Software Development Engineer Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.
This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.
Join us as a Software Development Engineer
- Working in Testing, you'll help to define and implement the testing strategy across our products
- As a part of our customer-focused Agile teams, you'll be collaborating with product managers, designers and engineers to define the next iteration of your business area
- It's an opportunity to work with stakeholders across our business and shape the future of quality engineering and support the long-term interests of our customers
What you'll do
We'll look to you to define and improve the testing strategy for our products. You'll have the chance to collaborate with software engineers from all specialisms to build solutions that ensure the reliable and scalable testing of our software to deliver a high-quality and secure product to our customers.
You’ll also be:
- Developing reusable code that's easy to maintain and extend
- Defining your team's approach to testing, as well as providing technical mentoring and oversight for other engineers in your team
- Building scalable automated testing systems that enable us to deliver value to customers
- Assisting other engineers to test their software while acting as an expert
- Driving the direction of our testing chapter to make sure that it maintains the highest standards of technology and processes
The skills you'll need
You’ll need experience of continuous integration, delivery processes, tooling and embedding quality checks in the process and knowledge of software performance and automated security testing techniques and tooling.
In addition, you’ll need experience of JavaScript and JavaScript test frameworks, such as Jest and Cypress, as well as experience of code performance optimisation and an understanding of memory performance, data queries and working with APIs.
You’ll also need:
- An awareness of Cloud infrastructures and configurations
- Experience of creating effective functional and non-functional test cases
- An understanding of how to deliver and test modern software as part of an Agile team
If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our buildings, or if you’re eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme please contact us and we’ll do everything we can to help.
