QA Automation Engineer - US Project

QA Automation Engineer and Sports Betting for the USA We're looking for an innovator - someone with a passion to develop new things. We need high quality, effective QA automation for our software product development targeted at the US. Empowered to push our offering to the next level. Retail sports betting is a product leader in the US due to how the market is opening up and we are building a market leading Retail product offering from the ground up as part of our US Digital Platform strategy. This truly is a unique opportunity as US sports betting opens up in the world's biggest market. About us We are a truly global company but this role is focused on the US. Our US division is growing and we are at the forefront of the US Sports Betting market. Successfully operating Sports Books and Mobile wagering out of Nevada for a number of years we are now in an era of US Sports Betting expansion and with it a huge business and technical opportunity presents itself. We need the right people to help us succeed in these exciting times. Our people are at the heart of everything we do and we offer a fast-paced environment where we work with a delivery focus, celebrate success and give you all the tools you'll need to be your best self. It's not just our colleagues we look after - we've got a responsibility to our customers too and we work hard on our ambition that nobody is harmed by gambling. Your role in the team Working as part of the William Hill US Product Development team and driving our exciting US business and technology expansion with potential future opportunities in the US You will own the local quality vision and strategy for the local team and ensure the dev team members will be working together towards its effective delivery You will be a hands-on engineer in the team delivering automation with a focus on assuring the quality of what's being built You will act as a quality champion and collaborate with the team members to continuously improve our quality assurance You will define test approaches with the team as part of new feature development and ensure the functional and non-functional assurance of what is being built is considered You will look and after and improve any existing QA assets that add value, refactoring them to bring further improvements or replacing them if there are better options available. You will be delivering a Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach to ensure we deliver as much quality assurance upfront as possible within the development teams to ensure we can produce scalable, quality software You are comfortable working in a constantly changing work environment and are fully dedicated to automate as much as possible with a focus on where the value is You will contribute heavily to the QA community of practice and inspire the team to improve continuously Bias towards automation but you will manually test and exploratory test if and when required as part of the product development, to understand the product in more details and find defects Provide transparency on QA progress and activities to minimise reporting and focus on the work This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a team that's driving our exciting US business and technology expansion. Skills needed Experience in implementing TDD and BDD successfully within software development teams Experience with effective CI/CD in an agile software development environment Scripting and software development skills to deliver and contribute to the QA frameworks and assets Experience in / knowledge of Agile software product delivery and / or continuous improvement mindset Understands the functional programming paradigm and benefits. Has applied it or wants to learn it in fully "feature driven" teams What we offer We'll welcome you on-board with 25 days holiday (not to mention 8 bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday), a rewarding bonus scheme, healthcare, an attractive pension package, healthy gym discounts and a staff benefits scheme. Plus, our season ticket loan and handy Metro Card loan will save you money getting to work and getting around town. And if you see the journey to work as part of your fitness regime, you'll just love our Cycle to Work scheme. William Hill in Leeds Right in the middle of the creative heart of the UK sit both of our Leeds offices. Leeds itself is a buzzy, busy place to work and live. A hub for tech, digital and gaming companies - there's also five universities right on our doorstep. And away from work, we're in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales and of course have got a competitive sports scene with Leeds United at Elland Road. Yorkshire Cricket and Rugby just up the road in Headingley.