Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

Department: Software Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Remote, UK

Description

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Work closely with software developers to understand the system architecture, design, and implementation to create effective test strategies.
• Pay attention to code quality and software craftsmanship
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring that code is designed with test automation in mind.
• Participating proactively in daily standup meetings, story grooming sessions, team retrospectives, regularly reporting progress as well as suggesting and implementing improvements.
• Develop detailed test plans, test scripts and test completion reports based on functional and technical specifications.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated testing frameworks for functional and non-functional testing.
• Design and execute performance, load, and stress tests to ensure the application can scale and perform under heavy traffic or resource constraints.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure frequent, automated validation of code changes.
• Monitor the health of test suites and ensure that automated tests run successfully whilst ensuring test environment and test cases are optimized to improve system performance.
• Investigate test failures and work closely with developers to diagnose and resolve defects and issues.

WHAT YOU HAVE

• Min. 5 years experience in a Quality Engineering role
• Min. 5 years experience with Java (building test frameworks and testing Java applications)
• Experience in Distributed Caching, Compute and Streaming
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools (JUnit)
• Experience in non-functional / quality attribute verification.
• Performance benchmarking (latency and throughput)
• Resilience testing (chaos and fuzzing)
• Scalability testing

• Demonstrated experience using AI/LLM tools, developing prompts, code, tools and automation that enhance product quality with less friction
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Github Actions)
• Experience with Linux and Bash
• Experience with Docker, Maven, JFrog
• Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS
• Experience with Infrastructure Deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with Vulnerability & Compliance Tools (SonarQube, OWASP, Trivy, Blackduck) 
• Experience of Big Data Storage Testing including designing and manipulating test data
• Experience with development frameworks (Spring, Springboot, VertX, Quartkus)
• Experience across Enterprise and Opensource solutions
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study (Computer Science, or related discipline) or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of the QA process (Test Plans, Test Scripts & Test Completion Reports)

• A passion for quality as well as for both detecting and preventing defects.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail.
• Efficient at debugging code and resolving issues quickly.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment, a team player who fosters collaboration.
• Able to make critical decisions, able to balance quality and time ensuring products and features are released in a timely manner without compromising on critical testing.
• Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives.
• Able to plan and organise your own work.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies such as unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and non-functional testing (Performance, load, stress, soak).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to clearly convey complex information and collaborate with cross-functional teams

BENEFITS

• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays
• Group Company Pension Plan
• Private Medical Insurance
• Private Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)