Software Engineer in Test - SDET

Dentro Talent Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentro Talent Ltd in Birmingham is recruiting an SDET to join the IT development team on a hybrid basis (2 days in the office). This hands-on role focuses on building and maintaining automated test frameworks and suites behind core applications and systems.

You will cover functional, integration, regression, API and end-to-end testing, plus some performance and load testing, and oversee testing within CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with developers, BAs and project managers in an Agile

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building automated test frameworks for web applications, APIs and distributed systems.
• Automated testing of REST and SOAP APIs.
• SQL and relational database experience.
• Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, and Git for source control.
• A good understanding of TDD and BDD.
• Defect management, root cause analysis and test reporting.
• An understanding of secure development and OWASP principles.
• Ability to talk comfortably with both technical and non-technical people.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated test frameworks and suites behind applications and systems.
• Conduct functional, integration, regression, API and end-to-end testing, plus performance/load testing.
• Look after testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate in an Agile team with developers, BAs and project managers to agree test approaches and acceptance criteria.

Skills

Automation framework design

Web apps

APIs testing

REST/SOAP APIs

SQL

CI/CD pipelines

Git/GitHub Actions

TDD/BDD

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

SQL tooling

Job description

SDET - Automation Testing - Permanent - Birmingham - Hybrid (2 Days in Office) - Business with purpose - Salary circa £70-75k plus a great benefits package

I'm working with a business based in central Birmingham who are looking for an SDET to join their IT development team, acting as a bridge between engineering and Test. They are at the start of their automation jhourn ey and this role needs the seniority to be able to advise and coach but without direct line management responsibilities.

It's a hands-on automation role. You'd be building and maintaining the automated test frameworks and suites that sit behind their applications and systems, covering functional, integration, regression, API and end-to-end testing, plus some performance and load testing. You'd also look after the testing side of their CI/CD pipelines.

Day to day you'll be in an Agile team alongside developers, BAs and project managers, getting involved early to agree test approaches and acceptance criteria, working through defects with the devs, and keeping the test documentation and evidence in order.

What they're after:

• Experience designing and building automated test frameworks for web applications, APIs and distributed systems
• Automated testing of REST and SOAP APIs
• SQL and relational database experience
• Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, and Git for source control
• A good understanding of TDD and BDD
• Defect management, root cause analysis and test reporting
• An understanding of secure development and OWASP principles
• The ability to talk comfortably with both technical and non-technical people