Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

Description:

The Software Development Team is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the software products for the LMAX Group. The Development team operates in as much of a collective ‘DevOps’ manner as is possible for a regulated industry. Testers are integral to the software development process and support the automated test-first approach that ensures high levels of product quality. Testers create, maintain, and manage test environments and perform free-ranging exploratory testing and discovery.

Core Responsibilities:

• Care deeply about and be uncompromising about product quality.
• Support the development team in delivering the best possible user experience.
• Set testing best practices, tools, and techniques, drawing on the prevailing LMAX approach.
• Develop and maintain the testing framework and supporting infrastructure.
• Write automated acceptance tests, including automating existing manual regression tests.
• Manual exploratory testing during sprints.
• Support team to write effective acceptance criteria.
• Pair with developers to help identify test cases.
• Share a monthly report with the tech team summarizing progress and blockers.
• Develop and maintain a broad understanding of the codebase.
• Strive to achieve annual performance review goals as agreed.
• Document relevant information to serve as a knowledge base for testing activities.

Requirements:

General:

• Experience with Cypress, JUnit, Jasmine, Karma, Mockito, Java, Angular, MongoDB, and AWS.
• Share knowledge and skills with colleagues through brown bags, intranet, etc.
• Identify, escalate, and, where possible, mitigate potential risks impacting delivery or the team.
• Promote a culture of uncompromisingly high delivery standards, where shortcuts are avoided, and team members recognize it as normal to do the right thing.
• Provide relevant positive or negative feedback directly to team members as soon as possible.
• Work with Business Analysts, Developers, and Business Stakeholders to gather test requirements.
• Communicate test requirements via user stories, acceptance criteria, test conditions, charters, and, if necessary, test plans and specifications.
• Working with the development team to maintain and expand the test framework.
• Monitoring test coverage and obtaining feedback on testing with the Head of Technology to ensure the desired coverage level is obtained.
• Help to support the system in production.

Once more advanced into the role:

• Develop automated performance and load tests and facilitate disaster recovery tests
• Engage in LMAX technical PR, e.g., occasional blogging or external talks.
• Help grow the testing team and manage new testers.
• Apply your experience to guide team decision-making and accelerate problem-solving.
• Act as an example to colleagues regarding technology skills and process adherence.
• Mentor colleagues on testing technology and processes.

Benefits:

• 25 days PTO
• Generous funding pot for training courses and conferences
• Pension: 401K
• Private medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• TriNet Platform
• Wellness contribution program with access to ClassPass
• Plumm Platform
• Five volunteering days

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