SDET-Java

Randstad Technologies Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Quality Engineer SDET experienced in Java to enhance testing processes and quality assurance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in automated testing, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD environments. This role involves collaboration with development teams to ensure quality deliverables in a fast-paced setting. Enthusiastic applicants are encouraged to submit their CVs for consideration.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years of experience in technology with an emphasis on QA.
• Experience with modern datastores like PostgreSQL and Cassandra.
• Familiarity with backend microservices, specifically REST.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development and product teams to improve quality.
• Write test cases and manage defects.
• Implement testing automation with a DevOps mindset.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Test Automation

Java

CI/CD

Agile Methodologies

Tools

PostgreSQL

Jenkins

Git

Jira

Cucumber

Job description

Adword

Job Title: Quality Engineer SDET Java

Location: BurgessHill

Type of employment: Permanent

Responsibilities

• 5-9 years of experience in technology with an emphasis on QA, including writing test cases, running functional automated or performance tests, and managing defects
• Collaborate with development and product teams to drive improvements in quality, automation, and testing processes
• Comfortable with modern datastores like PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch
• Experience with backend microservice automation, specifically REST and asynchronous messaging services (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Demonstrable experience with Java as a programming language
• Work within a Scrum framework as part of a team to deliver business functions and customer journeys that are tested and automated throughout the CI/CD pipeline to production
• Solid understanding of test-driven development, including unit, component, functional, system integration, and regression tests
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and BDD/TDD practices
• Knowledge of testing tools such as Cucumber, Godog, Rest Assured, Rest or other REST API testing tools, WireMock, Mountebank or other HTTP stubbing tools
• Experience with CI/CD and CT, using tools like Jenkins and Jira, and version control systems such as Git or SVN
• Responsible for all testing activities aligned to the portfolio and collaborates with stakeholders to achieve high-quality deliverables
• Collaborates with development and product teams to drive improvements in overall quality automation and testing techniques
• Implementing portfolio automation and testing with a DevOps mindset
• Understand platforms and applications and adhere to program test principles, keeping test suites lean
• Proactively align with the platform roadmap and quality priorities to envision scalable, resilient, high-performing solutions and identify reusability at the platform level
• Support CI/CD capabilities for the portfolio and collaborate with enterprise teams to improve CI/CD capabilities and metrics, driving best practices and standards including root cause analysis
• Set and manage product quality standards and metrics for the platform; collect, maintain, and report metrics at the portfolio level; identify patterns, gaps, risks, and opportunities to drive innovation
• Identify project portfolio challenges, escalate as needed, and uphold standards to ensure quality customer experiences across platforms
• Maintain a healthy and efficient CI/CD pipeline and govern automation and testing in a CI/CD environment

If you're excited about the role we want to hear from you!

Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it to Prasanna com and let's start the conversation!

Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.