We are now hiring for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, to join a large established company based in Dublin working on a hybrid basis for this exciting challenge.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about the quality of Software and will have an Agile Tester mindset with a background in building effective automation frameworks.
The current team has an in-depth knowledge of Testing Best Practices as well as strong programming backgrounds with the ability to design and executive optimal tes strategies that leverage the automation capabilities to the maximum effect.
As the Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, this role will involve overseeing and leading the more junior team members and working very closely with the Quality Practice Lead to ensure that the optimal test tooling and approaches are being consistent across the delivery teams.
Responsibilities:
- To define the test strategy for new functionalities focusing on achieving the optimal test approaches for all functional and non-functional scopes
- To be responsible for all areas of test automation, including building maintaining and documenting the adopted Test Automation Frameworks
- To develop, automate and maintain highly effective test cases leveraging automation to optimise test cycle times and the lead time for delivery of new functionalities
- To ensure comprehensive and transparent test coverage for new and existing product features
- To implement best of breed, scalable solutions according to defined patterns and practices
- To be responsible for application integration testing with all required systems, databases and services
- To work closely with the Software Engineers to understand the codebase and the unit test coverage and to ensure the testability for given features
- To be responsible for working with the Product Owners to understand the business requirements and carry out quality assurance checks on the developed solutions
- To work as part of a Scrum team using Agile practices and adhering to the values and principles of Agile methodology
- To promote testing best practices within the Delivery team
- To research test tools, methodologies, and trends and working on continuous process improvement initiatives within the Quality Standards
- To mentor the more junior SDETs within the team and ensure they are following testing and coding best practices
- To recommend, augment, and implement the usage of proven automation tools, technologies and techniques that can be leveraged across the Delivery teams in collaboration with the Quality Practice Lead
- To define and leverage stubbing/mocking approaches to ensure robust automation suites are in place that provide quick feedback
- To complete Automation peer code reviews
Experience / Qualifications:
- Related Degree
- 5 years’ experience in same / similar role
- Automation testing expertise
- Experience of database testing in the areas of functional, load, capacity and performance
- Strong analytical skills where you can analyse unit test coverage reports and collaborate with the Software Engineers to ensure any unit test coverage gaps are identified and addressed
- A proven ability to create robust and stable automated integration/functional/regression tests with transparent reporting on the automated coverage
- Strong programming background with Java (8 + preferable) with experience building automation frameworks for both API and UI tier validation
- Ability to demonstrate experience working in a test-driven environment with continuous integration pipelines managing the orchestration of feature and regression test packaging & execution
- To be able to demonstrate hands on experience of testing code quality & metric production & the implementation of quality gates
- Previous work experience mentoring and providing guidance and support to the junior members of the team
- Experience of Agile and with a testing mindset and approach that has experience defining test approaches that maximise the Return in Investment from automation and enable Continuous Delivery
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence the Delivery Team on Software Quality best practices and ensuring testable high-quality software
- A proven ability to assess inefficiencies in testing strategies and the successful execution of improvement initiatives Technologies & Frameworks
- Hands on experience of database script management using Redgate, Datical, MS SQL Server or other Relational Database
- Experience of Networking & Communication Protocols – DNS, TCPIP, UDP, HTTP HTTPS, SSL, FTP, SCP, SOAP & REST
- Experience with Languages – Java, MS SQL, Powershell & Bash
- Experience of Testing Frameworks/Tooling – BDD, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, NUnit, JQuery, Selenium, Serenity & Mockito • OAuth, SAML, SMTP, MAPI
- Experience of Version Control Systems – Azure Devops Git • Build Automation Tools – Jenkins
- Experience of Build & Dependency Management Tooling – Gradle, Ant & MSBuild Essential Skills
- Experience of writing a test framework / minimum maintaining one
- Experiencing owning and defining the test strategy for new features and breaking it down into the corresponding test types and building and executing an effective automation strategy for these
- Experience of using an automated maven build, to trigger tests
- Excellent knowledge of the maven lifecycle
- Good Java development
- Solid background of writing unit, integration and BDD Tests
- Experience of writing BDD Test suites with Gherkin, Cucumber and Junit
- Experience of best of breed practices in relation to test delivery
- Experience of working in highly automated CI/CD environments
- Excellent java and git skills
- Experience of writing automated tests using one of the following Frameworks/Libraries: Serenity, Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience of using Jenkins, for build and release management
- A solid knowledge of best of breed practices in relation to build management and release management Personal Strengths
- Self-starter who can implement best of breed testing solutions within the boundaries of the integration patterns, architectural principles and guidelines provided.
- Team player who can provide guidance, training and assistance
- Passionate about Quality with a continuous drive for improvements Necessary Qualifications
For this exciting role within a fantastic company where you will receive a great salary plus benefits package and work with a talented team -please apply now to Ruth@digitaltalentservices.com
No sponsorships
All applications must be eligible to live and work in Dublin