Software Developer in Test, Exclaimer

• A desire to work in a technology focused role, testing software that solves problems for millions of users every day
• Highly organised with attention to detail
• Pro-actively look to understand where gaps are in our technology stack and help incorporate innovative technologies that can help with our development experience or even velocity within the teams
• Be able to take a problem, assess possible solutions and create clean, robust, well tested solutions
• Takes a pragmatic approach to testing, focusing effort based on risk, whilst acknowledging exhaustive testing is impossible
• A driven individual contributor with a passion for learning and continuous improvement
• Experience of working closely with Product Management and UX Designers to identify and collaborate on the optimal solution to the customer/technical problem
• Excellent ability to establish trust and build relationships with peers and stakeholders across the business; you will be able to communicate clearly, succinctly, and without ambiguity
• History of working in a fast-paced SaaS business delivering high frequency incremental delivery of customer facing functionality
• Background and previous experience in automated software testing and test tools
• Strong communicator and collaborator within team and cross-team
• Creating test cases for new and existing functionality in C#
• Behaviour-driven test frameworks such as ReqNRoll (formerly SpecFlow)
• Visual Studio Code, GitHub, and Git
• Building robust and scalable test frameworks using Selenium and Playwright
• Back-end testing via RESTful APIs and queues

Desirable

• As part of our continued growth, we are looking for a Software Developer in Test to join our Engineering team.
• This role places you within a team of like-minded engineers, where you'll have the opportunity to identify and deliver improvements to our testing frameworks and processes and shape the strategic direction of our testing practices.
• You'll have the opportunity to showcase your testing expertise and enhance your skills in a supportive environment.
• You'll also collaborate with senior engineers across engineering to ensure we develop robust, reusable automated tests that meet the needs of both internal development teams and external end-users
• Creation of reliable peer-reviewed automated tests, to validate customer-focused acceptance criteria as part of an end-to-end testing lifecycle
• Actively look to improve testing efficiency, looking for opportunities to ‘shift left’ when considering the level at which new test cases might best be created
• Participate in planning meetings, ensuring that test effort for new features/features under development is appropriately considered and estimated
• Ensure any bugs or issues found are appropriately documented to facilitate smooth investigation, and validate fixes to confirm resolution
• Ensure both functional and non-functional test areas are considered where appropriate, taking a balanced view as to a suitable level of test coverage
• Participate in code reviews for automated tests written by engineers within the team and cross-team
• Work with other test engineers to improve testing tools & processes, identify and bring into practice any relevant potential new test tools & frameworks
• Creating, configuring, maintaining and deploying test environments
• Leading by example, as an individual contributor; following best testing practices and identifying improvements
• Collaborating with the Product, UX and the wider Engineering team to define solutions to the customer’s problems and identify increments that allow the earliest possible release of value that deliver a world class user experience across multiple demographics