Security Clearance:  SC Clearable

The Company:

At Amber Labs, we are a cutting-edge UK and European technology consultancy that prioritises empowering autonomy, promoting experimentation, and facilitating rapid learning to provide exceptional value to our clients. Our company culture is centred around collaboration, where all colleagues, regardless of their role, work together to minimise risk and shorten delivery times. Our team consists of highly-skilled cross-functional consultants, analysts, and support staff.

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute tests and simulations to validate system functionality and performance.
• Investigate defects or errors in applications and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain automation frameworks for API testing, UI automation, and data migration.
• Collaborate with team members to enhance existing automation frameworks and develop new components as needed.
• Identify quality issues, generate comprehensive reports, and propose strategies for improvement.
• Participate in agile delivery methodologies, particularly Scrum, and contribute to sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Technical Requirements:

• Strong experience with data migration processes and tools.
• Proficiency in UI automation using Java-based frameworks such as Selenium.
• Understanding of API automation principles and experience with SOAP and REST APIs.
• Familiarity with automation pipelines, including Jenkins and GitLab.
• Hands-on experience in creating automation scenarios and frameworks.
• Knowledge of Postman and similar tools for API testing.
• Experience with SOAPUI and JMeter is advantageous.
• Proficient coding skills in Java or JavaScript.
• Understanding of web technologies such as CSS, JS, and HTML.
• Familiarity with the Page Object Model (POM) and Document Object Model (DOM).

Benefits:

• Join a rapidly expanding start-up where personal growth is a part of our DNA.
• Benefit from a flexible work environment focused on deliverable outcomes.
• Receive private medical insurance through Aviva.
• Enjoy the benefits of a company pension plan through Nest.
• 25 days of annual leave plus UK bank holidays.
• Access Perkbox, a global employee rewards platform offering discounts, perks, and wellness resources.
• Participate in a generous employee referral program.
• A highly collaborative and collegial environment with opportunities for career advancement.
• Be encouraged to take bold steps and embrace a mindset of experimentation.
• Choose your preferred device, PC or Mac.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Here at Amber Labs, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace for all. Our commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion includes:

Valuing the unique experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds of all employees and creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and valued.

Prohibiting all forms of harassment, bullying, discrimination, and victimisation and promoting a culture of dignity and respect for all.

Educating all new hires on our Diversity and Inclusion policies and ensuring they are aware of their rights and responsibilities to create a safe and inclusive workplace.

By taking these steps, we are dedicated to building a workplace that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our employees and communities.

This role at Amber Labs is a permanent position, and all employees are required to meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Please be advised that, at this time, we are unable to consider candidates who require sponsorship or hold a visa of any type.

What Happens Next?

Our Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to advise you on the next steps. We have a two-stage interview process for most of our consultants. In certain cases, we may include a third and final stage, which is a conversation with the company Partners. This will only be considered if deemed necessary.

We’re looking for an experienced QA & Software Tester to join the team working on Camo (reincubate.com/camo). Camo helps you easily get great video for meeting, streaming, or recording, and it’s available on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, with more platforms in the pipeline.

Camo was nominated for an Apple Design Award in 2023 and featured in Microsoft’s Build ‘23 keynote. The Verge called it “a solution to all your webcam problems” and users have rated it 4.85 star on the App Store. Camo has sophisticated AI/ML capabilities, and it takes advantage of NPUs on the latest and greatest Windows AI PCs.

Reincubate’s customers include teams at Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon, the world’s top universities, VIPs around the world, and plenty of people who just want to look better online. The company’s work has been recognised by HM Queen Elizabeth II and users rate Reincubate as one of the UK’s most-loved software companies (reincubate.com/about).

This role is remote, and fits working in UK hours: that’s GMT. The role is probably right for you if you’re curious and energised by building highly-polished products that just work, and would enjoy working at a values-led, remote, indie business. Here’s Aidan the CEO & founder talking about the role.

You will:

• Test new versions of the app to confirm that new features work as intended, provide feedback on the design of new features, and to look for bugs
• Support communication between the support and engineering teams to ensure that the success team’s technical questions are answered and that the engineering team understands any issues our customers are facing
• Work with our support team to measure the impact of bugs on our customers in order to help our engineers prioritise fixes
• Investigate bugs which our customers have reported so that we can understand them better: finding ways to replicate them and working with our engineers to work out the root cause

We will:

• Help you set up and contribute to a productive working environment, wherever you are: delight builds on delight
• Give you autonomy in your work, we trust you to solve hard problems well
• Help you settle into your role, manage your responsibilities, and grow as a member of the team: progress comes through sustainable growth
• Provide a space for you to share your opinions and ideas on any topic; integrity and openness are bedrocks of how we interact with one another and our users
• Provide excellent benefits: competitive salary, 25 days’ paid vacation, flexible hours, remote work, stock options, healthcare, paid parental leave, matched pension 401(k), equipment, allowances for home-offices, remote work & professional development

You might suit this role if you:

• Get satisfaction from diving deeply into technical problems to develop a precise understanding of them
• Enjoy working as part of a small, focused team of individual contributors, and like taking ownership of issues
• Wish there were more apps which “just work”
• Want to develop your understanding of the testing and bug fixing process in a modern software company
• Have a passion for excellent apps, and a keen eye for bugs and design issues
• Have a high level of attention to detail
• Can communicate technical details clearly, with strong organisation and process skills
• Have any experience with software engineering — although it's not necessary

You’ll maximize your chances when applying if you:

• Include a CV that gives us a great idea of who you are and what you’re about
• Take a time to look at who we are, and what we’re looking for
• Share examples of you succeeding with the sort of things we’re looking for in your cover letter
• We recommend not using AI to write your application; this tends to result in similar-looking applications that make it harder for us to learn about you (we don't use AI in screening applicants, a real person reads every application)