Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Dublin, IE
Canada Life Assurance Europe plc (‘CLE’), a company within the Great West Lifeco Group, is a life assurance company with a branch in Germany. CLE sells unit-linked pension and protection products to customers in Germany through independent brokers. We have offices in Dublin, Cologne and Neu-Isenburg (near Frankfurt).
Our brand values reflect the kind of company we are today and strive to continue to be in the future:
Ambitious: We consistently pursue our goals and constantly look for new opportunities and we are ready to go the extra mile for our customers.
Creative: Together with our partners we offer appropriate and flexible solutions that inspire.
Unconventional: We break new ground in order to offer our customers the best protection for a good life.
Better: We constantly work on our abilities and strive to offer our customers superior products and services.
Strong: Based on our performance and with the support of our Canadian parent company we look to provide the highest security for the future for our customers, partners and employees alike.
Collaborative: We move forward together, helping each other to become better and together we find good solutions both for the customer and for ourselves.
Responsible: We act transparently and fairly, and are forward-thinking and risk-aware for the benefit of our customers, partners and employees.
People – our customers and employees alike – are at the heart of everything we do at CLE. We share a deep commitment to our customers and to each other. If you are looking to work in an inclusive, supportive and dynamic workplace on a path of growth, we’re glad you found us! Whether you are starting your career or looking to develop your expertise as a specialist, we’ll support you every step of the way.
What we offer
Hybrid working model – excellent city centre location with attractive working from home options;
Personal Protection – Company Pension, Death in Service Benefit, Health Insurance Allowance, Income Protection Scheme, optional Specified Illness Scheme;
Health & Wellness – Top-Class Employee Assistance Programme, Bike to Work Scheme, Policies supporting Work/Life balance, Digital Doctor to name but a few.
Role Overview
Canada Life Europe (CLE) is seeking a talented Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who is passionate about Software Quality, has an Agile Tester mindset and a track record for building effective automation frameworks.
Our SDETs have an in-depth knowledge of Testing Best Practices as well as a strong programming background with the ability to design and execute optimal test strategies that leverage our automation capabilities to maximum effect.
This role will be working within our Salesforce platform teams so ideally, we are looking for candidates with hands on automation experience with Salesforce Service Cloud or Sales Cloud.
We are looking for candidates with a Strong Java programmatic background that have experience building automation frameworks from scratch with Cucumber/Serenity paired with Rest Assured and Selenium experience.
What you will help us to achieve
• Define the test strategy for new functionality focusing on achieving the optimal test approach for all functional and non-functional scope.
• Responsible for all areas of test automation, including building maintaining and documenting adopted Test Automation Frameworks.
• Develop, automate, and maintain highly effective test cases leveraging automation to optimise test cycle times and the lead time for delivery of new functionality.
• Ensure comprehensive and transparent test coverage for new and existing product features.
• Implement best of breed, scalable solutions according to defined patterns and practices.
• Responsible for application integration testing with all required systems, databases, and services.
• Works closely with the Software Engineers to understand the codebase and the unit test coverage and to ensure the testability for a given feature.
• Responsible for working with the Product Owner to understand business requirements and carry out quality assurance checks on the developed solutions.
• Work as part of a Scrum team using Agile practices and adhering to the values and principles.
• Promote testing best practices within the team.
• Researching test tools, methodologies, and trends and working on continuous process improvement initiatives within the CLE Quality Practice.
More specific responsibilities will include
Key Strengths:
• Strong programming background with Java (3 + preferable) with experience building BDD automation frameworks for both API and UI tier validation.
• Proven ability to create robust and stable automated integration/functional/regression tests with transparent reporting on the automated coverage.
• Demonstrate experience working in a test-driven environment with continuous integration pipelines managing the orchestration of feature and regression test packaging & execution.
• Demonstrate hands on experience of testing code quality & metric production & the implementation of quality gates.
• Agile tester mindset and approach that has experience defining test approaches that maximise the Return in Investment from automation and enable Continuous Delivery.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence the Delivery Team on Software Quality best practices and ensuring testable high-quality software.
• Proven ability to assess inefficiencies in testing strategies and the successful execution of improvement initiatives.
• Strong database testing experience from a functional testing perspective.
Technologies & Frameworks:
• Testing Frameworks/Tooling – Serenity/Cucumber, Rest Assured, Selenium.
• Languages - Java, MS SQL, PowerShell & Bash
• Hands on experience of database script management using MS SQL Server or other Relational Database
• Networking & Communication Protocols – DNS, TCPIP, UDP, HTTP HTTPS, SSL, FTP, SCP, SOAP & REST
• OAuth, SAML, SMTP, MAPI
• Version Control Systems - Azure Devops Git
• Build Automation Tools - Jenkins
• Build & Dependency Management Tooling - Maven
• Salesforce platform – Service/Sales Cloud
What you will need to be successful in the role
Essential Skills:
• Has written automated frameworks using one of the following Frameworks/Libraries: Serenity, Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured.
• Experience of developing a test framework from scratch or at a minimum maintaining one.
• Experiencing owning and defining the test strategy for new features and breaking it down into the corresponding test types and building and executing an effective automation strategy for these.
• Experience of using an automated maven build, to trigger tests.
• Excellent knowledge of the maven lifecycle.
• Good Java development Skills and experience of writing unit, integration and BDD Tests.
• Experience of writing BDD Test suites with Gherkin, Cucumber and Junit.
• Experience of best of breed practices in relation to test delivery.
• Has worked in highly automated CI/CD environments.
• Excellent java and git skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desired Skills:
• Previous experience working in Financial Services.
• Written and/or oral German language.
• Has experience of using Jenkins, for build and release management.
• Good knowledge of best of breed practices in relation to build management and release management.
• Working knowledge of the Salesforce platform – in particular Services/Sales Cloud.
Personal Strengths:
• The candidate needs to be a self- starter and implement best of breed testing solutions within the boundaries of the integration patterns, architectural principles and guidelines provided. They must be a team player and provide guidance, training and assistance to other members of the team.
• Passionate about Quality with a continuous drive for improvements.
Necessary Qualifications / Skills:
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• 3rd level qualification (honours degree), preferably in a related discipline.
Key Competencies
The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Canada Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Canada Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Canada Life Group Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported. We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.
CLGS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland