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Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Morgan McKinleyDublin, Ie
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Job Description

Seeking a talented Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who is passionate about Software Quality, has an Agile Tester mindset and a track record for building effective automation frameworks.

Role : Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Salary : Competitive Salary + bonus / benefits

Location : Dublin (City Centre)

WFH Model : Very flexible (1 / 2 days a week in office)

Job Purpose

Our SDETs have an in-depth knowledge of Testing Best Practices as well as a strong programming background with the ability to design and execute optimal test strategies that leverage our automation capabilities to maximum effect.

Responsibilities

  • Define the test strategy for new functionality focusing on achieving the optimal test approach for all functional and non-functional scope.
  • Responsible for all areas of test automation, including building maintaining and documenting adopted Test Automation Frameworks
  • Develop, automate and maintain highly effective test cases leveraging automation to optimise test cycle times and the lead time for delivery of new functionality
  • Ensure comprehensive and transparent test coverage for new and existing product features.
  • Implement best of breed, scalable solutions according to defined patterns and practices.
  • Responsible for application integration testing with all required systems, databases, and services
  • Works closely with the Software Engineers to understand the codebase and the unit test coverage and to ensure the testability for a given feature
  • Responsible for working with the Product Owner to understand business requirements and carry out quality assurance checks on the developed solutions
  • Work as part of a Scrum team using Agile practices and adhering to the values and principles.
  • Promote testing best practices within the team.
  • Researching test tools, methodologies, and trends and working on continuous process improvement initiatives within the CLE Quality Practice

Key Strengths

  • Excellent database testing experience in the areas of functional, load, capacity, and performance
  • Analytical and can analyse unit test coverage reports and collaborate with the Software Engineers to ensure any unit test coverage gaps are identified and addressed.
  • Proven ability to create robust and stable automated integration / functional / regression tests with transparent reporting on the automated coverage.
  • Strong programming background with Java (8 + preferable) with experience building automation frameworks for both API and UI tier validation
  • Demonstrate experience working in a test-driven environment with continuous integration pipelines managing the orchestration of feature and regression test packaging & execution
  • Demonstrate hands on experience of testing code quality & metric production & the implementation of quality gates.
  • Agile tester mindset and approach that has experience defining test approaches that maximise the Return in Investment from automation and enable Continuous Delivery
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to influence the Delivery Team on Software Quality best practices and ensuring testable high-quality software
  • Proven ability to assess inefficiencies in testing strategies and the successful execution of improvement initiatives

    • Technologies & Frameworks

  • Hands on experience of database script management using Redgate, Datical, MS SQL Server or other Relational Database
  • Networking & Communication Protocols - DNS, TCPIP, UDP, HTTP HTTPS, SSL, FTP, SCP, SOAP & REST
  • Languages - Java, MS SQL, Powershell & Bash
  • Testing Frameworks / Tooling - BDD, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, NUnit, JQuery, Selenium, Serenity & Mockito
  • OAuth, SAML, SMTP, MAPI
  • Version Control Systems - Azure Devops Git
  • Build Automation Tools - Jenkins
  • Build & Dependency Management Tooling - Gradle, Ant & MSBuild

    • Essential Skills

  • Experience of writing a test framework or at a minimum maintaining one
  • Experiencing owning and defining the test strategy for new features and breaking it down into the corresponding test types and building and executing an effective automation strategy for these
  • Experience of using an automated maven build, to trigger tests.
  • Excellent knowledge of the maven lifecycle
  • Good Java development Skills and experience of writing unit, integration and BDD Tests
  • Experience of writing BDD Test suites with Gherkin, Cucumber and Junit
  • Experience of best of breed practices in relation to test delivery.
  • Has worked in highly automated CI / CD environments
  • Excellent java and git skills
  • Has written automated tests using one of the following Frameworks / Libraries : Serenity, Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

    • Desired Skills

  • Previous experience working in Financial Services
  • Written and / or oral German language.
  • Has experience of using Jenkins, for build and release management.
  • Good knowledge of best of breed practices in relation to build management and release management.

    • Personal Strengths

  • The candidate needs to be a self- starter and implement best of breed testing solutions within the boundaries of the integration patterns, architectural principles and guidelines provided. They must be a team player and provide guidance, training and assistance to other members of the team
  • Passionate about Quality with a continuous drive for improvements

    • Necessary Qualifications / Skills

  • Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar role
  • 3rd level qualification (honours degree), preferably in a related discipline

    • Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

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