Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) Why Join Capco? Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry. You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry. We offer: A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits, including maternity / adoption / shared parental leave and paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement QA and Automation at Capco Create, drive, and build test strategies that are robust, reusable, and scalable. Be responsible for creating detailed test artifacts such as test plans, test specifications, automated tests, defect tickets, and reports. Manage test environments, test devices, defining and creating consistent test data and reports. Work with both your team and other cross-functional teams to plan and execute tests using the latest UI/Mobile test automation technologies, processes, and tools. Collaborate with architects to ensure solutions adhere to their principles and direction. Lead, mentor, up-skill, and inspire other automation engineers. Deliver fair outcomes for our customers and ensure own conduct maintains order and transparency. Communicate complex ideas to non-experts with eloquence and confidence. Have an awareness and understanding of new technologies being used in finance and other industries and love to experiment. Have a passion for being part of a team that is forming the future of finance. About You Capco is looking for hardworking, innovative, and creative people to join our Digital Engineering team. We'd also like to see: Practical experience of engineering best practices, while being obsessed with continuous improvement. Expertise in a set of the team's domains, including the breadth of services, how they interact, and data flows between systems. Able to work individually or with teams, recommending tooling and solutions aligning with organisational strategies. Architect services and systems using well-accepted design patterns to allow for iterative, autonomous development and future scaling. Contribute to security designs based on the organisation's security strategy. Comfortable managing engineers, ensuring they track the team's efficiency and quality of work. Make valuable contributions to products, solutions, and teams. Play a role in the delivery of critical business applications and ideally customer-facing applications. Communicate complex ideas to non-experts with eloquence and confidence. Have an awareness and understanding of new technologies being used in finance and other industries and love to experiment. Have a passion for being part of the engineering team that is forming the future of finance. Skills & Expertise Essential Solid Test Automation experience across the multitude of Windows and Mac browsers and Mobile Devices (iOS, Android, Windows). Test automation experience using Cucumber/Ruby, Robot, WebDriver, Selenium. Experience of at least one of Browser Stack, Sauce Labs, Appium, Calabash, TestCloud or other Cloud Service Testing Framework. Test automation experience of ReST and SOAP based APIs and Web Services using single and multi-threading. Good understanding of web technologies e.g. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ReST and JSON. Experience of test and issue management tools e.g. Jira, RTC, TestRail and Quality Centre. CI/CD - tools such as Confluence, Jira, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Stash, SonarQube, Performance Centre. Desirable Background as a developer preferred. Load and Performance Testing experience - Load Runner, Performance Centre and JMeter or similar tools. PaaS/IaaS - OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, AWS, Azure & Cloudbees. DevOps processes and experience. Agile methodologies - Scrum, Kanban, Lean UX, X. Strong experience delivering to AAA accessibility standards and usability principles. Experience migrating on-premise solutions to a cloud ecosystem. Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you're encouraged to . We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success.
Feb 19, 2025
Full time
Senior Software Developer in Test (SDET) Why Join Capco? Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry. You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry. We offer: A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits, including maternity / adoption / shared parental leave and paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement QA and Automation at Capco Create, drive, and build test strategies that are robust, reusable, and scalable. Be responsible for creating detailed test artifacts such as test plans, test specifications, automated tests, defect tickets, and reports. Manage test environments, test devices, defining and creating consistent test data and reports. Work with both your team and other cross-functional teams to plan and execute tests using the latest UI/Mobile test automation technologies, processes, and tools. Collaborate with architects to ensure solutions adhere to their principles and direction. Lead, mentor, up-skill, and inspire other automation engineers. Deliver fair outcomes for our customers and ensure own conduct maintains order and transparency. Communicate complex ideas to non-experts with eloquence and confidence. Have an awareness and understanding of new technologies being used in finance and other industries and love to experiment. Have a passion for being part of a team that is forming the future of finance. About You Capco is looking for hardworking, innovative, and creative people to join our Digital Engineering team. We'd also like to see: Practical experience of engineering best practices, while being obsessed with continuous improvement. Expertise in a set of the team's domains, including the breadth of services, how they interact, and data flows between systems. Able to work individually or with teams, recommending tooling and solutions aligning with organisational strategies. Architect services and systems using well-accepted design patterns to allow for iterative, autonomous development and future scaling. Contribute to security designs based on the organisation's security strategy. Comfortable managing engineers, ensuring they track the team's efficiency and quality of work. Make valuable contributions to products, solutions, and teams. Play a role in the delivery of critical business applications and ideally customer-facing applications. Communicate complex ideas to non-experts with eloquence and confidence. Have an awareness and understanding of new technologies being used in finance and other industries and love to experiment. Have a passion for being part of the engineering team that is forming the future of finance. Skills & Expertise Essential Solid Test Automation experience across the multitude of Windows and Mac browsers and Mobile Devices (iOS, Android, Windows). Test automation experience using Cucumber/Ruby, Robot, WebDriver, Selenium. Experience of at least one of Browser Stack, Sauce Labs, Appium, Calabash, TestCloud or other Cloud Service Testing Framework. Test automation experience of ReST and SOAP based APIs and Web Services using single and multi-threading. Good understanding of web technologies e.g. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ReST and JSON. Experience of test and issue management tools e.g. Jira, RTC, TestRail and Quality Centre. CI/CD - tools such as Confluence, Jira, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Stash, SonarQube, Performance Centre. Desirable Background as a developer preferred. Load and Performance Testing experience - Load Runner, Performance Centre and JMeter or similar tools. PaaS/IaaS - OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, AWS, Azure & Cloudbees. DevOps processes and experience. Agile methodologies - Scrum, Kanban, Lean UX, X. Strong experience delivering to AAA accessibility standards and usability principles. Experience migrating on-premise solutions to a cloud ecosystem. Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you're encouraged to . We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success.
