Lead Java SDET

Job title:

Lead Java SDET

Company

Deerfoot

Job description

Lead Java SDET – LondonWho we are:For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognised for it.We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.Your role:As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you oversee testing resources on a small, highly focused team responsible for delivery of highly scalable and robust services within Global Relay’s platform. You are responsible to ensure appropriate and efficient testing strategies are applied in your areas of responsibility, with a focus on shift-left testing principles. You will drive continual improvement in your team’s automation frameworks and coverage while mentoring other SDETs in the team on industry leading technologies and test practices. You will guide and participate hands-on in the team’s testing efforts to ensure quality of coverage, quality of code and quality of delivery.Your responsibilities:

• Manage performance assessments and hiring for a small team of SDETs
• Drive the team’s testing and automation strategies
• Define and organize the teams test planning for releases
• Design and coding of automation frameworks, tests and tools
• Participate in team planning and story grooming
• Participate in test execution, issue identification and resolution in support of the release
• Propose and implement improvements to automation and test processes
• Develop and maintain shared testing libraries
• Provide training, mentorship and support to other members on the team
• Conduct code reviews, improve and maintain quality of the automation code
• Document the automation framework, tools and infrastructure

About you:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in test development
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading a small team
• Strong understanding of the Java language and object oriented principles
• Expertise applying test practices in an agile environment
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit
• Experience testing backend systems or APIs

Experience with any of the following is an asset:

• Testing performance with JMeter or similar tools
• Web services technology such as REST, JSON or Thrift
• Testing web applications with Selenium WebDriver
• Big data technology such as Hadoop, MongoDB, Kafka or SQL
• Network principles and protocols such as HTTP, TLS and TCP
• Continuous integration systems such as Jenkins or Bamboo
• Continuous delivery concepts

Benefits at Global Relay

• Bonus: up to 4% in your first year, up to 6% after 2 years service, up to 8% after 3 years service
• Extended Health and Dental Plan provided by BUPA
• Life Assurance provided by Legal and General
• Income Protection provided by Unum
• Access to Employee Assistance Programmes from L&G and Unum
• Private Pension provided by Royal London

• 0-2 Years Service: 5% Employer / 5% Employee = 10% Total
• 3-4 Years Service: 6% Employer / 5% Employee = 11% Total
• 5+ Years Service: 7% Employer / 5% Employee = 12% Total
• Hybrid working policy (2-3 days on-site per week)
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service
• Onsite snacks, coffee and refreshments

What you can expect:At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.More about Global RelayGlobal Relay was founded in 1999 and to date has over 900 employees working across New York, Chicago, Raleigh, London and Vancouver. The core management team is still united, more than 25 years later. We always just wanted to grow a cool company, and we still do. The passion continues to burn and our vision remains clear.We grew up with the financial industry. From a start-up working with small broker-dealers, we have scaled to manage petabytes of data for the largest global banks. We have also expanded our solutions for asset management, insurance, energy, government, public companies, and other regulated organizations.We have seen regulation evolve, while watching privacy, security, and jurisdictional law take center-stage. Through it all, we have constantly adapted and innovated to relieve customers’ pain points and help them overcome any challenge. Our customers are fiercely loyal because we are always responsive and really understand the challenges they face. They keep us close on their journey.

We have never taken outside investment. At the start, we couldn’t get it when we wanted it. Now we don’t need it. We are profitable and proud that we bootstrapped our company from four to 1,600+ employees, as well as 20,000+ customers. We control our own future, free from the distraction of targets set by external investors.Our business has grown through reputation, the quality of our products and services, and our unrivalled attention to the customer. We don’t make promises we can’t keep, making sure our customers avoid disappointment and unexpected cost.We always build our own technology patiently. Acquired, bolt-on technology comes with baggage we don’t want our customers to carry. We like things to work well together, in one system, beautifully designed, and to a consistently high standard.We were pioneers in cloud technology from day one, building our business on a simple subscription model for hosted technology. It all began during the Open Source Movement, over 25 years ago. Thanks to the contributions from the University of California, Berkeley and many others, we were able to build our software entirely on top of open-source code. This allowed us to innovate faster and at a lower cost, and still does today.Engineering and design takes time, investment, and patience. We love solving complex problems as a team, using the latest technology and methodologies. We mix experience, talent, and innovation to deliver effective products.Why do people come to work for us and stay? Everyone has an influence on our direction, and they can see the impact they have.We also strive to be leaders beyond our technology. Our position on environmental, social, and governmental issues is demonstrated by our actions. We sponsor and operate the Gastown Grand Prix, a criterium bike race in North America, where our insistence on gender equal prize money, lead to a domino effect that changed cycling prize parity for the continent.Our employees volunteer at local food banks, where we donate as well. Furthermore, our private data center, completed in 2013, has achieved net-zero carbon emissions from day one. We’ve also funded the rescue of sea lions entangled in fishing gear, through the local Marine Mammal Rescue Center in the Pacific Northwest. We walk the talk.We are humble, careful, thoughtful, and helpful. This has always paid off for us, our team, and our customers.Global Relay is proud to be a founder-led business with the same core leadership team after more than 25 years.We’re all supported by long-time, dedicated colleagues, with a drive to grow, innovate, and deliver. It’s a fulfilling and fun place to build a career.Our strength is our history, our independence, our reputation, our integrity, and our team spirit. We are Global Relay.Deerfoot Technology Recruitment & Global RelayGlobal Relay instructed Deerfoot as a technology recruitment partner in 2021 following the need to grow their newly created technology department in the Central London office. Since then, Deerfoot has assisted with hiring Developers, SDETs, UX/UI Designers, QA Engineers, Solutions Architects and more. We have great knowledge of Global Relay’s hiring and selection process and will help support you throughout the application process.More About Deerfoot

• We offer a genuine and consultative service, providing you with clear and reliable insights into opportunities without any pressure or manipulation.
• Our clients trust our market expertise and fair approach, which helps achieve strong CV-to-interview and offer ratios. Candidates we represent are given the attention they deserve and don’t get overlooked.
• We work hard to secure the best outcomes for you. When it comes to offers, we handle negotiations professionally to help achieve a fair and competitive salary or day rate.
• For over 20 years, we’ve been audited annually by BSI, meeting the BSI 9001 Quality Standard every time.
• As a REC Corporate Member, we follow their code of Professional Practice, ensuring we operate to the highest standards in our industry.
• For every CV we send to a client, we donate £1 to the Born Free Foundation, supporting their important work.
• Since 2020, we’ve been a climate-action workforce through Ecologi, offsetting the carbon footprint of all our employees.

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London

Job date

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:22:06 GMT

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