Software Development Engineer in Test

We are a leading international digital gaming company, underpinned by superior talent and technology. We operate a multi-branded strategy, using a combination of proprietary and licensed software to provide online bingo and slot gaming and a social gaming mobile application. Every day, millions of people worldwide enjoy our products – which includes meccabingo.com and grosvenorcasinos.com – on their mobiles, tablets and desktops.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will design, build, deploy and support teams to take on test automation solutions. This role requires a dynamic individual with a unique blend of technical excellence coupled to an open, servant leader approach.

You will be instrumental in establishing a leading approach to testing, that is fundamental to enabling the journey to a fully DevOps organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your own career with a team scaling at a good pace.

It is also an opportunity to work with one of the leading companies in the online gambling industry.

Responsibilities:

• Define and build test automation frameworks (both functional and non-functional)
• Define and building automation of critical parts of the pipeline, particularly in the automated provisioning of test data and environments
• Supporting developers to build tested solutions and assisting in the building of automated development practices
• Support the roll out and use of test automation with multiple Product teams (Squads)
• Advise to other teams on how they can refine their test approaches (including developers)
• Promote testing, test automation and Quality practices within the organisation

Skills & Attributes:

Must have:

• Direct coding experience in Java, JavaScript or Typescript on Linux
• Building test automation solutions using common Open Source tools – e.g. Selenium, Serenity, FitNesse, K6, REST Assured
• Significant experience using webdriver.io
• Proven experience of building test automation frameworks at an API level
• Specific experience in frontend automation
• Demonstrable knowledge of integrating test frameworks in a Jenkins pipeline
• Practical experience of using Bitbucket
• Practical application of BDD Scenarios and implementation into test automation
• Use of Agile tools – e.g. Confluence, JIRA, Slack
• Experience in working in Agile teams

Nice to have:

• Implementing Unit testing
• Security testing knowledge
• Performance Testing
• Git Distributed Workflow implementation and management
• Build service virtualisation solutions
• Full Jenkins pipeline implementation
• Automated handling of AWS environments
• Leading teams
• Structuring and delivering training
• Containerisation – Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm;
• Integration of testing into environment monitoring/alerting tooling (e.g. New Relic, OpsView, Nagios, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Zabbix, etc.)
• Networking knowledge including switching, routing, VPN’s, Load balancing, etc

General skills:

• Ability to find creative solutions and implement them in a fast pace work environment;
• Ability to work as part of a team (but take individual ownership and responsibility);
• Excellent written communication skills (articulate and polite);
• Good verbal communication skills;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Demonstrate a calm manner and an ability to handle difficult situations;
• Ability to work on own initiative;
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Things you’ll need to know about:

• The ability to build stable, fast test automation solutions
• Strong understanding of test approaches, methods and techniques
• Specification by Example and how to implement
• An understanding of why DevOps isn’t just Ops
• The ability to communicate effectively, whether it’s spoken, written or collaboration over documentation.

• ISTQB Foundation Level certification

We work on a hybrid model so we look at coming into the office only around twice a week!