About Us Solirius Consulting delivers technical consultancy and application delivery to our clients in order to solve real world problems and allow our clients to respond to an ever-changing technical landscape. We partner closely with our clients, embedding our consultants into their businesses in order to provide a bespoke service, allowing us to truly understand our clients' needs. It is this close collaboration with our clients that has enabled us to grow rapidly in recent years and will drive our ambitious future growth plans. We currently have over 250 consultants working with a variety of key clients from both the public and private sectors such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, FCDOS, UEFA, International Olympic Committee and Mercedes Benz; with plans to increase our client base further in the near future. We operate as a flat organisation and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently. We pride ourselves on being specialists at what we do, making the most of our consultants' expertise in their fields in order to provide a best-in-class service to our clients. All our consultants have the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, providing a broad range of knowledge on which to develop their careers and progress in the direction they choose. The Role We are looking for an experienced Lead/Senior Quality Engineer able to assist with leading projects with our government clients. You will have the opportunity to shape how Quality evolves over an exciting period for the technology team and business overall. You will ideally have a strong understanding of automated testing, be able to apply this both in a hands-on approach coupled with experience in strong leadership with teams of test engineers at all levels. Key Responsibilities You'll be required to support the Quality Engineering practice in day-to-day operations as well as to define and implement test strategies, review existing test strategies, and ascertain areas for improvement. You will be a leader within the business playing a key role in architecting the businesses approach to Quality Engineering. You'll be working within a significant area of IT delivery, and you will have an opportunity to promote quality outcomes and value across Solirius and our clients. You'll have strong delivery management and leadership skills with a focus on helping Solirius to deliver high quality outcomes at pace. As a QA Lead you'll be critical to overseeing multiple complex project teams to provide technical leadership on improving the way things are done, providing advice and direction to team members and stakeholders. You will work closely with senior delivery partners with a variety of and critical applications with large user bases. You will promote quality outcomes and values across Solirius and our clients. Key Skills and Experience Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop highly effective working relationships with colleagues, IT suppliers and business stakeholders. Experience developing the quality strategy across the business, evaluating what the current practices look like and identify areas for improvement. Working closely with business stakeholders, understanding their needs and translating them into a QA approach. Proven experience of defining and implementing test improvement strategies. Experience in hiring, coaching, and mentoring high performing teams of SDET and Test engineers. Deep Agile experience with CI/CD and shift left development practices. Solid testing background and experienced with Automation at a hands-on level. Experience with Delivery and Technologies ideally across the Government domain. Ability to manage multiple resources and allocate workload across varying teams and projects in parallel. Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing objectives works well under pressure. Strong decision making and problem-solving skills. Be an advocate of Quality Engineering, Continuous Improvement and industry recognised best practices. Project management experience and the ability to lead teams from pre day 1 strategies to project completion. Technical Skills Experience of working with a range of automation tools and frameworks. Experience with API testing, ideally using RestAssured. Can work with development teams to ascertain best practices for unit and other developer testing. Testing Frameworks - Knowledge of Test Libraries for Acceptance and End To End Testing. Build Automation Tools - Familiarity with open source build automation tools. CI/CD Tools and Pipeline - Knowledge of at-least one build tool eg Jenkins CI. To be considered for this role you will have: Proven experience of strong stakeholder management in prominent high paced environments. Previously held a similar role in another organisation. Proven experience of improving processes, setting strategy, delivering improvements, maintaining a quality service, and driving change. Proven experience of driving an automation and shift left strategy. Knowledge of modern technologies and processes such as SecDevOps. Strong proven experience in building and maintaining strong working relationships and leading collaboration with clients. Package and Benefits: Competitive salary, dependent on experience. Flexible working / Work from home. Private Healthcare. Generous annual discretionary bonus. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays. 10 days allocated development training per year. Contributory pension. Gym membership. Annual away days and social events. Equality & Diversity: Solirius Consulting is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages, and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics. Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.
Feb 14, 2025
Full time
About Us Solirius Consulting delivers technical consultancy and application delivery to our clients in order to solve real world problems and allow our clients to respond to an ever-changing technical landscape. We partner closely with our clients, embedding our consultants into their businesses in order to provide a bespoke service, allowing us to truly understand our clients' needs. It is this close collaboration with our clients that has enabled us to grow rapidly in recent years and will drive our ambitious future growth plans. We currently have over 250 consultants working with a variety of key clients from both the public and private sectors such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, FCDOS, UEFA, International Olympic Committee and Mercedes Benz; with plans to increase our client base further in the near future. We operate as a flat organisation and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently. We pride ourselves on being specialists at what we do, making the most of our consultants' expertise in their fields in order to provide a best-in-class service to our clients. All our consultants have the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, providing a broad range of knowledge on which to develop their careers and progress in the direction they choose. The Role We are looking for an experienced Lead/Senior Quality Engineer able to assist with leading projects with our government clients. You will have the opportunity to shape how Quality evolves over an exciting period for the technology team and business overall. You will ideally have a strong understanding of automated testing, be able to apply this both in a hands-on approach coupled with experience in strong leadership with teams of test engineers at all levels. Key Responsibilities You'll be required to support the Quality Engineering practice in day-to-day operations as well as to define and implement test strategies, review existing test strategies, and ascertain areas for improvement. You will be a leader within the business playing a key role in architecting the businesses approach to Quality Engineering. You'll be working within a significant area of IT delivery, and you will have an opportunity to promote quality outcomes and value across Solirius and our clients. You'll have strong delivery management and leadership skills with a focus on helping Solirius to deliver high quality outcomes at pace. As a QA Lead you'll be critical to overseeing multiple complex project teams to provide technical leadership on improving the way things are done, providing advice and direction to team members and stakeholders. You will work closely with senior delivery partners with a variety of and critical applications with large user bases. You will promote quality outcomes and values across Solirius and our clients. Key Skills and Experience Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop highly effective working relationships with colleagues, IT suppliers and business stakeholders. Experience developing the quality strategy across the business, evaluating what the current practices look like and identify areas for improvement. Working closely with business stakeholders, understanding their needs and translating them into a QA approach. Proven experience of defining and implementing test improvement strategies. Experience in hiring, coaching, and mentoring high performing teams of SDET and Test engineers. Deep Agile experience with CI/CD and shift left development practices. Solid testing background and experienced with Automation at a hands-on level. Experience with Delivery and Technologies ideally across the Government domain. Ability to manage multiple resources and allocate workload across varying teams and projects in parallel. Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing objectives works well under pressure. Strong decision making and problem-solving skills. Be an advocate of Quality Engineering, Continuous Improvement and industry recognised best practices. Project management experience and the ability to lead teams from pre day 1 strategies to project completion. Technical Skills Experience of working with a range of automation tools and frameworks. Experience with API testing, ideally using RestAssured. Can work with development teams to ascertain best practices for unit and other developer testing. Testing Frameworks - Knowledge of Test Libraries for Acceptance and End To End Testing. Build Automation Tools - Familiarity with open source build automation tools. CI/CD Tools and Pipeline - Knowledge of at-least one build tool eg Jenkins CI. To be considered for this role you will have: Proven experience of strong stakeholder management in prominent high paced environments. Previously held a similar role in another organisation. Proven experience of improving processes, setting strategy, delivering improvements, maintaining a quality service, and driving change. Proven experience of driving an automation and shift left strategy. Knowledge of modern technologies and processes such as SecDevOps. Strong proven experience in building and maintaining strong working relationships and leading collaboration with clients. Package and Benefits: Competitive salary, dependent on experience. Flexible working / Work from home. Private Healthcare. Generous annual discretionary bonus. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays. 10 days allocated development training per year. Contributory pension. Gym membership. Annual away days and social events. Equality & Diversity: Solirius Consulting is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages, and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics. Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.
Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited
City, London
iOS Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Hybrid Working in London - 2-3 Days on-site per week Various Role Levels: 50k - 120k DOE + Benefits + Bonus Due to continued growth, Deerfoot Recruitment is partnering with an international FinTech leader to hire iOS Software Development Engineers in Test (iOS SDETs) at various seniority levels. These roles offer the chance to work on innovative internal and customer-facing native iOS applications in a collaborative, agile environment with opportunities for career progression. All candidates must be able to code using Swift for iOS (with Xcode), have experience in test development , experience in agile environments and an excellent understanding of the iOS ecosystem . Further experience of HTTP/TLS/TCP protocols, XCUI Test, PACT contract testing, REST/JSON web services, Jenkins CI Systems, Appium and Xcode is highly desirable. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain robust automated tests (UI journey, component, end-to-end). Build and enhance test automation frameworks and tools to improve efficiency Collaborate with developers to design contract tests using PACT Conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality automation and test coverage Participate in test execution, issue resolution, and release planning. Propose and implement improvements to testing strategies and processes. Additional Responsibilities Additional responsibilities for senior and lead roles include driving testing strategies, mentoring team members, developing shared libraries, leading test planning for releases, managing team performance, and providing training to junior colleagues. What You Bring Strong iOS Swift coding skills (Xcode) and deep knowledge of the iOS ecosystem Proven experience in test development with expertise in agile environments Familiarity with XCUITest, HTTP/TLS/TCP protocols, REST APIs, JSON, CI systems (e.g., Jenkins), and Appium is advantageous For senior/lead roles: Additional experience mentoring team members or leading teams Why Apply? Competitive bonus structure (from 4%, up to 8% after 3 years). Comprehensive benefits including private pension plans, health & dental coverage, life assurance, and more. Hybrid working policy (2-3 days on-site in London office per week). 25 days annual leave (increasing with service) plus snacks and refreshments on-site. If you're passionate about iOS development and testing and want to work on cutting-edge projects in a dynamic environment, apply now to take the next step in your career! Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate 1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Feb 13, 2025
Full time
iOS Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Hybrid Working in London - 2-3 Days on-site per week Various Role Levels: 50k - 120k DOE + Benefits + Bonus Due to continued growth, Deerfoot Recruitment is partnering with an international FinTech leader to hire iOS Software Development Engineers in Test (iOS SDETs) at various seniority levels. These roles offer the chance to work on innovative internal and customer-facing native iOS applications in a collaborative, agile environment with opportunities for career progression. All candidates must be able to code using Swift for iOS (with Xcode), have experience in test development , experience in agile environments and an excellent understanding of the iOS ecosystem . Further experience of HTTP/TLS/TCP protocols, XCUI Test, PACT contract testing, REST/JSON web services, Jenkins CI Systems, Appium and Xcode is highly desirable. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain robust automated tests (UI journey, component, end-to-end). Build and enhance test automation frameworks and tools to improve efficiency Collaborate with developers to design contract tests using PACT Conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality automation and test coverage Participate in test execution, issue resolution, and release planning. Propose and implement improvements to testing strategies and processes. Additional Responsibilities Additional responsibilities for senior and lead roles include driving testing strategies, mentoring team members, developing shared libraries, leading test planning for releases, managing team performance, and providing training to junior colleagues. What You Bring Strong iOS Swift coding skills (Xcode) and deep knowledge of the iOS ecosystem Proven experience in test development with expertise in agile environments Familiarity with XCUITest, HTTP/TLS/TCP protocols, REST APIs, JSON, CI systems (e.g., Jenkins), and Appium is advantageous For senior/lead roles: Additional experience mentoring team members or leading teams Why Apply? Competitive bonus structure (from 4%, up to 8% after 3 years). Comprehensive benefits including private pension plans, health & dental coverage, life assurance, and more. Hybrid working policy (2-3 days on-site in London office per week). 25 days annual leave (increasing with service) plus snacks and refreshments on-site. If you're passionate about iOS development and testing and want to work on cutting-edge projects in a dynamic environment, apply now to take the next step in your career! Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate 1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world's most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations. Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It's a place where you can genuinely make an impact - and be recognized for it. We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers. Your role: As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) you oversee testing resources on a small, highly focused team responsible for delivering an internal and customer-facing native mobile application. The team comprises of a technical product manager (TPM), four senior software developers and an SDET; and you will collaborate with them, and relevant backend teams. You are responsible to ensure appropriate and efficient testing strategies are applied in your areas of responsibility, with a focus on shift-left testing principles. You will drive continual improvement in your team's automation frameworks and coverage while mentoring other SDETs in the team on industry leading technologies and test practices. It will include building and maintaining comprehensive automated tests for the frontend application, including (but not limited to) component, UI journey and end-to-end tests. You will guide and participate hands-on in the team's testing efforts to ensure quality of coverage, quality of code and quality of delivery. Your responsibilities: Manage performance assessments and hiring for a small team of SDETs Drive the team's testing and automation strategies Define and organize the teams test planning for releases Design and coding of automation frameworks, tests and tools Pair with developers in designing contract tests for both consumer and producer. Participate in team planning and story grooming. Participate in test execution, issue identification and resolution in support of the release. Propose and implement improvements to automation and test processes. Develop and maintain shared testing libraries. Provide training, mentorship and support to other members on the team. Conduct code reviews, improve and maintain quality of the automation code. Conduct test reviews, improve and maintain quality of the test coverage. Document the automation framework, tools and infrastructure. About you: Minimum 8 years of experience in test development. Minimum 2 years of experience leading a small team. Excellent understanding of Swift. Excellent understanding of testing practices in an agile environment. Excellent understanding of iOS ecosystem. Experience with XCUITest. Experience with any of the following is an asset: Network principles and protocols such as HTTP, TLS and TCP. Experience with contract testing (PACT preferable). Web services technology such as REST and JSON. Continuous integration systems such as Jenkins. Knowledge of Appium. What you can expect: At Global Relay, there's no ceiling to what you can achieve. It's the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You'll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You'll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you'll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills. Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual. We understand flexible work arrangements are important, and we encourage that in our work culture. Whether it's flexibility around work hours, workstyle, or lifestyle, we want to ensure our employees have a healthy work/life balance. We support and value a hybrid work model that blends collaboration with the team in the office and focus time from the comfort of your home.
Jan 26, 2025
Full time
For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world's most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations. Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It's a place where you can genuinely make an impact - and be recognized for it. We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers. Your role: As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) you oversee testing resources on a small, highly focused team responsible for delivering an internal and customer-facing native mobile application. The team comprises of a technical product manager (TPM), four senior software developers and an SDET; and you will collaborate with them, and relevant backend teams. You are responsible to ensure appropriate and efficient testing strategies are applied in your areas of responsibility, with a focus on shift-left testing principles. You will drive continual improvement in your team's automation frameworks and coverage while mentoring other SDETs in the team on industry leading technologies and test practices. It will include building and maintaining comprehensive automated tests for the frontend application, including (but not limited to) component, UI journey and end-to-end tests. You will guide and participate hands-on in the team's testing efforts to ensure quality of coverage, quality of code and quality of delivery. Your responsibilities: Manage performance assessments and hiring for a small team of SDETs Drive the team's testing and automation strategies Define and organize the teams test planning for releases Design and coding of automation frameworks, tests and tools Pair with developers in designing contract tests for both consumer and producer. Participate in team planning and story grooming. Participate in test execution, issue identification and resolution in support of the release. Propose and implement improvements to automation and test processes. Develop and maintain shared testing libraries. Provide training, mentorship and support to other members on the team. Conduct code reviews, improve and maintain quality of the automation code. Conduct test reviews, improve and maintain quality of the test coverage. Document the automation framework, tools and infrastructure. About you: Minimum 8 years of experience in test development. Minimum 2 years of experience leading a small team. Excellent understanding of Swift. Excellent understanding of testing practices in an agile environment. Excellent understanding of iOS ecosystem. Experience with XCUITest. Experience with any of the following is an asset: Network principles and protocols such as HTTP, TLS and TCP. Experience with contract testing (PACT preferable). Web services technology such as REST and JSON. Continuous integration systems such as Jenkins. Knowledge of Appium. What you can expect: At Global Relay, there's no ceiling to what you can achieve. It's the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You'll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You'll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you'll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills. Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual. We understand flexible work arrangements are important, and we encourage that in our work culture. Whether it's flexibility around work hours, workstyle, or lifestyle, we want to ensure our employees have a healthy work/life balance. We support and value a hybrid work model that blends collaboration with the team in the office and focus time from the comfort of your home.
