Senior Software Engineer in Test, SDET

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with software developers to gain insights into system architecture, design, and implementation in order to formulate effective testing strategies.

• Maintain a strong focus on code quality and software craftsmanship.

• Engage in code reviews to ensure that the code is designed with test automation considerations.

• Actively participate in daily standup meetings, story grooming sessions, and team retrospectives, consistently reporting progress and proposing as well as implementing enhancements.

• Create comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and test completion reports based on both functional and technical specifications.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated testing frameworks for both functional and non-functional testing.

• Design and execute performance, load, and stress tests to verify that the application can scale and perform effectively under heavy traffic or resource limitations.

• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure regular and automated validation of code modifications.

• Monitor the health of test suites, ensuring successful execution of automated tests while optimizing test environments and test cases to enhance system performance.

• Investigate test failures and collaborate closely with developers to diagnose and rectify defects and issues.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Quality Engineering position.

• At least 5 years of experience with Java, including building test frameworks and testing Java applications.

• Experience with Distributed Caching, Compute, and Streaming.

• Familiarity with automation frameworks and tools, specifically JUnit.

• Experience in non-functional and quality attribute verification.

• Proficiency in performance benchmarking, including latency and throughput assessment.

• Experience with resilience testing, including chaos and fuzz testing.

• Knowledge of scalability testing practices.

• Desirable skills include:

• Proven experience using AI/LLM tools, developing prompts, code, tools, and automation to enhance product quality with minimal friction.

• Familiarity with CI/CD practices, including tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

• Experience with Linux and Bash environments.

• Knowledge of Docker, Maven, and JFrog.

• Familiarity with Cloud Platforms, particularly AWS.

• Experience in Infrastructure Deployment technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible.

• Knowledge of Vulnerability & Compliance Tools, including SonarQube, OWASP, Trivy, and Blackduck.

• Experience in Big Data Storage Testing, including designing and manipulating test data.

• Familiarity with development frameworks such as Spring, Springboot, VertX, and Quarkus.

• Experience with both Enterprise and Open-source solutions.

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Computer Science or a related discipline) or equivalent practical experience.

• A solid understanding of the QA process, including Test Plans, Test Scripts, and Test Completion Reports.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

• Group Company Pension Plan.

• Private Medical Insurance.

• Private Dental Insurance.

• Life Insurance.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).