QA & Test Lead

Why we're hiring:

WPP is at the forefront of the marketing and advertising industry's largest transformation. Our Global CIO is leading a significant evolution of our Enterprise Technology capabilities, bringing together over 2,500 technology professionals into an integrated global team. This Team will play a crucial role in enabling the ongoing transformation of our agencies and functions.

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

What you'll be doing:

• Test Planning: Design and develop test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures for frontend applications
• Manual and Automated Testing: Execute both manual and automated tests to ensure the functionality and usability of the frontend components
• Bug Identification and Reporting: Identify, document, and report bugs and issues found during testing
• Collaboration: Work closely with developers and other QA team members to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Performance Testing: Conduct performance testing to ensure the frontend application meets performance standards
• Cross-Browser Testing: Ensure the application works across different browsers and devices
• Regression Testing: Perform regression testing to ensure that new code changes do not adversely affect existing functionalities
• Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of test cases, test results, and any defects found
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest testing tools and methodologies to continuously improve the testing process
• User Experience Testing: Evaluate the user experience to ensure the application is intuitive and user-friendly
• Test Automation Development: Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts to ensure the functionality, performance, and reliability of backend systems
• API Testing: Conduct thorough testing of APIs to ensure they meet functional and performance requirements
• Integration Testing: Perform integration testing to ensure different components of the system work together seamlessly
• Bug Identification and Reporting: Identify, document, and report bugs and issues found during testing
• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, product managers, and other QA team members to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Performance Testing: Conduct performance testing to ensure backend systems can handle expected loads
• Security Testing: Implement security testing to identify vulnerabilities and ensure data protection
• Regression Testing: Perform regression testing to ensure new code changes do not adversely affect existing functionalities
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest testing tools and methodologies to continuously improve the testing process
• Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of test cases, test results, and any defects found

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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