SDET (Front End)

NatWest Boxed Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Boxed Limited is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to help define and refine our testing strategy across customer-focused squads. You will drive automation for backend and frontend components, including ReactNative, and work with product managers, designers and engineers to release high-quality features at pace.

You will contribute to CI/CD pipelines, apply BDD practices, and test distributed microservices within an agile environment, ensuring security and performance

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with back-end test automation frameworks and CI/CD integration.
• Experience with ReactNative and front-end test automation within a CD/CI pipeline.
• Knowledge of performance testing and security testing techniques & tooling.
• Strong understanding of Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD).
• Experience delivering and testing distributed microservices in agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and continually improve testing strategy across products.
• Drive the direction of the testing chapter to maintain high standards of technology and process.
• Develop clean, reusable test code that is easy to maintain.
• Build scalable automated testing systems to enable rapid value delivery to customers.

Skills

Back-end test automation

Front-end test automation

BDD

Distributed microservices

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud infrastructure

Security testing techniques

ReactNative

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Testing frameworks

Job description

Join us as a Software Development Engineer in Test

• This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Development Engineer in Test
• Work in customer-focused agile squads and collaborate with product managers, designers and engineers to define the next iteration of Mettle.
• Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

What you'll do

You’ll be working collaboratively across our missions to define and continually improve our testing strategy for new and existing products. You'll also drive the direction of our testing chapter to ensure it maintains the highest standards of technology and process.

You’ll Also Be

• Developing clean, elegant and reusable code that is easy to maintain and extend
• Building scalable automated testing systems that enable us to ship value to customers at pace
• Supporting other engineers to test their software and act as a subject matter expert
• Working with stakeholders across the business to shape the future of quality engineering at NatWest Boxed and put long-term interests of our customers at the heart of key decisions

The skills you'll need

You’ll need hands-on experience with common back end test automation frameworks, and integrating these into the continuous deployment pipeline. We are also looking for people with an awareness of cloud infrastructure and configuration.

You’ll Also Need

• Hands on experience with ReactNative, front-end test automation frameworks and integrating these into the continuous deployment pipeline
• Knowledge of software performance and automates security testing techniques and tooling
• A strong understanding of Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
• Experience delivering and testing distributed microservices as part of an agile team