Graduate Software Developer in Test

Salary: £22,500 increasing to £25,000 after 1 year, subject to satisfactory performance

Our client is a highly successful and innovative organisation supplying leading edge technology to the NHS.
 
You will work in an Agile Development Team, with responsibility for assuring the quality of software by developing technical solutions to help test our products. The Graduate SDET is involved in every step of the software development process and, in doing so, will:
 
·         Learn about software design, development, and testing
·         Become a skilled professional in development as well as gaining testing knowledge
·         Gain experience in test automation tools
 
The role will require the graduate to gain the skills and knowledge needed to:
 
·         Develop new and existing QA test frameworks that cover functional, performance and load testing
·         Conduct performance and automation testing, including the generation of test data
·         Understand company products, guidelines and requirements
·         Produce robust test cases to ensure bug free releases
 
Essential Skills/Qualifications:
 
·         University Degree in Computer Science or similar technical Degree
·         Some understanding of SQL queries to interrogate/update a database
·         Knowledge of JavaScript and C# coding language and practices
 
Desirable Skills:
 
·         Basic understanding of XML and JSON and relevant tools
·         The ability to step through developer demos (including an ability to read and understand code) on Developer PCs
·         Understanding of integration hooks between modules, applications, and systems
·         Knowledge of RESTful API’s
 
Nice to have:
 
·         An understanding of unit testing and ability to work through testing system logic with developers
·         Knowledge of NOSQL based databases
·         Exposure / Knowledge of NHS Systems or processes
·         Technical testing / QA experience
 
Key responsibilities:
 
·         Assist in performing Test Automation and setting up test frameworks for different application platforms including Web, Mobile, and Desktop
·         Where required, investigate customer problems escalated to 3rd and 4th line support
·         Create and manage bug reports, feeding into the agile development team
·         Build system level test scenarios and acceptance tests
·         Support the troubleshooting of issues with  company products, platforms and microservice APIs
·         Support the setup, maintenance, and operation of test automation frameworks
·         Take responsibility for assigned quality tasks during team sprint cycle
·         Analyse and communicate test results and defect tracking
·         Execution of ad-hoc testing as required to meet the test plan
·         Support proof of concept development activities
·         Work with the Agile team to achieve excellent levels of product quality prior to external release
·         Become a flexible member of an agile team who can perform show capability to support other roles as appropriate
·         Support and learn performance and load testing

Job Title: Graduate Software Developer in Test

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £22,500 increasing to £25,000 after 1 year, subject to satisfactory performance

Job Type: Permanent

Job Reference: LH9916

Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an Employment Agency for this role