Job Description

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test to join our excellent software development team based in Cambridge.


Apply with your CV and covering letter

Opportunity

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test to join our excellent software development team based in Cambridge.

The role

Our Testers follow a context-driven testing approach, treating learning, test design and test execution as simultaneous tasks. We understand our customers' needs and help ensure the team are solving the right problems to deliver value to our users. We adapt our testing process according to the needs of the product, the team and the goals of the current development.


We automate tests, where appropriate, to support our agile approach, enabling us to respond to change more easily. Developers create automated unit tests as part of their development process. Testers create automated system and integration tests. Testers also use tools to enable them to carry out complex exploratory testing scenarios and simulate external systems that the software interacts with.


We develop software in a number of small to medium size product teams looking after software products of differing ages and stages of the product lifecycle. Testers are an integral part of our product teams working alongside developers and business experts in every stage of the software development process. Our work is very collaborative, and having a friendly office environment is very important to us.


We trust the teams who do the work to learn how best to do it.

The Team

The team we are looking to recruit for looks after our family of gas operations business applications for managing large gas shipper portfolios across Europe and the UK, along with products for managing gas storage sites and back end administrative software for the UK gas market. These products are of varying ages and technologies, ranging from Windows Desktop applications to AWS cloud-based Web applications.

Responsibilities

Once you have gained an understanding of the product under development, the role will include the following responsibilities:

Participating with the rest of the team in identifying areas of risk. Determining how they can be mitigated and where testing can add value. Creation and maintenance of tools to aid exploratory testing Creation and maintenance of tools to run simulations looking for performance/load/stress testing issues. Creation and maintenance of automated integration tests. Helping to recreate and troubleshoot issues. Acceptance testing in collaboration with the Product Owners.

Your experience

We are looking for someone who:

Has 5+ years' experience in software development as a Software Tester or Engineer, or similar role. Has demonstrable experience of programmatically testing complicated software products. Has a technical, inquiring mind, and enjoys problem solving and lateral thinking. Has good interpersonal skills and enjoys collaborating with others. Everything we do is done as part of a team, so being able to cooperate with others to meet shared goals, empathise, and form trusting relationships is key.

It would be beneficial,

but not essential

, to have experience of some of the following:

C# The ability to read production code, understand the architecture from it, and determine unit test coverage. Experience with .Net Framework Applications with SQL Server & Oracle databases. Experience with VMWare vSphere Maintaining test environments.

Salary

Salary will be reflective of your level of experience.

Location Cambridge - Hybrid (2-3 days a week in office) Job type Permanent Hours Mon-Fri, 37.5 hours per week

All our teams spend at least one day a week in the office and this role requires 2-3 days a week in office, so you need to be able to easily travel to Cambridge.

Benefits

Our benefits include:

25 days' holiday Annual discretionary bonus scheme Company pension scheme (6% employer contribution) Private health care Flexible working hours and remote working Casual dress and a relaxed environment Employee assistance program Loyal service award Cycle to Work scheme Fresh fruit and great coffee Free access to Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Monthly team pub lunches

How to apply

Simply email us your CV and covering letter to recruit@gmsl.co.uk. So we can support you during the application and interview process, please contact recruit@gmsl.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments. GMSL have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK, proof of right to work in the UK will be requested prior to employment.

About GMSL

GMSL is the market-leading provider of 24/7 energy portfolio management services and software in Europe and plays a vital role in the energy business. We have unparalleled expertise in the industry, built up over 25 years of operating in energy markets throughout Europe. Our software is used by some of the largest energy companies in the world operating 24 hours a day 365 days a year. For more background on GMSL see https://www.gmsl.co.uk

Working at GMSL

We are a small team. We have around 40 people in our software team, so even though we are a part of a company of around 120 people overall, the software team has retained a small team "startup" feel. Your colleagues will be from a wide variety of backgrounds - we encourage diversity, openness and gender equality.


We value the long-term. The success and stability that comes from 25+ years' experience in software development means we value the long-term in terms of software development and the development of our people.


We empower teams and individuals. Teams are empowered to own their products. Individuals are empowered to make meaningful contributions at every level.


We are agile. We develop using an agile approach, which focuses on our ability to respond to change. We broadly follow XP practices, but we take a pretty pragmatic view about this. We adapt our processes to support the context, rather than follow a standard rigid process for all situations. We trust the teams who do the work to learn how best to do it.


We strive to make GMSL a great place to work. The management team are friendly, approachable and care personally about the people on their team. Managers consider the people on their team as the first priority and take our people's personal situations into account in decision-making wherever they can.


We are flexible. Our software teams typically work at least one day a week in our office in Cambridge, and the rest of the time working flexibly, dependent upon the role. We also have a day a month where the whole software department comes in and we all go to the pub for lunch. Hours are flexible and are based on the needs of the team.

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