Mobile Software Engineer in Test

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  • Jaguar Land Rover
Job Description:

REQ ID: 71661

JOB TITLE: Mobile Software Engineer in Test

SALARY: Competitive

POSTING END DATE: 30/11/2021

LOCATION: Manchester

Jaguar Land Rover is harnessing technology to make driving smarter, safer and cleaner. You can help create a world in which responsible, sustainable vehicles revolutionise the driving experience for generations. Our vision is to leverage the incredible potential of technology to build vehicles that not only offer a premium, all-encompassing digital experience, but that also make our customers lives better.

WHAT TO EXPECT

A Senior Software Engineer in Test with a passion for quality, and proven experience of automated software testing, is required for a variety of digital projects being delivered for Jaguar Land Rover in Manchester. We are looking for great engineers who have a passion for innovative problem solving, quality-first coding and practicing Continuous Integration.

  • Would you thrive in an exciting, dynamic and creative start-up environment, but also enjoy the security, resources and influence of an established and successful organisation?
  • Would you excel within a world-class and passionate team that loves what they do?
  • Are you passionate about mentoring and sharing your skills with fellow developers?

You will form part of a collaborative, iterative and agile process in a multi-disciplined team helping deliver best in class digital solutions. This role provides a unique opportunity to help support and grow an entirely new software development capability within Jaguar Land Rover.

Reporting to the Principal Software Engineer and working closely with other multi-disciplined engineers, you will be a valued member of the Global Digital Development Centre team, consistently delivering to challenging business objectives, with a focus on testability, robustness, security and performance for exciting new projects. You will work on real projects alongside experienced engineers and will be expected to take on some mentoring and coaching of less experienced engineers in the lab as well as contributing to process improvements in the lab.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Our Senior Software Engineers in Test should have:

Extensive experience in automated software testing in an agile and DevOps culture, with deep knowledge of the STLC and a real passion for quality Strong experience with tools such as Robot, Selenium, Post Man, Cypress or Puppeteer

We are keen to speak to people who also have the following skills:

• Extensive experience of developing and testing bespoke built enterprise scale cloud- native applications • Solid experience with Java, Spring Boot or another OO language • OR ... experience with JavaScript (ES6/7/8) and common front-end libraries such as React • OR ... extensive experience building APIs • Experience with software quality tools such as SonarQube • Experience with relational database technologies such as MySQL or similar • Experienced advocate for practices such as Test Driven Development and Pair Programming • Experience with Microservices architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues • Experience with modern web technologies such as HTML5 and CSS • Strong programming skills • Experience with source code management and version control (Git/GitHub/GitLab) • Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques • Previous involvement in all stages of the software delivery lifecycle • Passion for mentoring and technical coaching of developers • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

The following skills and experience are nice to have:

• Experience in BDD and creating tests using Gherkin syntax • Experience working with observability and monitoring tools such as ELK, Prometheus, Grafana • Experience with Kubernetes or other cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure) • Familiarity with polyglot persistence and experience with a NoSQL database engine (Mongo, Neo4j, etc)

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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