(Junior Talent Acquisition/Recruitment coordinator) Department : Talent Team Reporting to: Senior Talent Lead / Head of Talent Location : Birmingham Salary : £20,000 basic per annum (Uncapped OTE £5670 per annum) WE ARE SPARTA GLOBAL Sparta Global is a leading provider of technology consulting services providing cross-functional teams to power short-term and long-term projects with relevant skills -within government and private sector organisations; fintech, media, insurance, retail, legal, travel, property, technology, start-ups -for over a hundred organisations within the UK. We invest in recruiting high-calibre graduates and build them into high-performing consultants through our intensive training Academies within our nationwide Sparta Global Program, before placing them with our clients including ASOS, NHS, Channel 4, Three Mobile, Admiral, Bupa, RBS, Shell and many more. Areas we train in include but are not limited to; Software Engineering/Development, Software Testing, Test Automation, SDET, DevOps, Cyber Security, Data Engineering, Business Analysis. THE TALENT TEAM Key to our success and there to support our ambitious growth plans of the business is the Talent function. The team is headed by the Head of Talent and supported by Senior Talent Leads and Coordinators and work in a 180-recruitment environment, focusing purely on candidate management. The team is responsible for managing incoming applications, resourcing and headhunting, assessments, interviewing, offer management, onboarding and university engagement and companywide events. As a Talent Representative, you work to attract the best talent for the Academy, advising applicants and assessing their suitability for our program, while cultivating and supporting them throughout the process and providing exceptional customer experience. This role would suit anyone with a sales/recruitment or customer facing background. If you are keen to progress and build a real career within a booming lucrative industry, this is an opportunity to become quality and delivery focused and move away from business development and be purely candidate/customer focused. YOUR RESPONSIBILTIES Daily management of the CRM (salesforce) to manage incoming applications and complete administrative tasks on applicant files Resourcing and headhunting candidates using Job boards Recruitment marketing and attraction/branding events Using LinkedIn to increase brand awareness and source Providing an exceptional customer/candidate experience Using MS Teams and Outlook daily to collaborate Contributing to documentation and collateral for the team Building relationships with candidates and managing a pipeline Contacting contacts by both phone and email to pre-screen Assessing Psychometric and Technical tests results Booking in interviews and preparing candidates Interviewing, assessing, and coaching Sending out and managing offers and contract queries Objection handling, compelling and cultivation of candidates Contributing to team huddles and meetings Working towards weekly and monthly personal and team targets Supporting company events and university initiatives Reporting on numbers, pipeline, and commitments WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Professionalism Confidence Resilience Adaptability A robust work ethic Organisation and time management skills Strong verbal/written communication skills The capacity to work independently as well as within a team The ability to work and learn in a fast-paced environment A keen interest in Technology and curiosity to learn and grow WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU A competitive starting salary Uncapped commission and earning potential Progression and promotion opportunity 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays Yearly personal development budget and plan Work from home options Pension and health care On-site parking City centre location Why work for us? We take time and care to develop your abilities and confidence, your success is our success - together we make other businesses stronger. We have great partners: What's really great about having a career in tech is that is transcends all industries, and as such we partner with businesses across all sectors - central government, leading consultancies, charities, the UKs largest mobile network operators, the world's leading music and podcast streaming platform, popular insurance groups, banks the list goes on. We're super inclusive: We like to be thought of as ED&I champions - To help illustrate the wonderful culture we maintain here at Sparta; we have won a host of awards and been finalists for many more: Booking - Employer of the Year Award Computing - Women in IT Excellence Award 2019 Women in Tech - Best Tech Employer Awards Women in Tech - Diversity and Inclusion Rising Star of the Year Award
Dec 18, 2022
Full time
(Junior Talent Acquisition/Recruitment coordinator) Department : Talent Team Reporting to: Senior Talent Lead / Head of Talent Location : Birmingham Salary : £20,000 basic per annum (Uncapped OTE £5670 per annum) WE ARE SPARTA GLOBAL Sparta Global is a leading provider of technology consulting services providing cross-functional teams to power short-term and long-term projects with relevant skills -within government and private sector organisations; fintech, media, insurance, retail, legal, travel, property, technology, start-ups -for over a hundred organisations within the UK. We invest in recruiting high-calibre graduates and build them into high-performing consultants through our intensive training Academies within our nationwide Sparta Global Program, before placing them with our clients including ASOS, NHS, Channel 4, Three Mobile, Admiral, Bupa, RBS, Shell and many more. Areas we train in include but are not limited to; Software Engineering/Development, Software Testing, Test Automation, SDET, DevOps, Cyber Security, Data Engineering, Business Analysis. THE TALENT TEAM Key to our success and there to support our ambitious growth plans of the business is the Talent function. The team is headed by the Head of Talent and supported by Senior Talent Leads and Coordinators and work in a 180-recruitment environment, focusing purely on candidate management. The team is responsible for managing incoming applications, resourcing and headhunting, assessments, interviewing, offer management, onboarding and university engagement and companywide events. As a Talent Representative, you work to attract the best talent for the Academy, advising applicants and assessing their suitability for our program, while cultivating and supporting them throughout the process and providing exceptional customer experience. This role would suit anyone with a sales/recruitment or customer facing background. If you are keen to progress and build a real career within a booming lucrative industry, this is an opportunity to become quality and delivery focused and move away from business development and be purely candidate/customer focused. YOUR RESPONSIBILTIES Daily management of the CRM (salesforce) to manage incoming applications and complete administrative tasks on applicant files Resourcing and headhunting candidates using Job boards Recruitment marketing and attraction/branding events Using LinkedIn to increase brand awareness and source Providing an exceptional customer/candidate experience Using MS Teams and Outlook daily to collaborate Contributing to documentation and collateral for the team Building relationships with candidates and managing a pipeline Contacting contacts by both phone and email to pre-screen Assessing Psychometric and Technical tests results Booking in interviews and preparing candidates Interviewing, assessing, and coaching Sending out and managing offers and contract queries Objection handling, compelling and cultivation of candidates Contributing to team huddles and meetings Working towards weekly and monthly personal and team targets Supporting company events and university initiatives Reporting on numbers, pipeline, and commitments WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Professionalism Confidence Resilience Adaptability A robust work ethic Organisation and time management skills Strong verbal/written communication skills The capacity to work independently as well as within a team The ability to work and learn in a fast-paced environment A keen interest in Technology and curiosity to learn and grow WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU A competitive starting salary Uncapped commission and earning potential Progression and promotion opportunity 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays Yearly personal development budget and plan Work from home options Pension and health care On-site parking City centre location Why work for us? We take time and care to develop your abilities and confidence, your success is our success - together we make other businesses stronger. We have great partners: What's really great about having a career in tech is that is transcends all industries, and as such we partner with businesses across all sectors - central government, leading consultancies, charities, the UKs largest mobile network operators, the world's leading music and podcast streaming platform, popular insurance groups, banks the list goes on. We're super inclusive: We like to be thought of as ED&I champions - To help illustrate the wonderful culture we maintain here at Sparta; we have won a host of awards and been finalists for many more: Booking - Employer of the Year Award Computing - Women in IT Excellence Award 2019 Women in Tech - Best Tech Employer Awards Women in Tech - Diversity and Inclusion Rising Star of the Year Award
Senior SDET / QA Engineer - InsurTech - C#, SpecFlow, Selenium Oliver Bernard are currently working with an InsurTech Start-Up, based in London, who are looking for a Senior SDET / QA Engineer to join the team as they look to scale and ramp up their Quality Engineering practices. Having grown organically over the past 2-3 years, our client are now in a real growth phase and with Quality Engineering click apply for full job details
Dec 18, 2022
Full time
Senior SDET / QA Engineer - InsurTech - C#, SpecFlow, Selenium Oliver Bernard are currently working with an InsurTech Start-Up, based in London, who are looking for a Senior SDET / QA Engineer to join the team as they look to scale and ramp up their Quality Engineering practices. Having grown organically over the past 2-3 years, our client are now in a real growth phase and with Quality Engineering click apply for full job details
