Our purpose is to make great financial decision making a breeze for everyone, and that purpose drives us every day. It’s why we’re on a mission to create an automated quoting engine, with the simplest of experiences, wrapped in a brand everyone loves!
We change lives by making it simple to switch and save money, and that’s why good things happen when you meerkat.
We’d love you to be part of our journey.
As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) you will drive the technical direction of testing, working
You will automate your testing and have a focus on advocating a quality first approach by working closely with your team members. You will help to shape, inform, and embed best practice in the testing approach.
You’ll make a real impact by taking an active role in the team’s Agile practices and technical decision making. You will generate value by continuously striving to improve the quality of our products and our approach to testing.
You’ll be part of the Quality community and play a key role in raising our standards in helping to grow a world class software testing capability.
Everyone is welcome.
We have a culture of creativity. We approach our work passionately, improve constantly, and celebrate our wins at every turn. We are an inclusive workplace, and our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic, whole selves to work. Everyone is welcome. Be you.
This means we’re excited to hear from people with a range of skills, experiences, and ideas. We don’t expect you to tick all the boxes, but would love to hear what makes you great for this role.
Some of the great things you’ll be doing:
•Build automation frameworks and tests that meet the agreed standards of quality including reliability, stability, usability and performance of the product features
•Write efficient, scalable and maintainable code
•Challenge accepted standards and the way we work, ask questions to improve efficiency and quality
•Drive best practices within the team to help build a culture of quality
•Responsible that the features developed are tested following best practice
•Adopt an "automate first" approach to testing to drive efficiency and reliability
•Ensure automated tests are monitored and outcomes are visible
•Advocate that quality is everyone’s responsibility
•Take responsibility for delivering high quality products to all our customers
•Working closely with the Product Managers and Engineers ensuring they have a good understanding of the user story features and functionality adopting a 3 Amigos approach
•Use agile testing practices with continuous feedback to support engineers
•Involved in root cause analysis and support of live incidents
•Active contributor to the Quality community work with others to being initiatives to life
•Introduce the team to new tools, technology and processes that drive a quality first approach
•Educate the team on the test framework and how to maintain it
•Understand the customer (end user) of the product and keep that at the core of what you do
•Active in team conversations, strive to reach actionable decisions and outcomes
What we’d like to see from you:
•Native mobile testing experience would be beneficial
•Experience in an agile development team
•Experience of a functional programming language
•Good root cause analysis and problem-solving skills
•Great communication skills
•An inquisitive mindset, confident in asking Why?
•A continuous improvement approach in giving and receiving feedback to improve standards
•Experience defining and maintaining automated tests
•Problem solving skills
•Experience of working with agile collaboration tools and test management systems
•Native mobile testing experience would be beneficial.
Our people bring our purpose to life.
We champion a culture of innovation and challenge. We have over 300 tech experts across our teams, all using the latest tools and technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Java, Scala, Python, .Net Core, Node.js, and MongoDB.
There’s something for everyone.
We’re a place of opportunity. You’ll have the tools and autonomy to drive your own career, supported by a team of talented people. And then there’s our benefits. For us, it’s not just about a competitive salary and hybrid working – we care about what matters to you. From a generous holiday allowance and private healthcare to an electric car scheme and paid development, wellbeing, and CSR days, we’ve pretty much got you covered!
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