Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

Hazelcast; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET) to join their Quality Engineering team. In this remote role, you will collaborate closely with skilled developers to create effective test strategies and enhance the quality of a Java-based real-time distributed platform. Your expertise in testing methodologies and automation will be crucial in delivering reliable, high-performance software. This position offers a chance to tackle complex challenges while contributing to a product quality vision that delights customers. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of software quality.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + Bank holidays

Group Company Pension Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Private Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Strong experience in testing Java software platforms.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks for various testing types.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.

Skills

Java

Test Automation

Analytical Skills

Debugging

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Tools

CI/CD

Automated Testing Frameworks

Job description

Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

Department: Software Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Remote, UK

Description

Within Hazelcast our Quality Engineering team is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of software quality for our customers. As part of our team you will be among fellow skilled quality engineers whose focus is to ensure our Java-based real-time distributed storage and stream processing platform meets rigorous quality benchmarks.

We are looking for Software Engineers in Test with strong experience testing Java software platforms to work side by side with our expert Java developers.

In this role, you’ll tackle complex challenges, contribute to our product quality vision and play a key part in delivering reliable, high-performance software that delights our customers.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work closely with software developers to understand the system architecture, design, and implementation to create effective test strategies.
• Pay attention to code quality and software craftsmanship
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring that code is designed with test automation in mind.
• Participating proactively in daily standup meetings, story grooming sessions, team retrospectives, regularly reporting progress as well as suggesting and implementing improvements.
• Develop detailed test plans, test test scripts and test completion reports based on functional and technical specifications.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated testing frameworks for functional and non-functional testing.
• Design and execute performance, load, and stress tests to ensure the application can scale and perform under heavy traffic or resource constraints.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure frequent, automated validation of code changes.
• Monitor the health of test suites and ensure that automated tests run successfully whilst ensuring test environment and test cases are optimized to improve system performance.
• Investigate test failures and work closely with developers to diagnose and resolve defects and issues.

WHAT YOU HAVE

• A passion for quality as well as for both detecting and preventing defects.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail.
• Efficient at debugging code and resolving issues quickly.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment, a team player who fosters collaboration.
• Able to make critical decisions, able to balance quality and time ensuring products and features are released in a timely manner without compromising on critical testing.
• Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives.
• Able to plan and organise your own work.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies such as unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and non-functional testing (Performance, load, stress, soak).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to clearly convey complex information and collaborate with cross-functional teams

BENEFITS

• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays
• Group Company Pension Plan
• Private Medical Insurance
• Private Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)