Senior QA Automation Engineer

EPIC Investment Partners

About Us

EPIC Investment Partners (“EPIC”) is a global financial services platform with 230 people across four integrated divisions Capital, Markets, Administration and Advisory.

EPIC was founded in 2001 by Giles Brand and Hiren Patel, financial services entrepreneurs with backgrounds in private equity. Business building is at the heart of everything we do. We understand the commercial drivers of success and how to support them by allocating capital actively and appropriately. We put our clients first at all times.

Our integrated approach supports corporates, entrepreneurs, and investors by providing access to capital, advice, and administration services across our four divisions:

• Capital: patient and flexible private capital encompassing early-stage investing, private equity and SPACs. £300 million assets under management (“AuM”).

• Markets: fund management platform with £400 million AuM across Equities, Fixed Income, Multi Asset and Managed Futures strategies.

• Administration: full-service outsourced administration platform encompassing Fund Services, Corporate Services and Legal Advertising and Public Notice services. £3 billion assets under administration.

• Advisory: discrete and independent advice to corporates, families and institutions on large and small transactions ranging from £25 million to £1 billion in value.

We believe in the enduring tradition of providing independent and discrete finance and counsel to businesses and the people who create them.

This is augmented by a future facing mindset embracing technology and innovation to offer our clients an intelligent and dynamic merchant banking model for the twenty-first century.

We are a client-centred, collegiate team for whom intellectual integrity and honest, considered decision making are the guiding principles.

Our Values

Our Values are at the heart of our activities and are designed to give our clients the same experience across all divisions, products, and locations.

• Intellectual Integrity: intellectual integrity is our true north and forms the nexus of our Values and Investment Principles. Our intellectual integrity means that EPIC is continually searching for the best talent, ideas, and opportunities for our clients. This has allowed EPIC to become a home for people, teams, and organisations who both share and help shape its world view.

• Clients First: we place clients first and commit to delivering excellent service and outcomes across all our activities. We are calm and focused under pressure, balancing long term outcomes with short term needs and seek to deliver on commitments with a sense of urgency.

• Collegiate: our teams are collegiate, with co-operation and collaboration central to our approach. We seek to foster collaboration across our divisions, to unlocking the opportunities of the interconnections across our broad platform.

We provide discreet and independent advice to help our clients achieve their goals, leveraging our buyside experience to bring a deep understanding of the motivations of investors.

Our Corporate Finance team advises corporates, management teams and shareholders on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and other specialist transactions.

Our General Partner Services team helps general partners structure and establish funds and raise capital from institutions worldwide. We have expertise in the secondary sale and restructuring of fund assets.

Advisory

We provide discreet and independent advice to help our clients achieve their goals, leveraging our buyside experience to bring a deep understanding of the motivations of investors.

Our Corporate Finance team advises corporates, management teams and shareholders on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and other specialist transactions.

Our General Partner Services team helps general partners structure and establish funds and raise capital from institutions worldwide. We have particular expertise in the secondary sale and restructuring of fund assets.

Profile: Senior QA Automation Engineer – IT Design and Development

EPIC Investment Partners (“EPIC”) is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated full-stack developer to join its India team within its private equity and corporate finance business lines. EPIC is a privately-owned, fast growing investment firm with aggregate assets under management of c.£1 billion. EPIC invests in private equity opportunities with a target size of up to £30 million and advises on corporate finance transactions with a target size of £50 million to £1 billion.

The Senior QA Automation Engineer will join a new team, established to develop and drive the technology and automation roadmap for EPIC Group. You will report directly to the Group Data Director who is based in UK. This is an exciting role that will provide the opportunity to work on projects that will have a direct impact on creating new revenue opportunities for the Group, and driving operational efficiencies that grow profitability. The automation initiatives will also provide EPIC with the foundations for scalable growth in the future.

Role description and responsibilities

Lead the testing efforts for both manual and automation testing for various web applications across the board

Create and design application and software testing processes

Monitor system and software functionality

Ensure offerings are entirely functional and provide quality assurance for software products

Automated testing and problem-solving of various tasks that work towards a development process

Advise best practices and optimizations throughout testing and bug-fixing processes

Collaborate with fellow software developers to develop test plans and new approaches for seeking out bugs and exploits in end-user-facing applications

Establish and implement rigorous reporting and automated monitoring systems

Establish creative direction for the company within brand guidelines

Manage multiple projects within design specifications and budget restrictions

Implement feedback and changes whenever possible

Candidate profile

Essential requirements:

Non-technical

Strong command of English language and be an effective communicator

Strong logic and problem-solving skills

Strong numeracy and analytical skills

Shift timings: 1330 hours to 2200 hours or 1130 hours to 2000 hours for female employees

Strong work ethic and delivers on tasks with a sense of urgency

Technical

• Qualification: Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of software testing experience, focusing on online applications.
• Strong understanding of manual and automation testing methodologies (e.g., black-box testing, white-box testing, regression testing).
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Java) and automation frameworks is a plus.
• Experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman)
• Experience with GitLab for version control.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for quality assurance.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks effectively.