Software Development Engineer In Test

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare (Bupa)

Sharesave scheme

Annual leave 25 days + holidays

Volunteer days

Job summary

Experian is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test in Nottingham, UK, to join a collaborative, agile team. The role focuses on building and maintaining automated test journeys and integrating tests into the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring quality and security before production deployment.

Hybrid working arrangement with 40% office-based work in Nottingham. Candidates should have strong automation testing skills and experience with frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, and REST-Assured.

Qualifications

• Experience with automation testing and understanding of object-oriented programming languages and process management methodologies.
• Preparing and executing manual and automation scripts using modern frameworks like Selenium/Playwright/Cypress/REST-Assured.
• Management of in-house testing tools like JIRA/Azure DevOps/Quality Centre and associated source code to build integration with those tools and automation.
• Production of test harnesses through knowledge of the best language to use and the ability to implement the solution in the CI/CD pipeline.
• Develop, maintain, and execute test suites like Smoke/Sanity/Regression in accordance to business requirements.
• Perform various types of testing including White Box, Black Box, End to End/Integration, Performance, UI, and Security testing.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain automated test journeys to validate product quality before production deployment.
• Collaborate closely with development to implement robust automated tests for changes and enhancements.
• Ensure security positioning is maintained through testing activities.

Skills

Automation testing

Object-oriented programming

Process management

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST-Assured

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Quality Centre

Job description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.

Job Description

Experian is looking for an Software Development Engineer in Test, based in Nottingham, UK to work alongside our colleagues to deliver outcomes for the UK&I region.

This is an exciting time for the Experian UKI Region, as we look to embark on a technology transformation programme to meet our global ambition to significantly scale our business over the next five years. This is an opportunity to join us on this journey and be part of a collaborative team that uses Agile principles to deliver business value.

Our unique culture and agile ways of working offer a great opportunity to those seeking to join a team of problem solvers to design our products. We pride ourselves in excellence, adopting best practices and holding ourselves to the highest standards.

As an Software Development Engineer in Test you will have strong test automation skills, working closely alongside the development team to create robust test journeys validating the quality of our products before they are deployed to production. They will be responsible for creating automation tests for changes, updates and enhancements to existing products, making sure our security position is maintained.

This is a hybrid, Nottingham based role (40% office based) reporting to a Development Consultant.

Qualifications

• Experience with automation testing & understanding of object -oriented programming languages and process management methodology.
• Preparing and executing manual and automation scripts using modern frameworks like Selenium/PlayWright/Cypress/REST-Assured etc.
• Management of in-house testing tools like JIRA/Azure Dev-ops/Quality Centre and associated source code to build integration with those tools and automation.
• Production of test harnesses through the knowledge of the best language to use and the ability to implement the solution in the CI CD pipeline.
• Develop, maintain, and execute test suites like Smoke/Sanity/Regression in accordance to business requirements.
• Perform various types of testing including:
  • White Box testing
  • Black Box testing
  • End to End/Integration testing
  • Performance testing
  • UI testing
  • Security testing

Additional Information

Benefits include:-

• Great compensation package and discretionary bonus plan
• Core benefits include pension, bupa healthcare, sharesave scheme and more!
• 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can also purchase additional annual leave.

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