Senior SDeT

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We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDeT) to support a mobile squad. 

The successful candidate will join the mobile squad in the middle of their journey and you will support them in programming, executing and monitoring:

• test automation
• testing standards
• quality standards

In return you will be supported by a friendly and inclusive team who care deeply about developing each other's capabilities.  

How you will contribute 

• You will be responsible for managing and maintaining all test automation activities 
• You will lead working with your stakeholders to ensure mobile test automation is executed as per the strategy 
• You will lead monitoring test coverage of all test automation activities
• You will collaborate with stakeholders to help define functional and non-functional test requirements 
• You will take the lead in all things testing
• You will lead defining ways to improve testing to continue to enable a shift left approach

The ideal skills for this role include

• You are an expert in test automation for different types of tests
• You are an expert in helping maintain native mobile test automation frameworks for different types of testing
• You are an expert in effectively integrating testing into CI/CD
• You have solid understanding of the pros and cons of what tests to run where in CI/CD
• You have solid programming experience in native mobile test automation frameworks; Compose UI Test and XCUITest
• You have a solid understanding of the test pyramid
• You have solid experience in using tools to report test results
• You are a great communicator