Software Engineer Test Automation

The role

We are looking for a test automation software engineer who is open to learning and adapting to ever-evolving techniques within our talented team of developers. We work with Mission Critical products to fine tune the experiences of millions of end users - there's nearly zero downtime, so you will need to be excellent at what you do.

As a tester, you will be crucial to each development team, ensuring top quality with each release. You need to enjoy problem solving through white-boarding and pair programming while daring to challenge the way we work.

Some interesting facts about tech at Kindred Group:

We have an uptime of 99-95% across our sites
We do over 4,400 production releases each year and targeted 10,000 releases in 2018
Our platform consists of more than 200 micro-services
Over 25 million transactions per day
More than 40 game providers integrated
Over 20 payment providers integrated
Millions of events go to our big data platform each day

What you will do
Learn and contribute in ways outside usual development work, including participating in internal development academies, conferences, public speaking and leadership programs
Identify business requirements and work closely with the product owner, developers and business analysts to find solutions, providing feedback and ensuring they are fit for purpose
Write acceptance criteria for requirements
Design tests to mitigate risk
Liaise with project teams in other parts of the world
Estimate test effort for user stories, sprints and projects
Perform manual testing (exploratory and non-functional) and log results
Review results of automated tests and log defects
Stress test
Performance test
Collaborate with the UAT test team to ensure consistent behavior and provide feedback to the team in the form of test metrics and reports
Identify, maintain and drive bespoke test automation solutions
Monitor and measure test coverage to improve test scenarios
Provide feedback / input on the techniques, solutions and tools used throughout projects
Create and maintain online documentation
Monitor applications and software systems
Manage and plan releases
Work to departmental and project deadlines


How will success be measured in this role
Regular performance reviews with your line manager
Acting in line with Kindred Group values
Successful completion of all relevant training and other compliance activities that support Kindred's sustainable and responsible growth
Your experience
Use of tools and frameworks such as Cucumber and Gatling, Java or Python
BDD approach to software development
Test automation within an Agile environment
Building and maintaining test automation frameworks
Work with structured test methods and processes
Use of database concepts and ability to write basic SQL queries
Software failures and faults
A risk-based approach to testing
Non-functional aspects of web application testing, such as UI, Accessibility, Security and Performance