Senior Data QE/SDET

You will join our high performance team of Technical Engineers and work within an expanding Automation team providing cutting-edge automation solutions to clients. You will work collaboratively with our customers to scope, plan, implement and refine automation solutions specific to requirements. The position will also involve the management and mentoring of junior resources.

• Prototyping, designing, planning, implementing and maintaining automation test frameworks using commercial or open-source tools. This includes;
  • Working with key stakeholders to identify and design automation solutions
  • Generating reliable effort estimates for tasks
  • Creating automation solution design based on “best-practice”
  • Building automation test cases based on functional test assets
  • Working collaboratively with other teams during test preparation and execution activities
  • Investigating and debug application defects
  • Producing clear and concise reports during the lifecycle of an automation project
  • Identifying opportunities for further test automation or efficiencies through automation
  • Communicating Automation Benefits to clients including detailed cost benefit analysis
• Manage resources against pre-determined plans
• Mentor automation resources and contribute to wider automation team through the creation of re-usable assets (e.g. case studies / white papers)
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own Automation deliverables
• Participate in training, including self-conducted learning, to keep skills up-to-date
• Work unsupervised on proof of concept exercises. This will include the creation of pre-sales collateral documenting return on investment / benefits analysis

• Third level qualification in Computer Science/IT/Software Engineering

• Excellent Communication skills.
• Desirable:
  • Experience with Prefect
  • Familiarity with DBT
  • Experience building tests into Azure DevOps pipelines.
  • Exposure to Docker / Familiarity of containerization would be advantageous.
• Understanding of the Azure cloud.
• Good Team Player

• Sound understanding of testing methodologies including behaviour-driven testing, unit testing and data-driven testing
• Ability to take an automation-first approach to quality engineering
• Experience developing testing frameworks for data warehouses and data sciences
• Strong Experience with Python
• Experience with the Python testing framework pytest and its behavioural extension pytest-bdd
• SQL expertise to develop effective backend database tests
• Experience with data warehouses like Snowflake
• Behaviour-driven testing of executable specifications e.g. using Gherkin
• Good understanding of DevOps principals
• Experience working in a truly agile style
• Experience in working with version control tools like git
• Experience with both cloud and on-premises solutions
• Commercial savvy necessary to ensure work is prioritised and targeted appropriately.

• We do not provide Visa Sponsorship

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive

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