Expires soon Willis Towers Watson

Software Developer in Test – Cambridge

  • Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)
  • IT development

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary of Role

A Software Test Engineer is now required to join our Cambridge development team, working on our market leading financial capital modelling software. This is a new position to meet the requirements of a growing team.

The Role

In this role you will contribute to the evolutionary development of advanced analytics and decision support software across all aspects of the development lifecycle. As a Software Developer in Test, you will work alongside the Software Engineers and Software Testers to ensure these products meet high levels of reliability, maintainability, usability and performance.

This is an evolving role that will initially include:

·  Working with the product owner and business analysts to translate user stories into test cases
·  Participating in design meetings in order to ensure designs and implementations are testable
·  Participating in retrospectives at the end of each sprint, in order to continually improve processes
·  Working closely with the Software Engineers to ensure that testability and best practices are built in to the code
·  Reviewing code, unit tests (C#, NUnit) and test data, to ensure comprehensive test coverage, both in terms of functional coverage and code coverage
·  Implementation of unit tests (C#, NUnit)
·  Identifying where automation of tests is appropriate
·  Integration of test tools into the automated build process
·  Execution of tests, both manual and automated, including exploratory testing, regression testing, verification of fixes
·  Liaising with other testing teams within the company in order to share best practices

The Requirements

The essential skills/experience for this position are:

·  Passionate about testing as a career, flexible in working with a team to continually improve quality
·  Experience of the development lifecycle, with the flexibility to work from test strategy to system and component level testing
·  Software development using C#, although experience of other modern OO languages would be considered
·  Extensive experience of testing, including unit testing, integration, system and performance testing

Other highly desirable skills are:

·  Ability to thrive in a highly intellectual research and development environment
·  Interest in maths, statistics and complex algorithms
·  Experience of working in an Agile environment
·  Exposure to Big Data computational systems
·  WPF/MVVM
·  Use of SQL
·  NUnit (or other unit testing frameworks)
·  GUI test automation, with experience of coding tests rather than just record & replay
·  Microsoft Team Foundation Server (or other version control system)
·  Experience of financial modelling




The Company

Willis Towers Watson is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828, Willis Towers Watson has 40,000 employees serving more than 140 countries. We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas – the dynamic formula that drives business performance. Together, we unlock potential. Learn more atwillistowerswatson.com .

Willis Towers Watson is an equal opportunity employer

Willis Towers Watson believes that effectively managing a diverse workforce is vital to our business strategy. We have an obligation to our organization, ourselves and our clients to hire and develop the best people we can find. We will continually review our policies and practices to ensure that all areas of the employment process (including recruiting, hiring, work assignments, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, company-sponsored development programs and overall workplace experience) are free from discriminatory practices. We are committed to equal employment opportunities at Willis Towers Watson.

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