Senior SDET / QA Engineer - InsurTech - C#, SpecFlow, Selenium Oliver Bernard are currently working with an InsurTech Start-Up, based in London, who are looking for a Senior SDET / QA Engineer to join the team as they look to scale and ramp up their Quality Engineering practices. Having grown organically over the past 2-3 years, our client are now in a real growth phase and with Quality Engineering click apply for full job details
Dec 17, 2022
Full time
Senior SDET / QA Engineer - InsurTech - C#, SpecFlow, Selenium Oliver Bernard are currently working with an InsurTech Start-Up, based in London, who are looking for a Senior SDET / QA Engineer to join the team as they look to scale and ramp up their Quality Engineering practices. Having grown organically over the past 2-3 years, our client are now in a real growth phase and with Quality Engineering click apply for full job details
SDET - OUTSIDE IR35 Hedge Fund is looking to grow their business and are hiring an SDET contractor OUTSIDE IR35. The successful Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) will have strong experience in C# and Specflow and a background working within a trading environment, understanding of working on complex software used by traders This is a senior role within the team and the SDET will be expected to produce automated regression test packs and help define test strategy. This is a rolling 12 month contract so the successful Software Developer in Test (SDET) should expect a long term assignment with many exciting projects to get stuck into. Requirements: C# (ESSENTIAL) SPECFLOW (ESSENTIAL)TRADING KNOWLEDGE (ESSENTIAL) AZURE DEVOPS (ESSENTIAL) Please apply now if you fulfil these requirements for a confidential discussion and further information. Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Dec 17, 2022
Full time
SDET - OUTSIDE IR35 Hedge Fund is looking to grow their business and are hiring an SDET contractor OUTSIDE IR35. The successful Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) will have strong experience in C# and Specflow and a background working within a trading environment, understanding of working on complex software used by traders This is a senior role within the team and the SDET will be expected to produce automated regression test packs and help define test strategy. This is a rolling 12 month contract so the successful Software Developer in Test (SDET) should expect a long term assignment with many exciting projects to get stuck into. Requirements: C# (ESSENTIAL) SPECFLOW (ESSENTIAL)TRADING KNOWLEDGE (ESSENTIAL) AZURE DEVOPS (ESSENTIAL) Please apply now if you fulfil these requirements for a confidential discussion and further information. Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Senior Software Engineer - Insurance C#, .Net, SQL, Azure Global Leading Technology Brand Working from home option, WFH with periodic site visits Latest Cutting Edge Technology £75,000-£90,000 + shares + bonus & benefits Our client a global technology leader is currently looking for a strong Software Developer with expertise in C#, .Net, SQL with some azure experience following Agile methodologies. Within this role you will be working in an autonomous squad with other software engineers, data engineers and SDETs in an Agile way to deliver the Product Owner's vision quickly and incrementally. There are key scrum ceremonies to attend such as daily stand up but the squad is responsible for the timing of these and the flexibility of the hours they work in a day which coupled with Hybrid working style between home and office, should mean that dentist appointments and school runs are made easier. Key Responsibilities: Work collaboratively with stakeholders and your squad to deliver value Support engineers with your expertise and opinions within your squad to drive forward delivery Work with engineers across squads to develop and evolve our architecture Ensure code is peer reviewed, unit tested, integration tested and delivered through automated pipelines all the way through to the live environments Ensure your code is secure Suggest ways for all engineers to work smarter Essential Skills/Experience: Strong commercial Microsoft .NET/C# with SQL Server development Have a very solid foundation of good development practices Experience building and evolving API services, middle-tier and Back End applications built in the .NET framework/.NET core using appropriate design patterns Cloud based(Azure) development and integration experience Working in an Agile, Automated Build (CI) and Deployment environments, supported by appropriate tooling Some relational database design, including stored procedures, indexing and query optimisation Support for Legacy applications (if required)
Dec 14, 2022
Full time
Senior Software Engineer - Insurance C#, .Net, SQL, Azure Global Leading Technology Brand Working from home option, WFH with periodic site visits Latest Cutting Edge Technology £75,000-£90,000 + shares + bonus & benefits Our client a global technology leader is currently looking for a strong Software Developer with expertise in C#, .Net, SQL with some azure experience following Agile methodologies. Within this role you will be working in an autonomous squad with other software engineers, data engineers and SDETs in an Agile way to deliver the Product Owner's vision quickly and incrementally. There are key scrum ceremonies to attend such as daily stand up but the squad is responsible for the timing of these and the flexibility of the hours they work in a day which coupled with Hybrid working style between home and office, should mean that dentist appointments and school runs are made easier. Key Responsibilities: Work collaboratively with stakeholders and your squad to deliver value Support engineers with your expertise and opinions within your squad to drive forward delivery Work with engineers across squads to develop and evolve our architecture Ensure code is peer reviewed, unit tested, integration tested and delivered through automated pipelines all the way through to the live environments Ensure your code is secure Suggest ways for all engineers to work smarter Essential Skills/Experience: Strong commercial Microsoft .NET/C# with SQL Server development Have a very solid foundation of good development practices Experience building and evolving API services, middle-tier and Back End applications built in the .NET framework/.NET core using appropriate design patterns Cloud based(Azure) development and integration experience Working in an Agile, Automated Build (CI) and Deployment environments, supported by appropriate tooling Some relational database design, including stored procedures, indexing and query optimisation Support for Legacy applications (if required)
Join us as "SDET Automation Tester" with the Bank of England (London, Full-time, Hybrid, Permanent) ABOUT CAPITA At Capita, we support clients across a range of sectors, including local Government, central Government, Education, Transport, Health, Life and Pensions, Insurance, Banking and other private sector organisations. We support with expertise applied by the talent across our business in combination with technology, insight and analytics to keep our clients ahead of change, sharper than competitors and more efficient than ever - and we always need new talent to help us achieve our goals. ABOUT BANK OF ENGLAND - TECHNOLOGY DEVISION The Technology division manages and supports all aspect of technology delivery across the Bank, from maintaining critical systems which underpin the UK economy, to providing big data analytics, implementing comprehensive cyber security programmes and introducing innovative solutions in support of a digital workplace. Technology's key objective is to support all other areas of the Bank in achieving our collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. This is achieved through the delivery of appropriate, high performing, resilient solutions and information services across the organisation and externally. Technology is structured around a simple operating model: Analyse-Deliver-Service-Secure. This model ensures transparency and effectiveness in our delivery, prioritisation and cost base for IT services and promotes close working relationships with colleagues across the Bank so that we can all deliver with pace and agility. THE ROLE OF AN AUTOMATION TESTER The Automated Tester will be a member of the Infrastructure Delivery team which is accountable for the engineering and delivery of the Bank's varied server infrastructure. Key responsibilities include, and are not limited to: Teamwork & Communication - Ensure effective relationships are sustained across the wider Technology team, including internal and external stakeholders, and any domain partners/suppliers Leadership - leader of implementing positive change, selling benefits of new ways of working Contracts & Commercial Capability - Strives to deliver the best value for money by continually looking for improvements/efficiencies across both server delivery and capital expenditure Technology Strategy - Work closely with Architecture to lead the development and implementation and of the Linux server estate within the Bank and, more specifically, to produce and articulately communicate a clear view of the domain's future strategy in Linux server delivery Delivery - Support both the Delivery team leader and Infrastructure Engineering Manager to ensure that all change, whether programmes and projects, or smaller scale releases, is delivered in a timely and cost-efficient way, whilst ensuring that they align to both operations and the future domain strategy Domain Enablement - Ensure compliance with key audit, risk, and security policies and procedures applicable to the Linux server estate EXPECTED SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS Proficient in Microsoft Office (in particular Excel, Word, PowerPoint) Project life cycle experience (Agile / Waterfall methodologies) Experience or knowledge of development automation tools (such as JUnit / JMeter) An Awareness of Test Management tools ( Jira ) An Awareness of automated testing tools (such as Selenium /UFT/Axe/Eggplant) Personal skills are key for this position - enthusiasm and a flare to problem solve, with a passionate, inquisitive and proactive attitude KNOWLEDGE OF Test Data provisioning and Management tools, i.e. Test Data Manager Testing complex user interfaces and GUI applications Defect management and test management tools Risk analysis and Risk Based Testing Testing involving both internal and 3rd parties A range of testing types (functional, non-functional, regression, integration, UAT, OAT) DESIRABLE SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS Development languages, e.g. Visual Basic, Java and C# (Blue Prism / Visio) Knowledge of Markets and Banking Systems and applications such as RTGS, T24, Open link, Megara and CREST Gateway PLEASE NOTE, CANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR SECURITY CLEARANCE
