Job Title: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Reporting to: QA Team Lead
Salary: Reflective of Experience and Skill Set
Term: Full Time, Hybrid + Permanent (on successful completion of probationary period)
Location: Belfast
Company Background
Firemelon is the UK leading provider of software solutions to the Travel and Pet Insurance sectors. Through our flagship Magenta system, we provide a platform to sell policies via call centre, direct websites and price comparison sites. Firemelon have a wide range of clients in the UK and worldwide from small brokers to large blue-chip organisations.
We continue our ambitious plans and are looking for talented people to join our fun and fast-paced company to help take us to the next level. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels valued, respected and you’d be joining a team of talented, passionate individuals who have our clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do. We are a growing Company where every single person is encouraged to contribute to ideas, projects and ways of working. Every single member of the team is importance to the success of our business!
The Role
You will have, at least, 4 years commercial experience and have a significant amount of responsibility in the SDLC through test planning, execution and reporting for the products we provide to our clients. The role involves working in small teams or individually depending on the scale of projects and will involve developing test scenarios based on user stories and adding automation where possible. We work in with an agile methodology using JIRA and utilise Azure DevOps to ensure delivery of quality solutions.
The Ideal Person
We are looking for a driven IT or Engineering graduate with a great commercial experience as a Software Test Engineer. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for technology, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to identify vulnerabilities both within requirements and our products. You will be highly organized, capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. As a self-starter, you will have the opportunity to make significant contributions to the success of the company and drive the quality of our products forward.
Essential Criteria
- 4+ years’ experience in a software testing role
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or an IT related field (or equivalent third level qualification)
- Has proven End to End Automation testing experience with Selenium, C#, Visual Studio, NUnit,
- Developed and implemented test automation frameworks from the ground up
- Working knowledge of SQL
- Experience in Azure DevOps test plans:-
- Running tests in CI/CD.
- Running tests in parallel.
- Setting up dashboards for reporting.
- Monitoring team on testing best practices.
- Experience in API Testing tools like SoapUI/ReadyAPI , Postman
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
- Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans, test cases and test reports
- A good understanding of the software development process
- Self-initiate, work productively when unsupervised and multitask across multiple concurrent projects
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Good communications skills
- The ability to work in a team and as an individual
- The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to assume ownership of and optimize current processes
- Can recognise and flag issues outside area of own expertise or responsibility to manager
Desirable Criteria
- ISEB/ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
- Experience of JIRA
- Experience of IT Security/Penetration testing and tools
- Experience of Performance testing and tools
- Experience using Automated API testing and design tools such as SoapUI/ReadyAPI, SwaggerUI/SwaggerHub and PostMan.
- Experience of Unit testing using frameworks like XUnit, NUnit or Moq
- Knowledge of testing tool such as JMeter, Cypress, Playwright
- Knowledge of Azure Dev Ops test plans:-
- Running tests in CI/CD.
- Running tests in parallel.
- Setting up dashboards for reporting.
- Monitoring team on testing best practices
Benefits
To attract the very best talent, we offer a great package and numerous benefits, including:
- Hybrid Working
- Flexible Working
- Continuous Professional Development
- Salary Sacrifice Company Pension
- Enhanced Holiday Entitlement
- Holiday Trading Scheme
- Private Healthcare and Wellbeing Membership
- Social and Team Events
- Eyecare Scheme
- Paid Lunch Hour
Firemelon is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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