Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Work closely with software developers to understand the system architecture, design, and implementation to create effective test strategies.
• Pay attention to code quality and software craftsmanship
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring that code is designed with test automation in mind.
• Participating proactively in daily standup meetings, story grooming sessions, team retrospectives, regularly reporting progress as well as suggesting and implementing improvements.
• Develop detailed test plans, test scripts and test completion reports based on functional and technical specifications.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated testing frameworks for functional and non-functional testing.
• Design and execute performance, load, and stress tests to ensure the application can scale and perform under heavy traffic or resource constraints.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure frequent, automated validation of code changes.
• Monitor the health of test suites and ensure that automated tests run successfully whilst ensuring test environment and test cases are optimized to improve system performance.
• Investigate test failures and work closely with developers to diagnose and resolve defects and issues.

WHAT YOU HAVE

• Min. 5 years experience in a Quality Engineering role
• Min. 5 years experience with Java (building test frameworks and testing Java applications)
• Experience in Distributed Caching, Compute and Streaming
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools (JUnit)
• Experience in non-functional / quality attribute verification.
• Performance benchmarking (latency and throughput)
• Resilience testing (chaos and fuzzing)
• Scalability testing

• Demonstrated experience using AI/LLM tools, developing prompts, code, tools and automation that enhance product quality with less friction
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Github Actions)
• Experience with Linux and Bash
• Experience with Docker, Maven, JFrog
• Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS
• Experience with Infrastructure Deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with Vulnerability & Compliance Tools (SonarQube, OWASP, Trivy, Blackduck) 
• Experience of Big Data Storage Testing including designing and manipulating test data
• Experience with development frameworks (Spring, Springboot, VertX, Quartkus)
• Experience across Enterprise and Opensource solutions
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study (Computer Science, or related discipline) or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of the QA process (Test Plans, Test Scripts & Test Completion Reports)

• A passion for quality as well as for both detecting and preventing defects.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail.
• Efficient at debugging code and resolving issues quickly.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment, a team player who fosters collaboration.
• Able to make critical decisions, able to balance quality and time ensuring products and features are released in a timely manner without compromising on critical testing.
• Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives.
• Able to plan and organise your own work.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies such as unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and non-functional testing (Performance, load, stress, soak).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to clearly convey complex information and collaborate with cross-functional teams

BENEFITS

• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays
• Group Company Pension Plan
• Private Medical Insurance
• Private Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

About
The world's largest leading companies trust Hazelcast and its unified real-time data platform to take instant action on streaming data. With a stream processing engine and fast data store integrated into a single solution, businesses can simplify real-time architectures for next-gen applications and AI/ML departments to drive new revenue, mitigate risk, and operate efficiently - at a low TCO. To learn more about Hazelcast, or to join our community of CXOs, architects, and developers at brands such as HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Volvo, New York Life, Domino's, and others, visit hazelcast.comEqual Opportunities at HazelcastWe welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, races, religions, gender, sexual identities, abilities, and personal circumstances, in a spirit of inclusivity and belonging.We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and believe we see strength in diversity. If you require any accommodation to assist you in the interview process, please submit this with your application.We offer competitive salaries with a flexible, empathetic and highly collaborative working environment. If you are motivated by the prospect of a career with a forward-thinking tech company, we'd love to hear from you.