Dec 14, 2022
Full time
Join us as "SDET Automation Tester" with the Bank of England (London, Full-time, Hybrid, Permanent) ABOUT CAPITA At Capita, we support clients across a range of sectors, including local Government, central Government, Education, Transport, Health, Life and Pensions, Insurance, Banking and other private sector organisations. We support with expertise applied by the talent across our business in combination with technology, insight and analytics to keep our clients ahead of change, sharper than competitors and more efficient than ever - and we always need new talent to help us achieve our goals. ABOUT BANK OF ENGLAND - TECHNOLOGY DEVISION The Technology division manages and supports all aspect of technology delivery across the Bank, from maintaining critical systems which underpin the UK economy, to providing big data analytics, implementing comprehensive cyber security programmes and introducing innovative solutions in support of a digital workplace. Technology's key objective is to support all other areas of the Bank in achieving our collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. This is achieved through the delivery of appropriate, high performing, resilient solutions and information services across the organisation and externally. Technology is structured around a simple operating model: Analyse-Deliver-Service-Secure. This model ensures transparency and effectiveness in our delivery, prioritisation and cost base for IT services and promotes close working relationships with colleagues across the Bank so that we can all deliver with pace and agility. THE ROLE OF AN AUTOMATION TESTER The Automated Tester will be a member of the Infrastructure Delivery team which is accountable for the engineering and delivery of the Bank's varied server infrastructure. Key responsibilities include, and are not limited to: Teamwork & Communication - Ensure effective relationships are sustained across the wider Technology team, including internal and external stakeholders, and any domain partners/suppliers Leadership - leader of implementing positive change, selling benefits of new ways of working Contracts & Commercial Capability - Strives to deliver the best value for money by continually looking for improvements/efficiencies across both server delivery and capital expenditure Technology Strategy - Work closely with Architecture to lead the development and implementation and of the Linux server estate within the Bank and, more specifically, to produce and articulately communicate a clear view of the domain's future strategy in Linux server delivery Delivery - Support both the Delivery team leader and Infrastructure Engineering Manager to ensure that all change, whether programmes and projects, or smaller scale releases, is delivered in a timely and cost-efficient way, whilst ensuring that they align to both operations and the future domain strategy Domain Enablement - Ensure compliance with key audit, risk, and security policies and procedures applicable to the Linux server estate EXPECTED SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS Proficient in Microsoft Office (in particular Excel, Word, PowerPoint) Project life cycle experience (Agile / Waterfall methodologies) Experience or knowledge of development automation tools (such as JUnit / JMeter) An Awareness of Test Management tools ( Jira ) An Awareness of automated testing tools (such as Selenium /UFT/Axe/Eggplant) Personal skills are key for this position - enthusiasm and a flare to problem solve, with a passionate, inquisitive and proactive attitude KNOWLEDGE OF Test Data provisioning and Management tools, i.e. Test Data Manager Testing complex user interfaces and GUI applications Defect management and test management tools Risk analysis and Risk Based Testing Testing involving both internal and 3rd parties A range of testing types (functional, non-functional, regression, integration, UAT, OAT) DESIRABLE SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS Development languages, e.g. Visual Basic, Java and C# (Blue Prism / Visio) Knowledge of Markets and Banking Systems and applications such as RTGS, T24, Open link, Megara and CREST Gateway PLEASE NOTE, CANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR SECURITY CLEARANCE
Senior Java developer (in test) SDET 6 Month Initial contract Up to £800 / day Inside IR35 Senior Java developer in test for a London based FS client. This role requires a strong server - side Java developer, with a strong focus on automated test engineering and test automation. Ideally, a strong SDET is required to join the team covering Trade management, pricing and Margin calculation of credit derivative products. You will be responsible for the testing of migrating systems to a private and public cloud mode. Skills required Strong experience of Java development and tools including IDEs (Intellij), Maven, GIT, Nexus, and Jenkins Strong experience of building and implementing scalable, maintainable, repeatable and robust test automation solution from scratch Strong experience of functional test methodologies and test automation tools including Selenium, WebDriver, Cucumber, Gherkin syntax, JUnit, JMeter, TDD, BDD Able to design, develop, and execute load tests for Web Services (REST) and User Interfaces simulating thousands of requests, and present the results in tables, charts, or metrics etc Rate on offer up to £800 / day Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Jul 30, 2022
Full time
Senior Java developer (in test) SDET 6 Month Initial contract Up to £800 / day Inside IR35 Senior Java developer in test for a London based FS client. This role requires a strong server - side Java developer, with a strong focus on automated test engineering and test automation. Ideally, a strong SDET is required to join the team covering Trade management, pricing and Margin calculation of credit derivative products. You will be responsible for the testing of migrating systems to a private and public cloud mode. Skills required Strong experience of Java development and tools including IDEs (Intellij), Maven, GIT, Nexus, and Jenkins Strong experience of building and implementing scalable, maintainable, repeatable and robust test automation solution from scratch Strong experience of functional test methodologies and test automation tools including Selenium, WebDriver, Cucumber, Gherkin syntax, JUnit, JMeter, TDD, BDD Able to design, develop, and execute load tests for Web Services (REST) and User Interfaces simulating thousands of requests, and present the results in tables, charts, or metrics etc Rate on offer up to £800 / day Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test Competitive Salary + Benefits + Bonus Home Working / London EMEA HQ Permanent, Full Time As a trusted and preferred recruitment partner to this leading global provider of cloud-based solutions to the global financial sector, we have been asked to assist in the hire of several Lead Software Development Engineer in Test's (SDETs). You will oversee testing resources on a highly focussed team and will ensure testing strategies are applied with a focus on shift-left testing principles. Already benefitting from a dominance in the North American finance industry, our client is expanding it is London operations to better serve the UK and EU markets. This is an exciting time to join, and you will have the option to work from predominantly from home or within their state-of-the-art EMEA HQ in London. Core Requirements *Experience in Test Development and Leading Small Teams as a Lead SDET *Experience of Java and Object-Oriented Principles *Applying Test Practices in an Agile Environment *Unit Testing Frameworks such as JUnit *Testing Backend Systems or APIs *A mix of the following oTesting performance with JMeter or similar oWeb Services (REST, JSON, Thrift) oTesting Web Apps with Selenium WebDriver oBig Data Technologies (Hadoop, MongoDB, Kafka, SQL) oNetwork principles / protocols (HTTP, TLS, TCP) oContinuous Integration (Jenkins, Bamboo) oContinuous Delivery Concepts Role Overview: Manage performance assessments and hiring for a small team of SDETs. Drive teams testing and automation strategies. Define / organise teams test planning for releases. Design / code automation frameworks, tests, and tools. Participate in team planning, story grooming, test execution, issue identification / resolution. Propose / implement improvements to processes. Develop / maintain shared testing libraries. Provide training / mentorship. Conduct code reviews, improve / maintain quality of automation code. Document automation framework, tools, and infrastructure. Alongside a competitive salary DOE, you will receive a benefits package which includes 25 Days Holiday (increases with service), Private Medical Cover, Bupa Dental Cover, Life Insurance, Income Protection, Secondment Opportunities to Global HQ in Vancouver, Pension Scheme (increases with service up to 7% employer contribution), Bonus Scheme (up to 8% dependent on revenues and team performance), Flexible Working. This position would be suitable for those who have held any of the following job titles, Lead SDET, Senior SDET, Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, Lead Software Development Engineer in Test, Developer in Test. Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd is one of the UK's leading IT Recruitment Agencies, trusted by many of the UK's leading employers. Established in 1997, we have over twenty years of experience as IT Recruitment Specialist. We will never send your CV anywhere without your authorisation and only after you have seen the complete details on this opportunity. Deerfoot is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. Each time Deerfoot sends a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation ().
