QA Engineer (Data & Compliance)

Remote, London, United Kingdom

Full Time

Experienced

Employment Type: Full-Time Location: London, UK

Minimum Experience: 3+ years

Pixalate is an online trust and safety platform that protects businesses, consumers and children from deceptive, fraudulent and non-compliant mobile, CTV apps and websites.

Our software and data have been used to unearth multiple high profile criminal and illegal surveillance cases including:

Gizmodo: An iCloud Feature Is Enabling a $65 Million Scam, New Research Says
Adweek: A 7-Figure Ad Fraud Scheme Running on Roku Underlines Murkiness of CTV
Washington Post: Your kids’ apps are spying on them
Pro Publica: Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire
ABC7 News: The State of Children's Privacy Online
NBC News: How many apps are tracking your children

Our team of lawyers, data scientists, engineers, economists and researchers span globally with presence in California, New York, Washington DC , London and Singapore.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a QA Engineer at Pixalate, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the integrity and excellence of our products. Collaborating with our engineering and data science teams, you'll develop, implement, and maintain effective testing strategies, with a primary focus on data integrity and automated UI testing. This role is key in ensuring that our software meets the highest standards of quality and exceeds our customers' expectations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Be hands-on in performing Data QA and building Plans.
Collaborate with engineering and data science teams to understand product changes and define applicable tests.
Develop, implement, and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases, focusing particularly on data integrity and UI functionality.
Carry out functional, integration, and regression testing, with a focus on data testing and automated UI testing.
Identify, log, and track defects throughout the testing process, ensuring that all data and UI issues are effectively addressed.
Use queries or other tools to validate data, verify transformation rules, and conduct back-end testing.
Implement automated UI testing processes using tools such as Selenium, Appium, or similar.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of Pixalate's QA methodologies.
Document QA procedures, ensuring the sharing of knowledge and best practices within the team.
Other responsibilities as needed

QUALIFICATION

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
3+ years of experience in a QA role, with a particular focus on Data QA and UI testing.
Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
Proficiency in SQL or BigQuery Standard SQL for data validation and testing.
Experience with automated UI testing tools.
Understanding of ML models and methodologies for QA’ing training data.
Excellent problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.

BENEFITS

We focus on doing things differently and challenge each other to be the best we can be.

Generous benefits package including 25 days holiday plus Bank holidays
Defined contribution Pension scheme
Monthly internet reimbursement
Casual, remote work environment
Hybrid, flexible hours
Opportunity for advancement
Fun annual team events
Being part of a high performing team that wants to win and have fun doing it
Extremely competitive compensation

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