At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better.

You’ve probably seen the headlines. Heavy workloads, constant change, admin pressure on teachers and staff at every level… sometimes it feels like this is just part and parcel of school life today. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

We passionately believe that there’s a better way to work. And it starts by giving everyone the right tools and technology for the job.

We’re building a platform and products we believe in - as well as a strong, diverse team of experienced specialists, ex-teachers and Edtech engineers passionate about making a difference to the sector.

Ultimately, we’re here to help make our schools and trusts stress a little less, and focus on what matters most - improving the lives of teachers and outcomes of students everywhere.

About the role

Our QA team is pivotal to Arbor’s commitment to deliver superb quality software to our customers, and our drive to make engineering teams more efficient.

We are looking for a collaborative and experienced Automation QA Engineer to join our QA team and help us deliver Arbor’s Automation strategy. The remit and focus of the role is to implement processes and tooling as required to perform automated functional and non-functional testing across all products and services It’s a broad and exciting role, so we’re looking for someone up for a challenge - if you’re an experienced Automation QA Engineer, this is the role for you.

Core responsibilities

• Collaborate with development and quality assurance teams to design and implement automated test strategies.
• Identify performance testing requirements across all domain areas.
• Develop and maintain automation test scripts.
• Contribute to the Test Automation Framework
• Execute automated test suites and analyse results to identify defects and areas for improvement.
• Create and maintain automation process documentation and reports.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in the automation and performance testing processes.
• Mentor and provide guidance to team members in automation best practices.

About you:

• Proven experience in Non-Functional Testing, API and UI automation.
• Proven experience in performance testing using tools such as JMeter or Gatling.
• Good System Integration Testing (SIT) experience including creating and executing API tests.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as PHP, Javascript, or Typescript.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices.
• Considerable knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Experience working within agile cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work across multiple projects and be adaptable to a fast-paced environment.
• Good collaboration and communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What we offer

The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you’ll see the impact of your work everyday. We also offer:

• A dedicated wellbeing team who champion initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training and much more!
• 32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra company wide days given over Easter, Summer&Christmas
• Private Dental Insurance
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) pay
• 5 free return to work maternity coaching sessions, helping you adapt to this new exciting time of life!
• Access to services such as Calm, Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching) and Health Assured (Employee assistance programme)
• All of our roles champion flexible working and we are happy to discuss what this means to you!
• Social committees that plan team, office and company wide events to bring people together and celebrate success
• Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships etc)
• Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year
• Dog friendly offices!
• We welcome dogs in our office!

We are committed to a fair and comfortable recruitment process, soif you require any reasonable adjustments during your application or interview process, please reach out to a member of the team at careers@arbor-education.com.

Our commitment is also backed by our partnership with Neurodiversity Consultancy, Lexxic who provide us with training, support and advice.

Arbor Education is an equal opportunities organisation

Our goal is for Arbor to be a workplace which represents, celebrates and supports people from all backgrounds, and which gives them the tools they need to thrive - whatever their ambitions may be so we support and promote diversity and equality, and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Refer a friend:

Know someone else who would be good for this role? You can refer a friend, family member or colleague, if they are offered a role with Arbor, we will say thank you with a voucher valued up to £200! Simply email: careers@arbor-education.com

Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.