QA Engineer

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

Utilizing your experience in TypeScript, Playwright, and Cucumber, you'll implement and maintain automated tests, embracing a BDD approach to ensure the quality and reliability of our applications. This role offers the chance to work across the testing spectrum, from UI and API testing to database validation, all within a fast-paced Agile environment. If you thrive in a collaborative setting, enjoy solving technical challenges, and possess a strong automation-first mindset, we encourage you to apply and contribute to our team dedicated to delivering exceptional online experiences.

What you’ll be doing: 

Your primary responsibilities will involve ensuring the quality and reliability of an eCommerce application through automated testing. You will be developing and maintaining Automated Tests using TypeScript, Playwright, and Cucumber, following the BDD approach. You will be actively involved in UI, API, and DB testing.

In essence, you will contribute significantly to ensuring the quality and stability of the eCommerce platform by building and maintaining automated tests and actively participating in the software development lifecycle. Your "automation first" mindset and experience with various testing techniques will be crucial for delivering high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.

What we want from you:

• Experience in testing eCommerce applications
• Solid experience of test automation using TypeScript, Playwright, and Cucumber
• Proficiency in working within Agile environments and In sprint automation
• Hands-on experience with Behavioural Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber & Gherkin
• Good knowledge and experience in testing APIs and web services
• Experience in Accessibility testing and Visual testing using Playwright.
• Experience in backend testing, including familiarity with databases (DB2, Oracle) and SQL querying.
• Hands-on experience with UNIX commands and log verifications
• Experience testing RESTful services using Playwright or similar frameworks
• Automation first approach mindset, ability to identify data requirements and implement tests to achieve coverage
• Experience with existing test automation frameworks using TypeScript or JavaScript, and a willingness to contribute to their enhancement.
• Experience in testing automation within a continuous integration environment
• Familiarity with source code control systems like GitHub, BitBucket, or similar.
• Collaboration in daily stand-ups and close collaboration with team developers
• Utilisation of feedback from all stakeholders to expand test scenarios
• Demonstrated ability to adapt and reprioritise in a fast-paced team environment
• Effective interpersonal skills and proven ability to collaborate with all stakeholders
• Attention to detail and highly organised

If you know some of this, even better:

• Retail sector experience.
• Experience working with Cypress
• Experience of IBM WebSphere Commerce, Magento, Hybris or other eCommerce platforms
• Experience of using Jira, Rally or Azure tools
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure pipelin

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Permanent only:
We offer a great benefits package including  training opportunities, medical insurance, Dental insurance, Meal cards, social events, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

How we use AI in the recruitment process: 
 
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AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

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WPP (VML Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 

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