Test Engineer
London, UK
Job description
We are looking for talented test engineers to help build great apps and services in the Sainsbury’s Digital Team. You will work closely with other technically like-minded individuals across multiple platforms and technologies to create a beautiful application ecosystem that is consistent, highly usable, reliable and performant.
What I need to do
- Create acceptance criteria by analysing features and requirements alongside a multi-disciplinary team using tools and frameworks, which support this.
- Perform test execution (system, integration, regression, performance), conduct test result analysis, track system test defects and the provision of progress reports.
- Assist in the design of automated integration tests as well as automated regression tests
- Work collaboratively within a team providing honest and open feedback based on your experience
- Contribute to the execution of our Digital & Technology strategy
How I will succeed
- Show that you have a good level of understanding for a number of technical skills, attitudes and behaviours
- Proactively seek opportunities to improve your knowledge and abilities
- Demonstrable contribution within the Agile team
What I need to know
- Demonstrable experience of working within an agile software development environment
- Demonstrable experience within the full software development life cycle
- Ability to understand business requirements and create acceptance criteria and design test cases
- Demonstrable experience of creating and maintaining load tests and using load testing tools (e.g. JMeter, Gatling)
- Demonstrable experience of using product tracking tools (e.g. Jira)
- Demonstrable experience with cross browser and API testing
- Demonstrable experience of web accessibility issues and appropriate methods for testing these
- Demonstrable experience working with Cloud-based infrastructure
- Demonstrable experience in testing with a variety of mobile technologies (iOS, Android)
- Working knowledge of major operating systems, including Windows, OSX and Linux
- Demonstrate an awareness of test automation concepts
- Demonstrate an awareness of Behaviour / Test Driven Development (BDD, TDD)
- Demonstrate an awareness to produce quality, reusable and maintainable automated tests
- Demonstrate an awareness in using and setting up automated testing
- Demonstrate an awareness of CI and CD, some working knowledge with using a CI system (Jenkins, GoCD)
- Demonstrate an awareness of Service Oriented Architectures, integration patterns and RESTful web services
What I need to show
- Communication and Influencing:
- Speaks & writes clearly & concisely
- Uses appropriate body language
- Analytical Thinking:
- Able to simplify complex problems
- Aptitude to Learn:
- Always willing to accept new, or extra work to stretch abilities
- Vigorously pursues own development
- Team Work:
- Actively participates in team working
- Treats others with courtesy
- Leadership and Mentoring:
- Sets clear expectations & provides regular feedback
- Discusses potential and career development
- Commitment and Planning:
- Takes ownership & accountability
- Keeps appropriate people well informed of plans, progress, etc.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).