Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

Hazelcast · United Kingdom · posted today ago

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About this role

WHAT WE NEED
Within Hazelcast our Quality Engineering team is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of software quality for our customers. As part of our team you will be among fellow skilled quality engineers whose focus is to ensure our Java-based real-time distributed storage and stream processing platform meets rigorous quality benchmarks.We are looking for Software Engineers in Test with strong experience testing Java software platforms to work side by side with our expert Java developers. In this role, you’ll tackle complex challenges, contribute to our product quality vision and play a key part in delivering reliable, high-performance software that delights our customers.

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

Knowledge of following are desirable:

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)

PERSONAL QUALITIES

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