Lead Software Development Engineer in Test

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Overview

As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you oversee testing resources on a small, highly focused team responsible for delivery of highly scalable and robust services within Global Relay’s platform. You are responsible to ensure appropriate and efficient testing strategies are applied in your areas of responsibility, with a focus on shift-left testing principles. You will drive continual improvement in your team’s automation frameworks and coverage while mentoring other SDETs in the team on industry leading technologies and test practices. You will guide and participate hands-on in the team’s testing efforts to ensure quality of coverage, quality of code and quality of delivery.

What you will do

• Manage performance assessments and hiring for a small team of SDETs
• Drive the team’s testing and automation strategies
• Define and organize the teams test planning for releases
• Design and coding of automation frameworks, tests and tools
• Participate in team planning and story grooming
• Participate in test execution, issue identification and resolution in support of the release
• Propose and implement improvements to automation and test processes
• Develop and maintain shared testing libraries
• Provide training, mentorship and support to other members on the team
• Conduct code reviews, improve and maintain quality of the automation code
• Document the automation framework, tools and infrastructure

About You

• Minimum 8 years of experience in test development
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading a small team
• Strong understanding of the Java language and object oriented principles
• Expertise applying test practices in an agile environment
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit
• Experience testing backend systems or APIs
• Experience with any of the following is an asset: testing performance with JMeter or similar tools; web services technologies such as REST, JSON or Thrift; testing web applications with Selenium WebDriver; big data technologies such as Hadoop, MongoDB, Kafka or SQL; network principles and protocols such as HTTP, TLS and TCP; continuous integration systems such as Jenkins or Bamboo

Job details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology and Engineering
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

What you can expect

At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are personalized to meet the unique needs of every individual.

We understand flexible work arrangements are important, and we encourage that in our work culture. Whether it’s flexibility around work hours, workstyle, or lifestyle, we want to ensure our employees have a healthy work/life balance. We support and value a hybrid work model that blends collaboration with the team in the office and focus time from the comfort of your home.

Company Benefits

• Bonus
• Full medical cover
• Dental care
• flexi working
• Free fruit
• 25 days holiday
• Life insurance

Interview Process

• Application Review
• Phone Interview with Live coding challenge - 1hr; Technical questions Interview: 1hr (Back to back). Can be split by request.
• Management-focused - 1hr
• In person Meet & Greet + Cultural interview with HR - 2hr (Back to back)