Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.
About the Role:
You will work closely with Product Managers, Software Engineers, and other Quality Engineers to build and maintain high-quality solutions across the Content Creators ecosystem , which includes:
- Article Submission (Research Exchange / ReX)
- Article Transfer (ReX Transfer)
- License Signing and Open Access Payments (Author Services)
- Open Access Fund Management (Wiley Open Access Dashboard (WOAD) and Oable)
As part of an Agile Scrum team, you will contribute to the development of automated testing frameworks, support continuous quality improvements, and help ensure our platforms deliver an exceptional user experience.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for web applications and services.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, and Quality Engineers within Agile Scrum teams.
- Define and implement effective testing strategies to improve product quality and reliability.
- Partner with developers to determine the most efficient and scalable testing approaches.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
- Support sprint planning, estimation, and delivery activities to achieve team objectives.
- Contribute to quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning and cross-functional initiatives.
- Perform exploratory and manual testing when required to validate new functionality and identify potential risks.
- Champion quality best practices, including shift-left testing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide recommendations to enhance testing frameworks, development processes, and overall system quality.
What We Look For
Required Qualifications
- Experience in both manual and automated software testing.
- Strong knowledge of Java, including:
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Collections Framework
- Multithreading fundamentals
- Lambda expressions
- Stream API
- Experience testing RESTful APIs and strong understanding of HTTP protocols.
- Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience using PostgreSQL, including:
- Multi-table joins
- Subqueries
- Aggregations
- Test data preparation and backend validation
- Proficiency with Git, including branching, merging, rebasing, and conflict resolution.
- Understanding of software development lifecycles, testing methodologies, and quality assurance practices.
- Passion for shift-left testing principles and continuous quality improvement.
- Understanding of modern web application architecture and behavior.
- Ability to effectively work with and interpret English-language technical documentation.
Technical Environment
Our technology stack includes:
- Java 17
- Selenide for UI test automation
- RestAssured for API testing
- JUnit and TestNG
- TestContainers for integration testing
- GitHub and GitHub Actions
- Allure and Report Portal for test reporting
- Microservices architecture
- HTTP and Kafka-based communication
- Kibana and Grafana for monitoring and observability
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Spring and Spring Boot.
- Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Understanding of event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Experience working with AWS cloud services and infrastructure.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
We power infinite possibilities. For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what s next in science, education, and publishing creating impact that reaches everywhere. We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives. Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact EMAIL_ADDRESS for assistance.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow. We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom, Canada and USA based roles. When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered. #LI-SC1