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Job summary

A leading commodities trading house is seeking an Automation QA/SDET for a 6-month rolling contract in Central London. The role focuses on both manual and automated testing, designing test scripts, and improving development processes. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in test automation and a solid understanding of agile methodologies, aiming to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of experience in automation framework design.
Experience with test strategies in development.
Excellent communication skills to translate business needs.

Responsibilities

Design and support software test scripts.
Perform manual and automated tests.
Engage with Product Owner and team on quality.

Skills

Test Automation

Agile Development

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Degree in a relevant technical field

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Azure DevOps

Docker

Automation QA/ SDET (C#). Commodities trading house. £450/ Day Inside IR35. 6 month rolling contract. Hybrid 2 days a week in Central London office.

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Automation QA/ SDET (C#). Commodities trading house. £450/ Day Inside IR35. 6 month rolling contract. Hybrid 2 days a week in Central London office.

My client is a top tier commodities trading house based in Central London.

They are looking for a Automation QA/ SDET to come on board on a 6 month rolling contract.

The role

To design, develop and support software test scripts as part of the Operations IT Delivery Team of custom-built, multi-asset class, back-office applications and tools in a variety of technologies, primarily using a Microsoft toolset.

They are looking for someone who is entirely flexible about working with different technologies (legacy and newer) with the aim of delivering quality Software to my clients business users.

The team has a very flat structure with an emphasis on getting the job done, regardless of job title. As such the software Developer in Test must be prepared to do their own analysis and conduct automated and manual testing as per my clients business needs.

In addition, this senior technical position has responsibilities to contribute to improving my clients Trading development processes.

Main Responsibilities:

Engage with Product Owner to gather requirements and take ownership of the quality of the software delivered by the team.
Perform manual and automated functional tests
Perform and coordinate regression tests of impacted systems
Work with Devs to Write new and maintain existing E2E automation scripts as agreed by the team and Product Owner.
Maintain the automated test execution steps in CI/CD pipeline to facilitate the release of the quality software.
Use technology appropriately and flexibly, taking into consideration the company’s strategy and recommendations.
Adhere to the company’s standards and best practices, including, but not limited to, documentation, testing and peer review.
Ensure maintenance of the development infrastructure required by the above tools. In particular, maintenance of the source code repository, continuous build and deployment facilities.
Seek opportunities to deliver business value via innovation. That requires being up-to-date with technology trends and being able to select (and apply) new technologies where appropriate.

Engagement with IT

Engage closely with the other IT teams as appropriate.
Work with the other developers and IT Operations to contribute to actively progress my clients technology stack and development process such as release procedures and continuous integration.
Keep abreast of industry technological developments and identify opportunities to implement new frameworks, technologies and tools to provide a more efficient and effective service to the Business.

Experience required

Previous experience in a Software Developer In Test role working closely with both Product Owner, Developers and QA Engineers in the team.
Minimum 5 years of experience in the design and building of robust Test Automation Frameworks
Understanding of software automation test strategies and how they are commonly applied in today’s development industry
Experience writing automation tests that utilise large financial data is beneficial

Ideally the above knowledge and experience will have been gained in a top tier energy trading house, investment bank or a leading software house specialising in providing software based solutions.

Technical requirements

The candidates will have experience of utilising most of the following technologies:

Experience with writing Automation tests using tools such as Playwright, Cypress or Selenium. We use Playwright.
Experience working with C#, HTML and CSS.
Experience automating tests for Single Page Applications.
Experience writing queries to pull data from relational databases (Oracle or SQL Server preferred).
Working knowledge of Docker containers, Docker compose, Azure DevOps and Git.
Basic knowledge about Messaging technologies. We use Azure ServiceBus.
Azure experience would be useful.
Experience working within teams that practice agile development such as Scrum.

Person specification

Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork and facilitation
Excellent analytical and technical skills
Ability to understand the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term perspectives of situations
Good written and verbal communication skills and proven ability to translate business needs into clear and comprehensive solution design requirements.
Capacity to understand business-processes quickly. The ability to communicate complex subjects at different levels (e.g. to traders, IT developers, senior managers)
Strong academic background, educated to degree level and / or equivalent professional qualification or relevant business experience
Hands-on approach, flexible with a positive outlook.
Attention to detail and strong focus on accuracy of information.
Able to multitask, switch focus and prioritise own tasks.
Takes ownership of any issues that come up and facilitates their resolution quickly using own initiative while managing expectations.
A passionate and versatile technologist with a strong interest in energy commodity trading

If you are interested to learn more, please send a CV foe immediate consideration.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type
Contract

Job function

Job function
Information Technology

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