Senior Software Engineer in Test- 38046

• Start date: ASAP
• Duration: 12 months
• Location: 1 week in Dublin - 3 weeks working from home
• Rate: €300 - €350 per day

Job Description:
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to work within a team of engineers to develop high-quality applications servicing the financial industry. You will have the opportunity to work on high value products in the Risk and Reporting space that support our customers in providing excellent financial solutions.

The Expertise We're Looking For

• Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline.
• 4+ years in software and quality engineering.
• Solid experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium and Cucumber, supporting software solutions developed in some of all of the following: Java, Springboot, Python, SQL (Postgres), REST APIs, Swagger and AWS serverless technologies.
• REST Assured for API Autmoation
• Playwright/Cypress for UI Automation
• Solid experience working with Databases and large data volumes. Being able to query.
• Ability to contribute to the QA automation strategy for our applications and oversee QA best practices.
• Experience building and deploying applications using continuous integration pipelines and automated deployment tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience using source control and pull requests for collaborative development in code repository tools such as GitHub.
• Experience with requirement analysis, defect tracking, coordinating with team members in different locations, and test reporting and signoff.
• Experience implementing test data management strategies and test environment approaches.
• Experience working in an agile scrum development environment.
• Financial Services experience preferred, but not essential.

• Expert knowledge in test automation frameworks and designing and delivering quality assurance related code and solutions using these tools with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to drive and participate in defining the test related technical & coding standards and guidelines for the team or group as well as implementing a strong internal quality specific process, including mentoring and guiding engineers in writing tests in line with principles mentioned here.
• Deep knowledge of the SDLC process and how different test types from unit to behavioural to component to E2E are used through the cycle.
• You are central to the curation of the test suites to ensure a minimal comprehensive set (eliminate duplication, recognize gaps).
• Comfortable working in an Agile software delivery environment, with exposure to continuous integration and continuous delivery tools.
• Passionate about engineering excellence with a strong understanding of test data management.

• Provide technical leadership and oversight to ensure persistent quality.
• Evolve our processes, practices and standards around test automation.
• Fully engage in product quality plan efforts, including test case development, design and code reviews, resiliency and regression testing.
• Engage in working with global team of developers in leading best practices for testing aspects of software engineering.
• Participate in design reviews and code reviews of test automation.
• Constantly look for opportunities improve our overall quality process, moving up the value chain and reducing the percentage of your time spent in oversight as you educate the wider team in these aspects and delegate as this becomes ingraine