Senior Software Engineer in Test
On site
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
31-03-2025
Job Specifications
About Sotheby's
Established in 1744, Sotheby’s is the world’s premier destination for art and luxury. Sotheby’s promotes access to and ownership of exceptional art and luxury objects through auctions and buy-now channels including private sales, e-commerce and retail. Our trusted global marketplace is supported by an industry-leading technology platform and a network of specialists spanning 40 countries and 70 categories which include Contemporary Art, Modern and Impressionist Art, Old Masters, Chinese Works of Art, Jewelry, Watches, Wine and Spirits, and Design, as well as collectible cars and real estate. Sotheby’s believes in the transformative power of art and culture and is committed to making our industries more inclusive, sustainable and collaborative.
THE ROLE
This role is for an experienced Software Engineer in Test to join our team. The ideal candidate has expertise with quality processes and technical leadership in high level test designs in CI/CD and local environments. They will also have the ability to dive deep into the most complex technical problems to develop scalable test automation solutions to enable high-quality continuous testing and release infrastructure. They will help ensure working with multiple scrum engineering teams that we deliver the highest quality experience for our clients.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with Engineers , Product Managers, Dev Ops and Engineering Managers to drive and implement high-impact quality initiatives.
Develop quality initiatives monitoring tools; and common frameworks to support the quality initiatives.
Drive the adoption of best practices in test automation code design and maintenance to ensure reliability and scalability of the automated tests.
Partner with various teams analyzing the requirements and functionality of applications, and developing framework and automated tests to validate requirements and performance.
Conduct system analysis to uncover potential quality issues within applications, especially focusing on the identification of obscure and difficult-to-detect problems.
Mentors engineers on test automation and tooling.
Assists in identifying and resolving technical blockers or impediments to automation initiatives.
Perform maintenance/upkeep of test frameworks.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Ideal Experience & Competencies
Requires Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent technical degree/experience.
7+ years of experience as a Sr. Software Developer in Test (functional, end to end integration, regression, performance and scalability testing) for web based products including microservices based products.
Proficient in adapting multiple object-oriented programming languages, scripting languages and design patterns pertinent to architecting and developing automated front end and backend tests based on the product’s internal design.
Proven analytical and leadership skills, and the ability to proactively problem-solve in cross-functional teams including software development in a fast paced environment.
Demonstrated experience in creating and maintaining comprehensive, user-friendly documentation for technical processes and tools.
Hands-on experience with test automation processes in CI/CD environments and tools such as Selenium/Webdrier.io, and TestNG, API testing tools and Appium is a must.
Sound working knowledge of various cloud technologies and tools including K8s and Docker.
Ability to work in a fast paced and distributed environment and adapt to internally triggered changes.
Good understanding of various DevOps tools with previous experience creating/managing GitHub Actions, and contributing to CI/CD systems. (Familiarity with Bazel is a plus.)
The successful candidate is highly enthusiastic about learning new technologies, has exceptional communication and presentation abilities, and is skilled in contributing to, participating in, and providing expertise on sophisticated and dynamic projects.
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About the Company
Established in 1744, Sotheby’s is the world’s premier destination for art and luxury. Sotheby’s promotes access to and ownership of exceptional art and luxury objects through auctions and buy-now channels including private sales, e-commerce and retail. Our trusted global marketplace is supported by an industry-leading technology platform and a network of specialists spanning 40 countries and 70 categories which include Contemporary Art, Modern and Impressionist Art, Old Masters, Chinese Works of Art, Jewelry, Watches, Wine a... Know more
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