About You 

You are proactive and confident in working autonomously and are a natural leader who leads by example while getting things done. You will be detailed orientated and highly organised with a genuine interest in Quality Assurance.

About the Role

Wazoku are creating a new pivotal Automation role which will have a direct impact on the success of our Product Releases. This is a high profile role with great opportunity for growth within the team.

The successful candidate will increase our Automation Coverage to a % that shifts the dynamic of how we test, ensure our tests are reliable and stable and work closely with the QA team to find issues so our Customers experience a Quality Product always.

We are at an exciting juncture in the Automation Journey here at Wazoku and the successful candidate will be the key person influencing how and when we get to our destination.

About Wazoku 

Will you help to provide clean water to schools in Mexico? To find a better solution to protect astronauts? To invent the next multi-billion market breakthrough? At Wazoku, that’s exactly what we achieve as we; change the world, one idea at a time.

We do this through our enterprise innovation platform that help organisations to find that one person who has that one idea wherever they are to solve their smallest to biggest problems to generate solutions that truly change the world. We work with Global 2000 organisations from the likes of NASA to Nissan and GSK, helping them discover new products and services, continuous improvements, but also ways to sustain our planet.

We are a B-Corp, Carbon Negative, for-purpose organisation with recent funding from Octopus Ventures and we are growing.

Wouldn’t you want to be part of this? To be involved in a new breakthrough idea that helped change the world into a better place? If so – we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities 

• Perform Regular Analysis of Test Runs - Triaging Failures, performing root cause Analysis, driving resolutions for Script or Product Issues
• Reporting and Flagging Issues to the relevant stakeholders and taking the Lead to ensure that Test Runs are moving towards a full pass rate as quickly as possible.
• Work closely with the QA Manager and QA Lead to Analyse our Manual Regression Suite & Create an Automation Coverage Roadmap
• Implement the Automation of the Manual Regression Tests
• Assist the QA team in the Implementation of the Automation tests for New Features
• Collaborate closely with the QA and Product Teams to understand the priority of Automation and Coverage required
• Drive the Automation Process within Wazoku - using available tools like Jira, Jenkins and Test Rail (Test Case Management tool)
• Work with the QA Lead and QA team to help upskill those interested to write & maintain Automation Scripts
• Update & Maintenance of Scripts as the product evolves through new Features
• Configure and maintain test environments & test data

Personal traits

• Proactive and confident in working autonomously like to "gets things done"
• Detail orientated and highly organised
• Plans and develops code independently with minimal guidance keeping all the relevant stakeholders informed about status and progress.
• Genuine interest in Quality Assurance and likes to really engage with the Product that is being tested
• Passionate and demonstrates ownership of deliverables for timely releases
• Ability to not just implement but also document, train and upskill others
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
• Interested in learning new tools & processes and rolling it out to others

Requirements 

• Proven experience in Setting up UI/API test frameworks
• Understand CI/CD Principles
• Understands web development principles and well versed in request-reponse cycle.
• Understands Unit, Integration and E2E testing principles.
• Experience in devising, managing and implementing effective testing strategies
• Strong experience with typical Automation Languages such as Python, JavaScript
• Strong experience with Selenium
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies & tools
• Knowledge of distributed version control systems such as Git
• Has Experience Upskilling others in Automation implementation
  

At Wazoku 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 encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What we offer

Although we work hard, we also recognise the importance of maintaining a proper integration of work/life priorities and providing a culture that encourages creativity and productivity. Our benefits include:

• $20+ USD contractual homeworking internet benefit
• Birthday day off
• Access to English lessons tailored to your needs
• Thanks Ben benefits, including $40 per month to spend on personal well-being.
• Excellent maternity and adoption policy – 18 weeks full pay and then a further 8 weeks at half pay if you wish to take it.
• Excellent Paternity pay – 4 weeks to be taken the year of the birth of the child, 4 weeks to be taken in the second year after the birth of the child.
• December one week shut down over the holiday period
• Mental Health Services
• Employee Referral Scheme – $500 bonus for every person you successfully refer

*Salary range $7,000,000 – 8,300,000 COP monthly depending on experience*

What happens next?

Our recruitment team will be in touch if you're successful so keep an eye on your emails! We'll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we're a good match, we'll share your CV with the hiring manager to review, and then be in touch to move to the next stage of the interview process.

1. Interview with Recruitment Lead
2. Technical Exercise Interview with Hiring Manager and team
3. Panel Interview with some of the leadership team

Our interview process is tailored to each role. We will always look to make the adjustments you need to bring your best self to interview.