Please note, this role will require onsite visits once per week on Wednesdays. However we can offer some flexibility for the right candidate.
What does a Test Engineer do?
As a Test Engineer you undertake a variety of tasks throughout the Delivery lifecycle to help the team overall to meet their goals and deliver a great service to our retailers and consumers. Your primary responsibility is quality assurance of changes to our systems with an emphasis on automated repeatable quality and reliability.
Key responsibilities
• Executing test scenarios, including manual tests where required. Including (but not restricted to) functional, performance, integration, automation, security, and operational acceptance testing
• Assisting in building of new test automation frameworks
• Assisting in maintenance and optimization of existing test frameworks
• Assisting in documenting automated processes, including test procedures and test scenarios
• Assisting in preparing data for test scenarios
• Assisting in troubleshooting and diagnosis of bugs and issues, including those found in the production environment
• Sharing ideas, toolsets and techniques within the team
• Test driven development on all new code
• Participating in driving continuous improvement in the team’s processes, software tools and output
• Following engineering practices that improve quality and reliability
• Using a bug tracking tool to report defects and update sprint ticket progress
• Being part of an out of hours support rota to ensure that the applications, systems and services in your area run smoothly at all times
• Supporting production implementations
Essential skills and experience
• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience working as a test engineer or software engineer with a strong interest in testing (including continuous integration)
• ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) Foundation Level certification, or equivalent
• Exposure to test automation frameworks
• Exposure to test tools (e.g. JMeter)
• Azure DevOps
• T-SQL – Reading and querying database tables, views, stored procedures
• API Testing (including performance and load testing)
• TDD and/or BDD
• Agile (Scrum, Kanban) or DevOps environment experience, CI/CD
• Good communication skills; both written and verbal are a must
• Team Player with a can-do attitude
Additional skills and experience
It would be great if you already have:
• Azure Cloud (Networking, Storage, Kubernetes, App Services, API Manager, Monitoring)
• Azure Test Plans
• Postman/Soap UI
• C# .NET programming
• JMeter/Iliad T3
• Selenium WebDriver
• SpecFlow+
• Appium
• CRM systems
• ITSM tools
• Android development frameworks
• Splunk - Using this as a troubleshooting tool
Our benefits if you decide to join us:
• 25 days’ holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Company sick pay from day 1
• Company pension scheme
• UK health care cover
• Staff Everyday Benefits card offering discounts with multiple retailers (10%)
• Corporate travel scheme with Merseyrail, Northern rail, Arriva & Transport for Wales
• Fabulous kitchen space which offers free tea and coffee
• Faith room open to all denominations along with dedicated kitchen space for Halal and Kosher food preparation
• Family friendly leave
• Community volunteering policy which allows you 2 days per year to support the community with charitable events
As a disability-confident committed company, we have a passion for championing equality. We welcome all colleagues into a work environment where success is attainable for everyone, regardless of disability, age, race, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We are committed to ensuring that everyone has equal access to growth and opportunities in our workplace.