Job Description

Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.

We're Atom bank

The bank that's leading the fintech charge!
We're not like the rest. We're true innovators, and we're redefining what a bank should be. Ours is a bank for today and the future, a mobile-first bank. Forget the stuffy branches, with Atom you can bank whenever, wherever, faster, and simpler.
Could you be the next innovator to join us?

What will your 'typical' day look like... (there's no two days the same in Atom):

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test you'll lead on the creation, implementation & maintenance of fully automated functional & non-functional tests using the latest frameworks and tools. Our Technology teams are organised into Value Streams, with a Delivery team aligned to each of these, focused on delivering tech change safely and at pace to support our continued growth. This role sits within our Savings Value Stream.
As Senior SDET you'll drive testing excellence within the delivery team and provide support and coaching for our team of SDET's & Testers, ensuring effective test solutions are executed. You'll lead testing discussions and provide thought leadership to define & design approaches to test features whilst overseeing delivery of all testing types, ensuring quality processes align to our Test strategy.

You will also:

Collaborate with other Senior SDETs / Test Managers on changes that are cross value stream to ensure safe and smooth delivery into production.
Lead initiatives within the assigned value stream to optimise the test packs to support continuous testing and shift left practices.
Advise Software Engineers on unit testing best practice and building testable code, enabling shift-left defect detection.
Promote the collaboration between SDETs and platform engineers to embed automated tests within build pipelines to support continuous testing.
Support the team with hands-on development of automation or manual testing as required.
Identify trends and opportunities that will drive the maturity of our test automation, presenting these to the Testing Discipline and Senior Leadership for consideration.
Lead, own and drive agreed test discipline initiatives that will enhance our Test Automation and NFT frameworks and methodologies.
Review test automation merge requests and automation code against coding best practices, providing feedback to less experienced SDETs within the Value Stream team/Testing Discipline

What do we need from you?

Proven experience in an SDET or Test Automation role.
Experience of coaching and mentoring
Experience of leading, designing and implementing changes and improvements to a test automation framework and testing practices.
Hands-on experience in automation testing using automation tools (one or more of Appium, Postman, Selenium, Gitlab).
Hands-on experience of creating test automation code for various types of testing (component, integration, end-to-end, functional and non-functional.
Strong experience of writing test automation in Java.
Experience of creating tests using a BDD framework.
Excellent knowledge of testing principles, process, methodologies, and test tooling including Jira.
Excellent technical, analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
Experience of working within an Agile environment.
Experience of App, Web (GUI) and back-end microservice testing.

What you'll get from us:

Salary 60k-70k
Flexible Hybrid & Remote working.
4-day work week
Incredibly generous company pension scheme (maximum of 13% of Atom input)
'All About Me' fund: 200 per year to spend on personal development
22.5 days annual leave plus public holidays
Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life Insurance & Critical illness cover
Electrical Vehicle Scheme
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Role tech stack
Postman


Selenium


GitHub


Java


Life at
Atom bank
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Culture overview
We're using cutting-edge technology to change banking for the better and whilst we're at it, we're creating an outstanding place to work.
A 4 day work week, flexible hybrid working, annual share option bonus, life insurance and health cover are just the basics.
Ever wanted to learn or develop a new skill? Crochet? Scuba Diving? Golf Lessons? We'll give you 200 from our "All about me fund" towards it!
Hackathons, social events and work in the local community all add to our vibrant culture.
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Employee benefits
4-Day week
Bonus Scheme
Cycle To Work
Enhanced parental leave
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Food
Free Parking
Health Cash Plan
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Season Ticket Loan
Share Options
Wellbeing Programme
Office vibe
BEER FRIDGE
HACKATHONS
OPEN PLAN
SOCIAL EVENTS
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Leadership
Andy Sturrock
CTO
Engineering principles
AGILE PROCESS
CODE REVIEWS
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION
INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
MENTORING
MICRO SERVICES
MONITORING AND LOGGING
PAIR PROGRAMMING
RAPID RELEASE CYCLES
SCRUM
TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
UNIT TESTING
Company tech stack
iOS


Swift


RESTful


Android


Python


Golang


React


R


Google Cloud Platform


SQL


noSQL


Apache Kafka


Processing


Kotlin


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