QA Engineer

WTW; Reigate and Banstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Hybrid working options

Pension scheme

Share scheme

Volunteer day

Job summary

WTW is seeking an experienced SDET to join our growing engineering organisation in the UK. You will help advance cloud/SaaS InsurTech solutions, upgrading existing products and building new applications with strong automation and testing discipline.

You will work in a Scrum team to define test strategies, design automation frameworks, and drive reliable, scalable software through full testing pipelines.

Qualifications

• Proven work experience in software quality assurance in technical SDET roles.
• Significant understanding of software testing concepts, levels, and processes.
• Experience building test frameworks from scratch for multi-level testing.
• Strong experience developing test automation solutions for web-based products.
• Experience with .NET/C# for test automation and solutions.
• Experience testing distributed systems and building performance benchmarks for .NET.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling and automated testing within pipelines.
• Excellent communication and teamwork to collaborate with stakeholders and engineers.
• Natural curiosity with analytic and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced Agile team.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategies for major features and new applications.
• Design, implement, and document test environments and automation frameworks.
• Work with Product Owner to define user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Develop unit, integration, system, and end-to-end tests automatically.
• Create performance, load, and soak tests; conduct wide-ranging functional and non-functional tests.
• Review test code for defects and performance bottlenecks.
• Support closing stories with verified acceptance criteria and fixes.
• Analyze test data and produce reports at milestones; participate in Scrum ceremonies.
• Investigate new test tools and integrate them into CI processes.

Skills

SDET experience

Automation testing

C# / .NET

CI/CD tooling

Web automation

Distributed systems

Agile / Scrum

Azure Cloud

Education

Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Description

We are looking for a SDET to join ourgrowing engineering organisation developing a wide range of market leading InsurTech solutions.You will join us at an exciting time as we focus increasingly on cloud/SaaS solutions, upgrading existing products to new technologies and modern UX, as well as developing brand-new applications. The SDET role is pivotal to the team, providing technical testing capability within the team to ensure the team can deliver rapidly with the highest levels of quality that we expect from our products. As an SDET you will work alongside other engineers as part of a close-knit Scrum team to ensure our products meet agreed levels of reliability, maintainability, usability, and performance.

The Role:

The Senior SDET role involves the following activities:

• Define test strategies to support the development of major new features or of new applications,
• Design, implement and document test environments and frameworks supporting the agreed strategy,
• Work with the Product Owner to define User Stories and acceptance criteria,
• Define technical test plans focused on extensive automation covering all levels of the test pyramid,
• Develop unit, integration, system, and end-to-end tests in an automated fashion,
• Develop performance, load, stress, and soak test solutions,
• Execute a wide range of functional/non-functional tests, manual and automated,
• Review and debug product and test code to find defects or performance bottlenecks,
• Support the Product Owner to close stories, confirming acceptance criteria and defect fixes,
• Analyse test data and produce test reports for relevant checkpoints or milestones,
• Participate in Agile/scrum activities (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives), striving to continuously improve the team velocity, its processes and engineering practices,
• Participate in software design meetings and work with software engineers to ensure testability and best practices are built into the product architecture and code,
• Investigate new test tools/methodologies and integrate them as part of the team practices and continuous integration processes, also liaising with other teams to share knowledge and best practices.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring:

• Proven workexperience in software quality assurance in technical SDET roles
• Significant understanding of software testing, its main concepts, and processes: different testing levels, methods and types; test estimation techniques
• Experience in building test frameworks from scratch, supporting testing at all levels of the testing pyramid
• Strong experience developing test automation solutions for web-based products
• Experience developing test automation solutions in .NET using C#
• Experience in testing and developing test automation solutions for distributed systems
• Experience in building performance test benchmarking solutions to support .NET solutions
• Effective communication and teamwork skills to interact with team members and stakeholders, from reproducing the reported issue to understanding how the defect has been fixed
• Natural curiosity with advanced analysis and problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile team and environment
• Extensive experience of utilising continuous integration and delivery tooling
• Awareness of advances in engineering tooling/practice especially within the testing discipline

Other highly desirable, but not essential skills are:

• Hands on experience with Azure Cloud services and deployment of infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code concepts
• Experience with containerisation technologies including Docker, ACA, Kubernetes
• Experience in chaos engineering and testing tooling
• Experience in automated security test tooling
• General knowledge of the Insurance Industry
• Degree-educated with Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or relevant discipline

What we offer

Enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and personally.

• 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day to relax and recharge
• Private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health assessments
• Defined contribution pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10% from the company
• Hybrid working options
• Employee assistance programme
• Fully paid volunteer day to make a difference in your community
• Electric vehicle car scheme
• Share scheme
• Cycle-to-work programme
• Dental and optical cover
• Critical illness protection

Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email [e-mail]