Associate SDET

We are seeking an Associate SDET, with experience in automating tests for scalable application components, which are remotely deployed. The Belfast team at BlueOptima caters to all current and upcoming product changes in Active MultiSite, which is our distributed version control solution. The team develops and maintains sets of automated test cases across UI and API, focusing on data-centric as well as integration test cases, and integrates the test suites with CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

Work with engineering and architecture to implement the plan developed for automating test cases and ensuring adequate automation coverage; Create and maintain test automation (both UI and API) within CI/CD pipelines; Ensure the expected behaviour of code prior to product releases; Increase overall coverage of automation suite; Curate reports for the stakeholders

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related technical discipline with projects work on automation and testing (recent graduates encouraged to apply); Experience writing code in an Object-Oriented language such as Java; Experience with version control systems such as Git, Subversion

Nice to have

Academic projects, internships, or practical experience involving test automation (preferably using Selenium and Java); Basic understanding of testing distributed systems; Exposure to Linux administration, command-line usage, and scripting (Shell, Bash, Python); Knowledge of virtualization/containerization technologies (e.g., Docker); Familiarity with test automation frameworks such as JUnit or TestNG

Benefits

Hybrid - 3 days in office, 2 remote; 32 days holiday including bank holidays; 12 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave; 4 weeks per year flexible remote working from anywhere; Annual Leave purchase (up to 10 extra days); Work from Home Equipment allowance; Pet friendly office; Sponsored Learning Opportunities; Cycle2work scheme; Team Socials