Beacon is a competitive intelligence database that helps drug developers make better, faster decisions. We provide in-depth, high-quality, and timely information which allows our clients to identify and understand the drug and trial activity within their field.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer to join our dynamic Product Delivery team. You will play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our products through robust testing processes, automation, and best practices.

About the Role:

We are seeking a detail-oriented QA specialist with expertise in both manual and automated testing within an Agile environment. As the team transitions from third-party providers to in-house delivery and testing, this role will drive efficiency by establishing robust testing frameworks and ensuring high-quality standards. The ideal candidate will be experienced in developing and maintaining test cases, defining test strategies, collaborating with stakeholders, and implementing automated testing for functional, regression, and performance needs. They will also play a key role in identifying, documenting, and resolving defects to enhance overall product reliability.

The ideal candidate:

• Work with CI/CD pipelines to integrate automated testing into the development lifecycle.
• Proven experience as a QA Specialist, QA Engineer, or Software Developer Engineer in Test.
• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience with automation testing frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, TestNG).
• Proficiency in C# programming language.
• Experience of SQL and CosmosDB is required.
• Strong experience in Behaviour-driven development (BDD) and its tools. (Specflow and Reqnroll, etc)
• Hands-on experience with API testing and tools like Postman or Swagger.
• Proven experience with Azure ADO to create and curate testcases.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.

Would be great if you also have experience in (but not essential):

• Knowledge of load, performance and basic security testing tools.
• Experience with cloud-based environments including Azure, AWS or GCP.
• ISTQB practitioner certification or similar equivalent industry qualifications.

Why Choose Us?

• Private health and life insurance
• Hybrid working arrangement 
• 1 extra day of annual leave each year, up to 30 days of annual leave (not including public holidays)
• Access to our Wader Hub benefits platform which include, retail, gym, hospitality, and wellness discounts
• Volunteer day (we offer all our employees the chance to take a day on us to get out there and do some good!)
• Monthly awards and social events (we’re talking sports days, karaoke nights, theatre trips, cooking courses, you name it!)
• Sabbatical options after 2 and 5 years
• Opportunities for professional education sponsorship
• Competitive salary + OTE