Senior SDET, Senior Software Engineer in Test, Java, Cucumber, Groovy, BDD, TeamCity, CI/CD, OO Principles, Hedge Fund, Buy Side, Derivatives, Proprietary OMS Systems
OUTSIDE IR35 Contract – £600 to £800 per day
London – Hybrid working model
Responsibilities:
My client, an extremely reputable Hedge Fund with multiple billions of funds under management, is looking to hire a Senior SDET to join the team.
In this role, you will act as the sole SDET across the business, working closely with business and technology stakeholders to build best-in-class testing frameworks. You will have responsibility for upskilling the current QA team, bridging the gap between QA and Development, producing and implementing automated back-end Java testing strategies, managing and extending the current proprietary testing framework and running the agenda for test automation with project development teams.
Desired Skills:
- In-depth background as a Senior SDET, working in complex trading systems environments – exposure to Derivatives, OMS systems, Equity products highly regarded
- Multiple years’ Java Automation experience with demonstrable excellence in design and programming.
- Experience writing code in Groovy
- Experience in Behaviour Driven Development and Cucumber.
- Experience with TeamCity for CI/CD
- Strong understanding of the Java language and object-oriented principles.
- Strong understanding of testing practices in an agile environment.
- Proven track record of coaching and upskilling QA teams
- Proven track record of acting as the bridge between QA and globally located Development teams
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to interact with business and technical stakeholders at all levels
- Proven ability to act as the sole SDET across multiple business lines, driving Test strategy whilst remaining technically hands-on