Software Developer

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing firm is seeking a Software Developer to work in Telford on an Agile Scrum team. Responsibilities include driving testing phases using automation, elaborating user stories, and adopting innovative testing techniques. The ideal candidate should have expertise in Java or JVM languages and test automation frameworks. This role offers a competitive max supplier rate of £460 for a duration of 3 months with 2 days/week in office.

Qualifications

• Expertise in test automation tools and frameworks required.
• Understanding of UI/API/Integration and Unit testing necessary.
• Knowledge of the benefits of different testing approaches.

Responsibilities

• Work in an Agile Scrum team for testing phases.
• Drive automation in quality deliverables.
• Contribute to user story elaboration.

Skills

Java or JVM languages

Software Developer - Java / JEE

Test automation tools and frameworks

UI testing - Selenium

API testing - web services / RESTful

Gherkin based BDD framework

Exploratory testing

Automated testing

Performance testing

Usability testing

Accessibility testing

Security testing

Job description

Software Developer
Max Supplier Rate: £460
Duration: 3 months
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office

Job Description:

You will be working in an Agile Scrum team on the preparation and execution of the test phases (using test automation) of one or more release-based projects. You will be involved in projects that are varied and challenging and require sound software and system testing skills.

You will be driving quality deliverables through automation including tools, process, measurement, environment and data.

You will be contributing to the elaboration of user stories in order to achieve viable, testable products with clearly defined acceptance criteria.

You will identify opportunities to adopt innovative testing technologies and techniques as part of a focus on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Work in an Agile Scrum team on the preparation and execution of the test phases (using test automation) of one or more release-based projects.
• Drive quality deliverables through automation including tools, process, measurement, environment and data.
• Contribute to the elaboration of user stories to achieve viable, testable products with clearly defined acceptance criteria.
• Identify opportunities to adopt innovative testing technologies and techniques as part of continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Java or JVM languages such as Scala, Groovy etc
• Software Developer - Java /JEE / Java Frameworks
• Expertise in test automation tools and frameworks
• UI testing - Selenium or any equivalent front-end browser based testing framework
• API testing - web services / RESTful (using RestAssured or similar)
• Gherkin based BDD framework (such as Cucumber)
• Understanding of the benefits and differences between UI/API/Integration and Unit testing
• The following testing approaches: Exploratory, Automated, Performance, Usability, Accessibility and Security testing.
• Understanding how physical architecture affects QA, Continuous Delivery and integration