Quality Engineer; Cypress.io

About Us

We're Thrive Learning, and we’re changing the way people learn  believe learning should be easy, effective, and empowering, not a chore. That’s why we built the industry’s first truly modern, all-in-one learning experience. We didn’t just create a new product; we rewrote the rulebook.

Doing things differently is in our DNA. Our technology is helping over 3 million people worldwide unlock their potential and grow their careers. You've probably heard of some of the brands we work with, like Volvo, Vodafone, Krispy Kreme, and Sky. They trust us to deliver learning experiences that their people actually want to use. We’re the fastest-growing learning technology company for a reason.

Do you want to be part of a team that’s building something that matters and helping people thrive?

We’re looking for a Quality Engineer (Cypress.io) to join the technical team here at Thrive Learning. The role will see you play a key role in one of our development squads, supporting the development lifecycle of new features for our learning experience platform by collaboratively supporting the refinement of specifications, supporting developers to ensure software is delivered with testability in mind, and supporting your squad to implement functionality which can demonstrate it’s quality through automated testing.

The ideal candidate will be committed to delivering quality software with a strong understanding of modern development practices that contribute to software quality including version control, continuous integration, continuous deployment and automated testing.

• Participate in backlog grooming and refinement to influence quality and testability
• Develop and execute testing strategies for functionality
• Advocate the use of BDD best practices where appropriate
• Support developers to implement highly testable software
• Raise, investigate and document problems and known errors
• Implementing and enhancing testing tools, processes and platforms with reusability and maintainability in mind
• Reviewing and contributing to technical documentation
• Communicating status information and issues to a variety of stakeholders

• Minimum of 2 years automation experience
• Experience working with modern web testing frameworks particularly Cypress
• Hands‑on experience with BDD
• Familiarity testing and debugging web applications on mobile
• Experience with React, and understanding of modern HTML / CSS
• Understanding of version control systems including Git
• Understanding of REST, Graph
  
  QL, asynchronous messaging and data formats such as JSON

• Experience with scalable cloud applications, distributed architecture and approaches for testing these
• Understanding of accessibility standards
• Experience with a range of accessibility testing tools
• Experience of API testing and tools
• Experience of security testing and tools
• Experience of load testing and tools
• Experience of Continuous Integration and Deployment
• Familiarity with No
  
  SQL systems such as MongoDB
• Appreciation of Dev Ops principles

• Salary circa £40,000
• Unlimited Holiday to support work‑life balance
• Thrive days—a reduced workday every Friday (10:00–15:00), with no internal meetings
• Flexible Working Hours within core hours (10:00–16:00)
• Birthday & Christmas Off, including festive shutdown between Christmas & New Year
• Work From Anywhere—fully remote‑friendly (4 weeks a year)
• Health Cash Back Plan with Health Shield
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential support
• Financial support program via Maji
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Death in Service (4x annual salary)
• Green Car Scheme through salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work Scheme—save up to 42% on a new bike
• Perks at Work—30,000+ national & local employee discounts via Charlie
  
  HR & Health Shield

We believe that finding a new job should be an enjoyable process. We’re passionate about bringing our whole selves to work, so what you see is what you get. All we ask from you, is that you show us your authentic self. We’re looking for people who bring something new to the team, who add to our culture and make it even greater.

Firstly, you'll be invited to a quick 15 minute screening call, this is a chance for…