Senior Software Test Engineer (hybrid)

• About Us

   

  The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

   

  You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

   

  Allstate operate a very flexible hybrid working policy that will allow you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager with a blend of remote and office working for NI based employees as well as condensed working patterns (4 day week/9 day fortnight).

   

  Join our team and you’ll find challenge and reward in a culture of innovation, support and balance. 

   

   

  Location

   

  Belfast/Derry-Londonderry/Strabane

   

  Your role in the team

   

  Allstate Northern Ireland provides a wide range of IT Services across the Allstate Family of companies and we are excited to be partnering with fellow group member Squaretrade, in standing up a new team to support the company’s rapidly growing European growth strategy.

   

  Squaretrade specializes in extended warranty services for consumer electronics and appliances.   The EU Business is experiencing hockey-stick growth and has ambitious goals to be a $500 million business by the end of 2022. The business plans to grow aggressively in the Consumer Electronics category as well as the B2B segment of providing protection plans for small businesses. The Squaretrade Allstate NI Engineering team will play a critical role in supporting the EU business meet its growth targets and contribute to the delivery of key offerings that will facilitate the growth strategy.

   

  A member of the Allstate family, SquareTrade has headquarters in San Francisco and London.

   

  We are looking for a talented, energetic Senior Test Engineer to join our team. This person will be responsible for extensive testing across various product lines and operate as an integral part of an agile product team

   

  You will work closely with the product, business and operations team to understand requirements and create, execute, manage and report test plans, test cases and test reports.  A good understanding of SDLC, and Software Quality Life Cycle, Agile/Scrum procedures and processes. Must be able to work with product and engineering partners on large projects with minimum supervision

   

  • Collaborate with development and architecture teams to influence the architecture and design of software and help bring quality into the design of the product
  • Work closely with product, business and developers to understand requirements and create detailed test plans, test cases and identify risks
  • Create and maintain test suites for functional, regression, acceptance and UAT testing
  • Responsible for automation tasks within a Scrum team, guiding other QA members 
  • Work with other Senior QAs on automation effort in identifying key areas for improvements across teams
  • Responsible for functional, integration, data integrity and regression testing activities in order to ensure quality of code before releasing to production
  • Create detailed bug reports by performing root cause analysis and work with product teams and engineering leads to prioritize them
  • Liaison between product, development and SQA community to enforce SQA standards and best practices to deliver quality code
  • Provide sprint & release test reports, metrics
  • Understand deployment scenarios and manage deployment to test environments

   

   

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

   

  • All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK
  • 4+ years of experience as a Software Test Engineer
  • At least 2 years of experience with REST services
  • Strong experience writing and maintaining automated test cases using Selenium and TestNG written in Java
  • Deep understanding of SDLC processes and agile, experience in applying test methodologies, creating test plans, test cases, test reports, and relevant tools and technologies
  • Experience with LINUX environments, build deployments, debugging & installation

   

   

  We also have some desirable criteria

   

  • Degree in Computer Science with emphasis on Quality Assurance.
  • Proficiency with SQL
  • Experience with Git, Jira, Jenkins, Gradle, Selenium Grid
  • Experience with performance tools
  • E-commerce domain experience
  • Proven experience working in agile methodology & demonstrated ability to work in dynamic, fast paced work environments

   

   

   

  What we offer

   

  As Digital DNA’s Workplace of the Year 2020 & 2022 winners, we offer a generous benefits package that includes flexible annual leave entitlement, dental and healthcare insurance, an attractive pension package and discounts on gym memberships, public transport and parking.

   

  Allstate invests heavily in your development, as an employee you will have access to multiple world-class learning platforms and courses from our award-winning in-house Learning & Development team.

   

  We pride ourselves in providing clear career paths and opportunities for internal mobility allowing you to further develop within the organisation.

   

  We encourage a better work life balance and you’ll have the opportunity to apply for various flexible working arrangements.

   

  Apply Here: https://bit.ly/3nLvpYm 

   

  Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

   

  Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants.  This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

   

  We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

   

  Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

   

   

  The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 22^nd July 2022