Senior SDET (Java)

Global Relay; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Mentoring and coaching

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

A cloud services company in Greater London is seeking a Senior Software Developer in Test to enhance automation frameworks for scalable services. The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years of software testing experience and 5 years in test development with strong Java skills. Responsibilities include designing testing solutions, mentoring team members, and collaborating in an agile setting. Offering competitive compensation and a culture rewarding creativity and hard work.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in software testing.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in test development.
• Strong understanding of the Java language and object oriented principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks.
• Define and automate test cases that verify product requirements.
• Participate in team planning and story grooming.
• Provide suggestions to improve automation and test processes.

Skills

Software testing

Test development

Java

Agile testing practices

Unit testing frameworks

API testing

Tools

JUnit

JMeter

Selenium WebDriver

Hadoop

MongoDB

Kafka

SQL

Jenkins

Bamboo

Job description

Overview

For over 25 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.

Your Role

As a Senior Software Developer in Test, you will be part of a small, highly focused team responsible for delivery of highly scalable and robust services within Global Relay’s platform. You will work directly in code to design testing solutions for web applications and API services of a large scale system. You will drive continual improvement in your team’s automation frameworks and coverage while mentoring other SDETs in the team on industry leading test practices. You will support the team’s testing efforts to ensure quality of coverage, quality of code and quality of delivery.

Your Job

• Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks, infrastructure and tools
• Define and automate test cases that verify product requirements
• Participate in team planning and story grooming
• Participate in test planning, execution, issue identification and resolution in support of the release
• Provide suggestions to improve automation and test processes
• Develop and maintain shared testing libraries
• Provide training, mentorship and support to other members on the team
• Conduct code reviews, improve and maintain quality of the automation code
• Document the automation framework, tools and infrastructure

About You

• Minimum 8 years of experience in software testing
• Minimum 5 years of experience in test development
• Strong understanding of the Java language and object oriented principles
• Strong understanding of testing practices in an agile environment
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit
• Experience testing backend systems or APIs
• Experience with any of the following is an asset:
  • Testing performance with JMeter or similar tools
  • Web services technology such as REST, JSON or Thrift
  • Testing web applications with Selenium WebDriver
  • Big data technology such as Hadoop, MongoDB, Kafka or SQL
  • Network principles and protocols such as HTTP, TLS and TCP
  • Continuous integration systems such as Jenkins or Bamboo
  • Continuous delivery concepts

What you can expect

At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

To learn more about our business, culture, and community involvement, visit www.globalrelay.com.