Contenu de l'offre Senior Software Test Engineer chez Simply Business
Commitment: Full-Time
Department: Technology
Location: London, United Kingdom
Team: QA
Technology. Award-winning customer service. Bleeding-edge data ability.
Simply Business is a new type of insurance company, using all of the above to create the best possible insurance experience for small businesses and self-employed people.
We love working here, and have even taken the number one spot in the Sunday Times Best Company To Work For 2015 and 16 lists; we’ve stopped entering now to focus on a few bigger projects, but you get the idea.
It’s a great place towork.
There are currently over 400,000 active Simply Business insurance policies in the UK alone. And we have offices in London, Northampton and Boston,USA.
Talking of offices, ours are bright, airy and geared up for really smart working. We’re flexible, with plenty of remote workers coming in and out, and we believe work and life should be hand in hand, rather than a juggling act. So no need to worry about school pick-ups, or a horrible commute.
Our people are our most important asset, so we focus on building a working life that helps us thrive, not stick. Join us and you’ll be part of our journey to creating something even better, for our customers and ourselves.
A Senior Software Test Engineer to join us in London.
Our testing manifesto is about testing throughout over testing at the end, preventing defects over detecting them, building the right system over breaking it & testing understanding and assumptions over checking functionality. The goal is to be a subject matter expert in testing by expanding the quality mindset, thinking critically about not just functional, but non-functional requirements such as usability, functionality, performance, security, edge cases, testing strategies and best practices.
Define testing strategies pre-implementation
Work closely with developers during implementation to ensure appropriate type and levels of testing
Perform functional and non-functional testing
Help other team members share responsibility of designing and performing tests
Emphasise the importance of executing the right tests
Collaborate with product managers, have an understanding of what to test & deliver
Help the team create well-defined testable acceptance criteria
Help the team to perform testing during earliest stages of implementation
Be involved in the pull request review process
Assist in root cause analysis with customer facing issues & educate gaps in test approach
Create and improve automated tests
Choose and use appropriate testing tools and techniques to assess quality
Work with testing community to improve test strategies & automation efficiencies
Critical & Lateral thinking
Systematic & Systems thinking
Change agent with effective soft skills
Product focused - ability to gain a deep understanding of the domain and our business over time
Mindset to solve problems not symptoms
Thought leader with a passion for training, mentoring and coaching others
Understand the value of different types of testing techniques and when to apply them
Fast to adapt to constant changes and feeling comfortable with it
Comfortable pairing with engineers in a distributed, co-located environment
Focus on what is most important at all times, realising when to change the game plan and when to stick to it
Great communication skills, both within and outside the team
Curiosity in understanding the domain and system architecture
Have demonstrated ownership of continuous improvement initiatives around testing
Deep understanding of testing principles and a variety of testing techniques and methods
Strong understanding of Agile
Strong desire to work collaboratively with business teams. We work in cross-functional teams comprising of developers, testers, product managers and any other supporting roles
Strong interpersonal skills to work well in our very open and friendly environment
Proficiency in at least one programming language, Ruby experience is not essential. You’ll just need to be happy to cross-over to Ruby if you join us – and we will support you with that
Understand BDD, ability to work with product managers and developers to clarify business rules and capture these for automated verification Skilled in using a variety of testing tools at all levels in the testing pyramid
Worked with continuous integration tools
What are the benefits?
There’s all the serious (but important) stuff we call ‘core benefits’. On top of that, you can pick and choose from the more exciting options we offer – whether it’s a full gym membership or gym subsidy, comprehensive private health cover, extra holiday, or a National Trust pass.
The ‘core’ stuff
Some of these will kick in once you’re confirmed in post, but here’s the summary:
a salary that reflects your experience, our pay policy and the market we’re in from your first day, generous annual leave
life assurance (financial cover for your family, should the worst happen)
a cash plan to reimburse your everyday medical expenses
an extra day off if you get married or move house
an automatic enrollment pension (employer-matched at 5%)
The fun stuff
Passed probation? Time to pick and mix from things like:
a full gym membership
private medical insurance
extra days annual leave
shopping vouchers
dental insurance
travel insurance
But there’s so much more to Simply Business than insurance and memberships. We also commit to flexible working options, smart working (our offices are kitted out for you to work when and how you choose), cycle to work, eye test vouchers, and season ticket loan schemes, and we have a handy online form to put in any training or conference requests.
Best of all, though, are the groups, clubs, and adventures that come with the Simply Business territory. Forget a simple Give As You Earn scheme (although we’ve got that too) – we trek the Sahara for charity, take you on weekends away, throw epic summer parties, and meet up for book groups, public speaking coaching, yoga, manicures, beer brewing, and lots, lots more.
Our values
Everything we do comes down to these five values – empowerment, authenticity, simplicity, learning and pioneering.
In practice, these will mean something unique to every person at Simply Business, but if you’re considering working here, give them some thought. They’re at the heart of our story.
Empowerment
We believe in our people and the positive impact they can have so we enable everyone to stretchthemselves
Authenticity
We celebrate diversity, avoid jargon and genuinely care about helping small businesses thrive
Simplicity
We attempt to simplify complex solutions to save our customerstime andeffort
Learning
We’re never done learning about new possibilities and act to explore them
Pioneering
We’re obsessed with finding new ways to create even better experiences
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