Software Development Engineer in Test - FTC

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PayPoint

Software Development Engineer in Test - FTC

Competitive salary

Welwyn Garden City

Hybrid

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Description

Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
This is a 1 year FTC.
We are looking for a meticulous SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to join our digital payments team and collaborate with developers on functional and non-functional aspects of our software, building reusable test automation solutions, and ensuring applications meet high-quality standards.
You will:
Design and develop automated tests
Perform both functional tests to verify features and non-functional tests, such as performance and security testing.
Work closely with development teams to understand application features, provide feedback on design
Identify defects and work with developers to implement solutions and ensure product quality.
Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines to ensure that automated testing is integrated seamlessly into the software development workflow.
You should have a passion for designing, development, and testing and the ability to upgrade your technical skills within the constantly changing technology sector.
Understanding the flow of code and how it interacts with different components.
Understanding project documents, customer demands, and product objectives to create and execute test cases.
Setting up, maintaining, and performing test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as Mobile, Desktop, and Web, and building test scenarios and acceptance tests.
Investigating customer problems referred to you by the DevOps team, testing bugs, and creating and managing any written bug reports.
Working within the DevOps Payment Platform team, resolving issues for systems, coordinating on product design, and offering inputs on the testability of functional elements and product designs.
Being part of the final quality check on production release.
Researching test tools, methodologies, and trends and upgrading existing practices and processes to improve the teams’ outputs.
What we would like from you
Knowledge of programming languages (C#) and frameworks (.Net)
Knowledge of test methodologies and their corresponding tools.
Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
The ability to recognize risks and errors in an application.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Good time management and organizational skills.
The ability to keep current with the constantly changing technology industry.
A passion for testing, development, and design.
Experience in cloud-based technologies a must. Preferably Azure.
Knowledge of the Payments Industry a real plus.
What can we do for you?
Holiday purchase scheme, with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays as standard.
On-site gym at our office, and nationwide corporate rate gym membership.
Collect+ service at our office, where you can send and receive parcels.
Online benefits portal where you can access lots of deals, discounts - for example of shopping or holidays.
Contributory company pension scheme.
Private medical insurance.
Life assurance of 3 x annual gross salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
You’re also able to purchase a range of benefits at a discounted rate including, critical illness cover, bicycles via our Cycle2Work scheme, dental insurance and TasteCard dining discount card.
Electric Car Scheme

Culture overview

It's an exciting time to join PayPoint as we continue to grow rapidly, using our retail products and services expertise to develop innovative payment solutions for diverse markets. At PayPoint, we pride ourselves on our workplace culture and the positive working environment we create. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are always looking for talented, smart and creative people to join our business. Our values: Our Vision is to achieve first-time delivery of outstanding technology and services to our customers, create a dynamic place to work for our people and deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders. We do this by living our six values, which together form the DNA of our culture. They guide our behaviour and interactions with all of our customers. Via our Monthly Values Award programme, we recognise individuals who demonstrate our company values in their day to day role. Each month we focus on one of our six values and reward an employee with £200 worth of Love2shop vouchers and the use of a premium car parking space for one month. 1. Ambitious: - Striving to achieve more - Always seeking to improve, in terms of personal development as well as what you do for the business - Creating an infectious energy and buzz - Being open to trying new things and learning from the experience 2. Collaborative: - Involving the right colleagues from across the business at an early stage to achieve the best outcome - Pulling together to get things done - Thinking beyond your own team/role to do the right thing for the business - Good communication – being transparent, keeping others informed and asking for and giving feedback 3. Accountable: - Taking responsibility for outcomes - Doing what you say you are going to do - Flagging issues/problems early - Putting things right when they do go wrong 4. Results-focused: - Focusing on activities that will have the biggest positive impact - Understanding what it takes and galvanising people across the business to ensure plans are delivered successfully - Always acting ethically and with integrity - Celebrating the success of all involved 5. Can do: - Being open, positive and helpful - Finding ways to overcome challenges - Going the extra mile to get things done - Being able to adapt quickly to different situations 6. Good colleague: - Taking the time to get to know colleagues and have fun - Thinking of others/the team - Supporting colleagues through difficult times - Providing good quality work to others

Employee benefits

Cycle To Work
Laptop
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Wellbeing Programme
Flexible Hours
Free Parking
Flexible Working
Free Food
Share Options

Office vibe

City Centre
Friday Drinks
Open Plan
Social Events

Location

Leadership

Simon Coles
CTO

Tech overview

At PayPoint, we connect millions of people and businesses through smart payments and retail technology. Our platform powers secure, scalable transactions across card, cash, open banking and digital channels - serving over 60,000 retail partners and leading consumer brands. We combine cutting-edge software and in-store hardware to deliver seamless omnichannel experiences, from parcel services to cash-to-digital payments. Built on a robust Microsoft-based architecture and certified to PCI DSS and ISO 27001 standards, our systems are designed for high availability, compliance and innovation. We’re expanding fast in open banking and API-driven services - shaping the future of payments, retail tech and customer engagement across the UK.

Engineering principles

Agile Process
Automated acceptance testing
Continuous Development
Continuous integration
Micro services
Pair programming
Scrum
Test Driven Development
Unit testing

Company tech stack

angularjs
AngularJS
blazor
Blazor
bootstrap
Bootstrap
csharp
C#
css-3
CSS 3
docker
Docker
dot-net
.Net
dot-net-core
.Net Core
git
Git
goland
Golang
html5
HTML5
javascript
JavaScript
jquery
jQuery
kanban
Kanban
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