Software Quality Engineer (UK Remote)

The department of Quality Engineering (under Technology) plays a crucial role in the software development process. This department is primarily responsible for ensuring that software products being developed within the Technology org at Turnitin meet or exceed predetermined quality standards.

Responsibilities: 

• Research: Stay updated on trends and techniques related to bypassing AI detection systems; proactively share relevant findings with the team.
• Data Analysis: Aggregate organise and analyse data to uncover patterns trends and vulnerabilities in AI detection mechanisms.
• Automation & Solution Strategy: Identify high-ROI automation opportunities for testing AI detection systems. Develop maintain and improve automated test coverage and contribute to overall solution design.
• Team Collaboration: Act as a central communication point between technical and non-technical team members to ensure alignment and information flow.
• Documentation & Process Improvement: Create maintain and regularly update clear documentation and reports covering methods tools test strategies vulnerabilities and impact assessments; continuously improve related processes to meet evolving needs.
• Knowledge Sharing: Provide guidance and occasional training to team members on recognising and responding to new bypass techniques.

Qualifications :

Requirements:

• 6 years of combined experience in web application testing automation and data analysis.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain automated tests (using Python or Java Pytest Selenium or similar) including integration with REST APIs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; experience with statistical data analysis to identify trends and vulnerabilities.
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with API testing.
• Excellent written and verbal English for effective cross-team communication including with non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets (including formulas).
• Experience leading or mentoring teams in test automation initiatives.

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to security testing or red-teaming especially related to NLP or AI systems.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering and LLM APIs.
• Understanding of the ML lifecycle (training fine-tuning eval) Generative AI and related technologies.
• The ideal candidate should be capable of analysing complex datasets to identify patterns trends and anomalies related to AI detection bypass techniques. This skill will greatly enhance our teams ability to understand the scope and impact of threats thereby improving our AI systems detection capabilities and security measures.

Additional Information :

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Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.

Our Values underpin everything we do.

• Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by  putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
• Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.
• Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products the way we treat each other and how we work with our customers and vendors.
• Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.
• One Team - We strive to break down silos collaborate effectively and celebrate each others successes.
• Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.

Global Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off 
• 4 Self-Care Days per year
• National Holidays*
• 2 Founder Days Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time*
• Charitable contribution match*
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
• Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave*
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution*

* varies by country

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad
At Turnitin we recognize its unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad.  We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If youre willing to learn and evolve alongside us join our team!

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time