Sykes Cottages Hiring for Software Test Engineer Job at Chester, England Full Time

Brand new opportunity for a Test Engineer to join our award-winning, industry-leading Technology department at Sykes Cottages – remote and Hybrid-working available!

Sykes Cottages are now seeking our newest Software Test Engineer to join our award-winning Technology department at our Chester head office.

Joining our 120 strong wider Technology department which has been the focus of a strong amount of investment in recent years. Our Tech department sit at the very heart of our business and are instrumental in maintaining our success. We pride ourselves on pursuing the latest technology to ensure our place in at the top of our market and want to welcome those who share in our passion for innovation, who eat, sleep and breathe Tech and would thrive in a collaborative and forward thinking environment working alongside like-minded individuals. We are proud of our Tech department who house some of the best local tech talent in the area – all working together to put innovation at the heart of all we do as a department.

Our newest Test Engineer will be crucial in our ongoing development, helping us craft quality services and solutions that maximize business value and transform our processes and practices to compete in a fast-moving market place. To help us achieve our goal of TDD and maintain an automated regression test suite (using PHP) to cover the most common user journeys as well as the ones with the highest business value. To work collaboratively with the developers when performing exploratory manual testing both on individual tickets and on a project basis and to highlight when a particular user journey should be automated.

Our newest Test Engineer will have the following key skills:
Essential Experience:

• At least two years’ experience of testing in a TDD environment e.g., pairing with developers to collaborate on test design.
• ‘Test first’ mentality, and the willingness to champion testing throughout the SDLC.
• Solid understanding of automation concepts i.e., what should/shouldn’t be automated and a desire to expedite repetitive tasks using an appropriate automated solution.
• Experience of creating, maintaining and running of automation tests.
• Experience of building a test automation framework.
• Good working knowledge of at least one programming language e.g., Java, PHP.
• Good understanding of REST APIs and their concepts e.g., HTTP methods & response codes.
• Solid understanding of manual test principles including Exploratory Testing and Session
• Based Test Management.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Excellent organisational, planning and prioritisation skills.

Desirable Experience:

• Educated to degree level in information technology, computer science, business information systems or related field.
• Exposure to business acquisition and integration.
• ITIL qualified with a track record of balancing best practice and pragmatism when it comes to defining strategy, process & procedures

Our newest Test Engineer will be reporting directly to our Lead Developer and will be accountable for the following key areas:

The post holder will be a constant role model for the Sykes values. Their role includes identifying, sharing and spreading best practice throughout the business, and demonstrating excellent teamwork.

• Promotion of best practice for TDD and contribution to process improvement whenever possible.
• Take pride and responsibility of the work delivered, anticipating potential issues and being solution driven.
• Contributing and working collaboratively with developers and other team members to ensure that high quality solutions are delivered to meet business objectives.
• Representing the test role at key project meetings, including planning, demonstrations, negotiating with stakeholders and developers, and communicating effectively at an appropriate technical level with the rest of the business
• Designing and creation of well crafted, resilient automated test suites.
• Performing structured mission-based exploratory test sessions.
• Knowledge sharing e.g., coaching, mentoring other team members.
• Any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by your line manager.

Please note: The working hours for this position will be 37.5 per week to be worked Monday-Friday. This position can offer hybrid-working with a mix of office and remote working available pending further discussion.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bike to work scheme
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Store discounts
• Wellness programmes

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work remotely:

• Yes