Lead Developer in Test

  • Full-time
  • Department: Digital Development & Architecture

Company Description

Version 1 is ranked as 3rd Best Large Workplace in Tech in the UK  & we have just ranked as the 2nd Best place to work in Ireland!

Version 1 is celebrating 25 years in the IT industry this year and we continue to be trusted by global brands to deliver IT solutions that drive customer success.  

Version 1 is not just a Microsoft Gold Partner, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner and an Oracle Platform Partner; we are also an award-winning employer and our employees are at the heart of Version 1. We invest in a strong culture of wellness through programs that help our employees create their journey toward optimal wellbeing. This framework is based on the ‘Strength in Balance‘ theme and this seen again in our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Team motto “Bring Your Difference“.  

It is a position with excellent career prospects, suitable to someone looking to make the next step up in their career and that is seeking to work with new technologies and drive our ambitious development team members to new heights.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Work with automated test tools and programming languages, in particular, Selenium, Behave and Java.
  • Automation of both UI and Backend as required
  • Manage and grow the current automated regression / CI test suite
  • Participate proactively in daily stand-up meetings, story grooming sessions, team retrospectives, suggesting and implementing improvements
  • Provide input into the Test Strategy / Test Plan documents
  • Configuration of Test Environments and Test Data
  • Drive product quality by capturing, escalating and pursuing resolution on defects
  • Communicate test results, metrics and risk assessments to project stakeholders
  • Clearly demonstrate root cause analysis, issue resolution, escalation and risk mitigation

Qualifications

Essential Experience:

  • Strong experience in software testing and experience of leading a team
  • Experience working in an agile environment
  • Experience working on Cloud Migration projects, ideally with AWS
  • Experience in writing feature files (Behave / Cucumber)
  • Knowledge / experience in TDD / BDD
  • Test automation skills and knowledge of automated test tools for online applications, specifically Selenium with Java
  • Exposure to building and executing tests within an agile continuous integration environment
  • Experience using CI/DevOps Tools – GIT / Jenkins etc.
  • Knowledge of the breadth of different types of testing such as System, Functional, Integration, Performance, Regression, Unit, Manual, and Automation.

Additional Information

Before you apply, here are some of our benefits. We offer profit share, pension, private healthcare cover, flexible working policy and more. We offer incentives for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role.

We offer employee recognition in the form of Excellence Awards and V1Ps which is awarded by your peers. Engagement is incredibly important with local engagement teams driving our engagement events!

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