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Senior Software Developer in Test (Golang), Defence

We are keen to hire a Senior SDET with Go programming experience to provide hands on framework building experience for our delivery teams. The person who fills this role will also be expected to provide knowledge sharing and mentoring to our growing SDET group. We envisage that you will help shape and share our processes around automation as a whole. You will join for a 6 months fixed period of employment.

The testing function aims to provide easy-to-use and useful tools and frameworks for our Defence engineering division and the partners and vendors that we collaborate with. This enables them to test, release and operate their high-quality products quickly, reliably, repeatedly, safely and with confidence. Shipping the highest quality software to our customers and partners will be central to the long-term success of our simulation platforms.

Areas for Impact

• You will have the ability and desire to help other developers improve their development, workflow and testing practices especially in relation to the building and support of Go / Golang test frameworks.
• You will guide your delivery team in choosing & implementing the right automation solutions that work for them.
• You will design, build and delivery of a range of test tools and frameworks to ensure high-quality software delivery to our customers and partners.
• You will help with the implementation of continuous integration and delivery for the software stacks we support.
• You will be a natural collaborator able to share the rationale for the decisions you have made in building out your frameworks with your peers.
• You will be the domain expert and voice of quality and rigour through testing, automation, delivery and monitoring.

We'd like to hear from you if you identify with the following:

• Solid, demonstrable, experience of coding in Go (You will be asked to get hands on as part of the interview process to show us what you can do!).
• Experience working on the development of test tools, frameworks and harnesses in a modern, cloud-based software environment. (Experience of Kubernetes, Docker and Bazel tooling or similiar an advantage)
• Have been hands on releasing software in production via continuous integration and delivery systems such as Jenkins, Buildkite, or other commercial solutions.
• Built cloud based test automation frameworks and toolsets from one or more of the following perspectives: UI, API, Websocket, integration, end-to-end and/or performance.
• Habitually take a risk-based approach to testing to support the more challenging decisions around automation.
• Accustomed to guiding your delivery team in the decomposition of requirements to make them testable.

Please note due to the nature of this role you will be expected to meet requirements associated with obtaining UK security vetting clearance

Current or recent UK security vetting clearance (SC) is advantageous but not mandatory. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role.

About Us

Improbable is determined to foster an environment where people can do their best work and feel like they belong. We believe a healthy culture, strong values and contribution from a diverse range of individuals will help us to achieve success.

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.