Dec 05, 2021
Full time
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test Competitive Salary + Benefits + Bonus Home Working / London EMEA HQ Permanent, Full Time As a trusted and preferred recruitment partner to this leading global provider of cloud-based solutions to the global financial sector, we have been asked to assist in the hire of several Lead Software Development Engineer in Test's (SDETs). You will oversee testing resources on a highly focussed team and will ensure testing strategies are applied with a focus on shift-left testing principles. Already benefitting from a dominance in the North American finance industry, our client is expanding it is London operations to better serve the UK and EU markets. This is an exciting time to join, and you will have the option to work from predominantly from home or within their state-of-the-art EMEA HQ in London. Core Requirements *Experience in Test Development and Leading Small Teams as a Lead SDET *Experience of Java and Object-Oriented Principles *Applying Test Practices in an Agile Environment *Unit Testing Frameworks such as JUnit *Testing Backend Systems or APIs *A mix of the following oTesting performance with JMeter or similar oWeb Services (REST, JSON, Thrift) oTesting Web Apps with Selenium WebDriver oBig Data Technologies (Hadoop, MongoDB, Kafka, SQL) oNetwork principles / protocols (HTTP, TLS, TCP) oContinuous Integration (Jenkins, Bamboo) oContinuous Delivery Concepts Role Overview: Manage performance assessments and hiring for a small team of SDETs. Drive teams testing and automation strategies. Define / organise teams test planning for releases. Design / code automation frameworks, tests, and tools. Participate in team planning, story grooming, test execution, issue identification / resolution. Propose / implement improvements to processes. Develop / maintain shared testing libraries. Provide training / mentorship. Conduct code reviews, improve / maintain quality of automation code. Document automation framework, tools, and infrastructure. Alongside a competitive salary DOE, you will receive a benefits package which includes 25 Days Holiday (increases with service), Private Medical Cover, Bupa Dental Cover, Life Insurance, Income Protection, Secondment Opportunities to Global HQ in Vancouver, Pension Scheme (increases with service up to 7% employer contribution), Bonus Scheme (up to 8% dependent on revenues and team performance), Flexible Working. This position would be suitable for those who have held any of the following job titles, Lead SDET, Senior SDET, Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, Lead Software Development Engineer in Test, Developer in Test. Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd is one of the UK's leading IT Recruitment Agencies, trusted by many of the UK's leading employers. Established in 1997, we have over twenty years of experience as IT Recruitment Specialist. We will never send your CV anywhere without your authorisation and only after you have seen the complete details on this opportunity. Deerfoot is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. Each time Deerfoot sends a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation ().
Our mission is to remove the pain from payments. Our vision is to create a step change in how payments are made by small business - to make money move faster through the whole supply chain. Comma is an open banking bulk payment system. It handles the boring but important stuff - bills, salaries, and taxes. We get to market through bookkeepers and accountants by enabling payment services. This helps small and micro businesses who don't have access to corporate banking. We've just raised a high profile seed round and we are experiencing the challenges and excitement of a growing team. We have a lot of demand for what we are providing and are inundated with product requirements and feedback from our engaging customer base. The first version of our product written in React / Typescript / Node, hosted on AWS Lambda. About the role: You will be an acting Senior Software Engineer with ownership of the testing suite, operating within our cross-functional Engineering tribe. You will be the subject expert for everything test related, capable of showing the team members how to build and test best quality in our products, supporting them to draw feedback about the quality delivered across automated and manual tests, ensuring their releases are reliable, stable, meeting the high standards of quality set. Responsibilities: Ensure the team has a growing understanding of how quality is built which will be evident by fewer bugs going to production and a feeling of independent confidence by each Engineer in the quality provided at a faster velocity Establish an end-to-end testing suite Delivering defined metrics around quality which will be tracked with consistency via an automated approach Establish time effective, reliable feedback on the quality delivered by the team through performing manual and automated validations of the changes within the release Manifest a collaborative, inclusive culture in the creation and improvement of test tools, libraries and frameworks. Overseeing their consistent application across the team Knowledge share and mentor other Testers and team members About you: Passionate about quality and test automation, with a continuous improvement mindset Extensive experience of software testing process and best practices, able to deliver end-to-end test coverage Comfortable testing software with varying stakeholders, both internal and external Expert analytical skills, paired with critical thinking Solid understanding of the inner workings of how features can be tested Experience of software development processes and methodologies, especially agile (scrum, kanban) Good abilities with JavaScript, including experience with popular frameworks and libraries. Background working with Github, DevOps methodologies (Nice to have) Fantastic time-management skills - Share Options Private Pension Flexible Work Hours Flexible Remote Call with the Talent Team Team Meet /Technical Challenge Leadership Discussion Offer JavaScript, CypressReact, Typescript, Node.js, Cypress
Dec 04, 2021
Full time
Our mission is to remove the pain from payments. Our vision is to create a step change in how payments are made by small business - to make money move faster through the whole supply chain. Comma is an open banking bulk payment system. It handles the boring but important stuff - bills, salaries, and taxes. We get to market through bookkeepers and accountants by enabling payment services. This helps small and micro businesses who don't have access to corporate banking. We've just raised a high profile seed round and we are experiencing the challenges and excitement of a growing team. We have a lot of demand for what we are providing and are inundated with product requirements and feedback from our engaging customer base. The first version of our product written in React / Typescript / Node, hosted on AWS Lambda. About the role: You will be an acting Senior Software Engineer with ownership of the testing suite, operating within our cross-functional Engineering tribe. You will be the subject expert for everything test related, capable of showing the team members how to build and test best quality in our products, supporting them to draw feedback about the quality delivered across automated and manual tests, ensuring their releases are reliable, stable, meeting the high standards of quality set. Responsibilities: Ensure the team has a growing understanding of how quality is built which will be evident by fewer bugs going to production and a feeling of independent confidence by each Engineer in the quality provided at a faster velocity Establish an end-to-end testing suite Delivering defined metrics around quality which will be tracked with consistency via an automated approach Establish time effective, reliable feedback on the quality delivered by the team through performing manual and automated validations of the changes within the release Manifest a collaborative, inclusive culture in the creation and improvement of test tools, libraries and frameworks. Overseeing their consistent application across the team Knowledge share and mentor other Testers and team members About you: Passionate about quality and test automation, with a continuous improvement mindset Extensive experience of software testing process and best practices, able to deliver end-to-end test coverage Comfortable testing software with varying stakeholders, both internal and external Expert analytical skills, paired with critical thinking Solid understanding of the inner workings of how features can be tested Experience of software development processes and methodologies, especially agile (scrum, kanban) Good abilities with JavaScript, including experience with popular frameworks and libraries. Background working with Github, DevOps methodologies (Nice to have) Fantastic time-management skills - Share Options Private Pension Flexible Work Hours Flexible Remote Call with the Talent Team Team Meet /Technical Challenge Leadership Discussion Offer JavaScript, CypressReact, Typescript, Node.js, Cypress
