Senior Automation Tester / SDET

Robert Walters UK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking a Senior SDET to join their team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Java and strong skills in OOP, SOLID, API testing, and automation. This hybrid role in London offers a salary of £70,000 - £80,000 per annum plus a 5% bonus. Join an Agile team and contribute to product quality across the lifecycle.

Benefits

5% Bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience as an SDET.
• Strong experience of OOP and SOLID principles.
• Experience with API testing using coded frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story.
• Perform exploratory testing at all levels.
• Work collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs.

Skills

Java

OOP

RESTAssured

API Testing

SQL, RDBMS

Gradle

Git

Unit testing with Junit

Cucumber - TDD / BDD

Jira and Confluence

SonarQube

Jenkins

Job description

Overview

Our client is a leader in providing cutting-edge technology, and they are looking for a Senior SDET to join their Tech team with strong experience in Java coding (OOP, SOLID). Building automation platforms and frameworks.

Key skills

• RESTAssured
• API Testing
• Contract Testing - Nice to have
• Pact framework - Nice to have
• OOP
• Java
• Integration Testing
• SQL, RDBMS
• Gradle
• Git
• Spring - Nice to have

Security clearance

Must have SC clearance! (NPPV3 is preferable)

Experience and Skills

• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience as an SDET
• Strong experience of OOP and SOLID
• Unit testing with Junit
• Experience and knowledge of API testing with coded frameworks and Postman for debug and exploratory testing
• Strong experience with Gitlab and Git
• SonarQube
• Jenkins
• Cucumber - TDD / BDD
• Wiremock - Nice to have
• Jira and Confluence

This role will include but is not limited to

• Working with the product team to define the acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story
• Pairing with the developers to define and review the required tests that will address all features and functions of a product delivery at the unit and component layer
• Performing exploratory testing at all levels
• Working with the Product team to define tests throughout the product delivery into live
• Automating tests for all phases
• Working collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs
• Ensure the team define tests to validate NFRs at the appropriate level
• Ensuring traceability is maintained throughout the product delivery
• Ensuring the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, and that the team delivers them in a format consumable by those who have asked for them
• Raising the profile of quality throughout the product lifecycle
• Working in an Agile team, you will be responsible for inputting to the design and build of automated tests to ensure adequate and effective test coverage
• Provide test assurance of the user stories according to the defined acceptance test criteria; whilst working in a test-first environment
• Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver the test activities to meet the requirements, whilst contributing to effective agile delivery
• Able to participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to identify opportunities to maximise test benefit within the team
• Provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to

About the job

Contract Type: Permanent

Focus: Software Development/Engineering

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Location: London

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum + 5% Bonus

Industry: IT

Full-time status: Yes