Automation Test Analyst

**About us**

Thriday is a revolutionary new platform that combines everything a business needs to grow into one seamless and automated solution, which leverages AI & ML fed by a real-time stream of data. No legacy systems, no antiquated technology - just a fresh new approach that is completely serverless. Moving beyond microservices into nanoservices, in a highly scalable environment, we are already well beyond where most banks and fintechs are.

Thriday acts like a CFO in your pocket, providing the fastest way for small businesses to manage their banking, accounting and tax obligations, helping to win back time for busy business owners to plan for their future with real confidence.

We had a record-breaking capital raise, crowdfunding a greater amount than any Australian technology company on record with over 500 investors, including major VCs and many small businesses. We’re a highly organised and efficient startup, that is product-led and customer-led. If you care about building great products that can help people, we would love to speak with you

**Who we are looking for**

We’re looking for a super talented Automation Test Analyst who is ready to test their skills and help us build the financial management platform of the future. Thriday operates using a squad-based model, where a dedicated team of product, design and engineers work to build out features on the roadmap. In this role you will be responsible for creating and managing the automation test suite for our web and app products. It's a great role for someone who likes to work in a collaborative and agile team environment.

To succeed at Thriday you must have a strong sense of accountability and be a strategic thinker. You must feel comfortable picking a path and sticking to it. You must be an effective communicator and a strong team player. You must be agile in mindset and practice. We have a huge vision so it’s not for the faint hearted.

You will be reporting directly to the Test Manager, working closely with our development team, and ensuring the quality of our products. Your valued input and ideas will positively impact the current and future operations of the company.

**Requirements**:
**You have**
- At least 3-5 years of experience with test automation with web and apps.
- Working with mobile app test automation tools like Appium.
- Preferably, some experience working with web test tools like Selenium or Playwright.
- Experience working as part of an Agile development team.
- Testing mobile and web apps
- API testing
- Writing test cases and test plans

**You will**
- Creation and maintenance of test automation framework for mobile apps - iOS and Android.
- Integrating automated test cases in ADO pipelines
- Working in staggered coordination with the manual testing team for automating new features.
- Efficient reporting on automation scripts coverage and execution.
- Responsible for managing the testing of a dedicated Thriday squad.
- Rating and prioritising bugs effectively and communicating with the product and engineering team.
- Creating test plans, cases, strategy, and reports that blend in with our development process.
- Encourage best practice from a QA and test perspective, in an agile environment.
- Adopt best practices for Azure DevOps Test Plans.

**Bonus Points**
- Working with mobile app test automation tools like Appium (Optional)
- Experience across Azure Cloud Platform
- Working with Azure DevOps Test Plans
- Working with Azure AppCenter for mobile testing

**What success looks like**

In the first month, you will get into the core of product, building a strong knowledge base, and identifying improvements both to the product and how we test. We want your fresh perspectives and best-in-class practices to permeate throughout the engineering team.

In the next few months, you will start executing against on our automation test strategy, elevating our test practices to the next level and supporting the launch of our exciting roadmap of new features. Most importantly, you will implement a structured, intelligent and efficient way to test our web and app products using best practice automation processes and tools.

**The team**

You will be directly reporting to the Test Lead and work closely with our CTO, Lead Engineers, and Head of Product and will act as an automation test expert for the business. Your valued input and ideas will positively impact the current and future operations of the company.

**Benefits**

At Thriday we really value our employees and strive to continuously provide the best benefits which we are constantly adding to:

- Standard five weeks annual leave (25 days) per year. This gives you enough time to refresh, recharge and be your best self.
- We offer an additional 5 days of “life leave” which can be used for when life gets busy (moving house, mental health days, menstruation days etc).
- On recognised public holidays, you can choose another day off in lieu based on religious or ethical choi