QA Automation Engineer

Energy One is a global supplier of software products and services to wholesale energy, environmental and carbon trading markets. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:EOL) since 2007, the Energy One group of companies has a successful track record of providing sophisticated, practical solutions and services to Australasian and European companies operating in the fast-paced 24/7 wholesale energy marketplace. Energy is key for growth, and mastering energy is paramount to reach net zero.  The energy industry in the UK is moving fast, with 2 concurrent trends: 

• The increase of renewable energy and its unpredictability, operated by increasingly small actors, leads to high market volatility. This volatility creates opportunities for energy traders
• The price cap in the UK limits the revenue of energy retailers, so they need to widen their capabilities and increase their efficiency to survive 

These actors rely on reliable and efficient systems to operate. If the system fails, a domino effect starts that could soon lead to big problems for wholesale and retail energy companies.  Energy One UK is providing systems to more than 12% of the market, which makes it an essential actor of this global energy market.  In order to keep up with the market trends (more actors, more traders and trades, more volatility), Energy One UK need to provide the best software, which our clients can trust. The QA team at EnergyOne UK are critical to this. The challenges they are facing now are the following: 

• Leveraging AI capabilities to accelerate release cycles, and to deliver an efficient development process
• A drive to increase repeatability & accuracy
• Being able to detect bugs when they are introduced
• Focus on non-functional testing, particularly on performance, scalability& security of the applications

We are looking for a key contributor to help the team meet these challenges.  We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer to join our dynamic software development team. The candidate will bring a fresh approach to our quality assurance efforts on the automation side, helping to ensure that all products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. This role involves creation, maintenance and execution of automated tests, maintenance of the automation framework, and collaborating with other departments to deliver world-class software solutions. You must be confident in your abilities, be willing to learn, be able to challenge yourself, the team and the company. In this role there will be a combination of both office and remote work.

Main responsibilities

• Create and maintain automation code to test business requirements and ensure they meet their acceptance criteria
• Coordinate production releases in liaison with key stakeholders
• Execute appropriate automated regression test packs in support of manual testing
• Functional and Regression testing of all code and configuration changes
• Documentation of QA processes, practices & buildout of the QA knowledgebase
• Conduct appropriate exploratory testing, where required, to facilitate our agile approach and in accordance with QA industry best practices
• Liaise with DevOps and Client Delivery to apprehend technical changes, and to understand their priorities & testing requirements
• Contribute to extending knowledge across the QA Team
• Gain an understanding of our products and associated functionality
• Assist the QA team in adhering to industry standards, and our own testing processes & best practices
• Work closely with development toidentify,logand eradicate any bugorunexpectedbehaviour

The individual will come from a QA or development background

• 3+yearsexperienceof working in QA automation at a software house, coding in C# and TypeScript
• Proficient with relevant AI tools and/or AI-integrated IDEs
• Experience using Playwright, particularly for API testing, Page Object Models and custom fixtures
• Good prioritisation and decision-making skills, with proven problem-solving expertise
• Be capable of building, articulating & peer-reviewing automation tests
• Working knowledge of QA best practices, and an ISTQB certification is desirable
• Experience with Microsoft ADO & Selenium is advantageous
• Additionally, familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Jira, and X-Ray are desirable

• Must be self-motivated and proactively engage with cross-functional teams to provide advice on the best practices for using existing product functionality to meet customer needs
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly developing opportunities
• A level of understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to delivering high-quality software