible as possible to balance work with life. Teams can choose how and where to work, whether it’s from one of our lovely offices or from home or a mixture of both. Each team is different but we do like to get together monthly/quarterly as teams - if they are not at your local office we will cover the costs of travel and accommodation if necessary. As a company we come together annually for our conference and end of year celebrations! </p><p><strong>Where in the world of Kaluza will I be working? </strong></p><p>You'll be joining the Kaluza Quality community. We’re a team of product focused Quality specialists who work cross functionality with teams in technology, data , product and reliability delivering the best outcomes for our clients.</p><p> </p><p>We are dedicated to embedding quality in product delivery and working with all Kaluza teams to ensure our software meets the highest standards.</p><p> </p><p>You’ll be working on the Kaluza’s Energy Retail platform. This is a SaaS technology platform that aims to revolutionise the operating platforms for energy retailers globally. This platform has been built with scale and technical quality in mind and is the foundation for decarbonisation efforts by Kaluza’s customers. </p><p> </p> <p><strong>What will I be doing?</strong></p><br><p>Kaluza is currently in an exciting growth phase, undergoing the next phase of our technology journey as we support our clients.</p><p>As a Senior QA Engineer , you will be responsible for developing and implementing  the end to end testing strategies within our product delivery teams. You will work collaboratively with engineering leads and managers across delivery to  ensure that automation test coverage supports the quality standards for products &amp; clients.</p><p><strong>Is this the job for me?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Ideally you’ll have/be</p><ul><li>Experience of software quality assurance lifecycle within Agile methodologies.</li><li>Comfortable designing  , maintaining and enhancing  test automation frameworks</li><li>Know how to Improve processes around test data, users and scenarios for ease of testing.</li><li>Working with developers to review automated unit/integration tests. </li><li>A commitment  to mentoring junior members of teams </li><li>Be comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams, including development, product management, and client support, to ensure end to end  test coverage is  met  </li><li>A strong communicator</li><li>Focused on continuous improvement in quality process</li></ul><br><br><p><strong>Kaluza Values</strong></p><p>Here at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business: </p><p><strong>We’re on a mission, We build together, We’re inclusive, We get it done, We communicate with purpose.</strong></p><br><p>Read more about our <a href="https://careers.kaluza.com/our-values">values over on our careers site.</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>From us you’ll get</strong></p><ul><li>Pension Scheme</li><li>Kaluza Share Scheme </li><li>Discretionary Bonus Scheme</li><li>Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP</li><li>Life Assurance</li><li>Access to Furthr - a Climate Action app</li><li>Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests</li><li>Perks at Work - access to thousands of retail discounts</li><li>5% Flex Fund to spend on the benefits you want most</li><li>26 days holiday</li></ul><ul><li>Flexible bank holidays, giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like</li></ul><ul><li>Progressive leave policies with no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family </li><li>Dedicated personal learning and home office budgets</li><li>Flexible working — we trust you to work in a way that suits your lifestyle</li><li>And more…</li></ul><br><p>Even better? You’ll have access to these benefits from day 1 when you join.</p><p>[</p><p><strong>We want the best people</strong></p><p> </p><p>We’re keen to meet people from all walks of life — our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.</p><p> </p><p>We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we'd still love to hear from you.</p><p> </p><p>Find out more about working in <a href="http://kaluza.com">Kaluza</a> on our <a href="https://careers.kaluza.com/">careers page</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaluza/">LinkedIn</a>. </p><p> </p><p> </p>