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test Founded by software developers who saw a gap in the market, this FX and Trading organisation now have 100's of employees across 3 continents and are currently hiring into their Front Office team. The next phase of growth involves a rebuild of their flagship platform, with autonomous software at the heart of their processes and a desire to bring the most cutting-edge technology to their existing global client pool. Their low-latent messaging solutions provide highly available event driven services to time after time, provide the highest performance. 5+ years experience as an SDET Functional and non-functional experience Exposure to tools such as Selenium WebDriver, JMock, Karma, Junit, JBehave, Jasmine Ability to read Java, Kotlin and/or JavaScript CI, Gitlab, Git An understanding of Psotman, Wiremock, DamJS or Profilers A background having worked in environments alongside JavaScript, Kotlin or Java Engineers and experience collaborating with UX, Product and Business would be a plus. The successful candidate will have a passion for writing automation scripts and relish the chance to do so, for complex trading platforms.
Dec 03, 2021
Full time
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test Founded by software developers who saw a gap in the market, this FX and Trading organisation now have 100's of employees across 3 continents and are currently hiring into their Front Office team. The next phase of growth involves a rebuild of their flagship platform, with autonomous software at the heart of their processes and a desire to bring the most cutting-edge technology to their existing global client pool. Their low-latent messaging solutions provide highly available event driven services to time after time, provide the highest performance. 5+ years experience as an SDET Functional and non-functional experience Exposure to tools such as Selenium WebDriver, JMock, Karma, Junit, JBehave, Jasmine Ability to read Java, Kotlin and/or JavaScript CI, Gitlab, Git An understanding of Psotman, Wiremock, DamJS or Profilers A background having worked in environments alongside JavaScript, Kotlin or Java Engineers and experience collaborating with UX, Product and Business would be a plus. The successful candidate will have a passion for writing automation scripts and relish the chance to do so, for complex trading platforms.
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test | JavaScript | Python | CI/CD | React/Cypress Test Library | Shift Left | London | £75,000 | 10% Bonus Method Resourcing work with some of the biggest names in the tech industry, but this has to be one of the biggest yet. We're working with one of the largest information providers in the world, who have 80 years of heritage behind them providing advanced data analytics and market research to some of the biggest brands known globally. Our client are now looking for a Senior Software Developer in Test to join their extraordinary engineering team, who are hands-on technical, however specialist in quality and are able to both write unit tests and empower developers to write better tests by providing them with the right tools, frameworks and guidance. Working across various teams you'll be working closely with the Principal QA to work across various internal teams, analysing what the requirements are and deciding the right tools to use. You'll have a mature view of quality engineering best practices and encourage a shift left test approach, 3 Amigo's and pair programming. The successful Senior Developer in Test will have the following experience: Solid programming experience in JavaScript or Pyhton (Ideally multiple) Be able to write production ready code Performance testing experience ideally with JMeter, Gatling or K6 Keeps up to date with new tools and technologies Strong knowledge of React Test Library is beneficial CI/CD setting up and configuration Loves to solve test problems and think outside the box Experience working in Agile shift left test approach - knows why this is beneficial Benefits 10% Bonus 25 days annual leave Life Assurance Pension 7% Professional development scheme Cycle to work scheme Season ticket loans Gym Membership Tax Free Childcare Part time remote working + Flexible working hours If you like big data, solving big problems, working on a flagship product that enables clients to make confident business decision then please apply today. Please send your CV to Hannah Vine, connect on LinkedIn and call . Senior Software Development Engineer in Test | JavaScript | Python | CI/CD | React/Cypress Test Library | Shift Left | London | £75,000 | 10% Bonus
Dec 01, 2021
Full time
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test | JavaScript | Python | CI/CD | React/Cypress Test Library | Shift Left | London | £75,000 | 10% Bonus Method Resourcing work with some of the biggest names in the tech industry, but this has to be one of the biggest yet. We're working with one of the largest information providers in the world, who have 80 years of heritage behind them providing advanced data analytics and market research to some of the biggest brands known globally. Our client are now looking for a Senior Software Developer in Test to join their extraordinary engineering team, who are hands-on technical, however specialist in quality and are able to both write unit tests and empower developers to write better tests by providing them with the right tools, frameworks and guidance. Working across various teams you'll be working closely with the Principal QA to work across various internal teams, analysing what the requirements are and deciding the right tools to use. You'll have a mature view of quality engineering best practices and encourage a shift left test approach, 3 Amigo's and pair programming. The successful Senior Developer in Test will have the following experience: Solid programming experience in JavaScript or Pyhton (Ideally multiple) Be able to write production ready code Performance testing experience ideally with JMeter, Gatling or K6 Keeps up to date with new tools and technologies Strong knowledge of React Test Library is beneficial CI/CD setting up and configuration Loves to solve test problems and think outside the box Experience working in Agile shift left test approach - knows why this is beneficial Benefits 10% Bonus 25 days annual leave Life Assurance Pension 7% Professional development scheme Cycle to work scheme Season ticket loans Gym Membership Tax Free Childcare Part time remote working + Flexible working hours If you like big data, solving big problems, working on a flagship product that enables clients to make confident business decision then please apply today. Please send your CV to Hannah Vine, connect on LinkedIn and call . Senior Software Development Engineer in Test | JavaScript | Python | CI/CD | React/Cypress Test Library | Shift Left | London | £75,000 | 10% Bonus
MCS Group are proud to be partnered with a client producing world-class software that is used for the monitoring of communications across the financial industry. Our client provides an innovative artificial intelligence-based approach to the storage and monitoring of sensitive internal communicat...
Nov 30, 2021
Full time
MCS Group are proud to be partnered with a client producing world-class software that is used for the monitoring of communications across the financial industry. Our client provides an innovative artificial intelligence-based approach to the storage and monitoring of sensitive internal communicat...
