Senior Test Engineer

Senior Test Engineer

Our growing Technology team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.

Join us and you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they couldn’t have done it without us. And to be central to OS’s vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

About the role

We are looking for a proactive and technical Senior Test Engineer to join our test community within the Engineering group. You will improve the test capability in all aspects of the engineering lifecycle through coaching, mentoring and technical leadership.

You will regularly participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to see opportunities to maximise test benefit within the team. You will report to, provide regular updates, and provide support to the domain Test Lead.

You will communicate test goals and issues between technical teams, leads, architects, delivery managers and stakeholders, as well as mentoring junior test engineers in both technical and non-technical skills.

Working within an agile team, you will be responsible for designing, writing, and implementing automated and manual test suites to ensure adequate and effective test coverage and provide test assurance of the user stories in a test-first environment using cloud architecture.

You will provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to.

What we’re looking for

If you are interested in joining a team that lies at the heart of what OS is about, we are looking for someone that can demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Proficient in one or more of the following languages: Python, Scala, C#

• Proven analytical skills in designing and implementing tests & test frameworks for functional and non-functional test activities.

• Excellent knowledge of agile methodologies and working closely with engineers, advising on process improvement

• Outstanding knowledge and skills in software testing & industry best practice, with ISTQB accreditation

Desirable experience:

• Data testing

• Working in a test-first CI/CD environment

• Testing in the cloud and knowledge of the Azure Portal or similar

• Experience of ETL and/or big data technologies, e.g. Spark, Databricks

• Awareness of geospatial systems and technologies

The rewards

We want you to love what you do. That’s why our benefits package rewards a job well done. Check out how we support and invest in our employees by clicking here.

We’ll give you: 

• Salary: £41,659 - £49,010

• Performance related bonus

• A competitive pension scheme

• We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances

• 25 days annual leave - (rising by 1 day each year to 30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 days over Christmas

• Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location

The role will be contractually based at Explorer House, but as you know at OS, we believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We embrace a hybrid working model where we believe the choice is with the individual on when they work from our fantastic office or from home. We want to continue to be an inclusive employer and recognise that one size doesn’t necessarily fit all.

Closing date: Sunday 31 December 2023

We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together – in an encouraging and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We believe combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way.

We are looking for passionate people from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background or religion.

We’re individually talented and collectively powerful, and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.

Skills required for this role:

Computer Coding, Leade