Software Development Engineer In Test

Job Summary

Contract type:
Permanent

Location:

Alderley Park

Working style:
Hybrid 50% home/office based

We are seeking an expertly skilled and experienced Software Developer Engineer in Test to play a central role in building amazing digital solutions for our customers and business users. The team will focus on delivering a new state‑of‑the‑art investments platform, an undertaking expected to take several years.

• Expert in web automation frameworks such as Selenium and Playwright.
• Expert developer in Typescript, JavaScript and HTML.
• Expert in identifying and defining test scenarios and scripts.
• Experienced with full‑stack digital web stacks utilising Angular, Graph
  
  QL and REST API microservices.
• Experienced with databases such as Mongo
  
  DB and Oracle.
• Experienced in cross‑browser testing tools and accessibility testing.
• Experienced in agile delivery and iterative software development and release practices.
• Rigorous and exhaustive attention to detail.
• Thrives with minimal supervision and eager to lead and mentor others.
• Continuously developing new skills, driving best practice and standards.

We are forming new engineering capability in our Alderley Park office to deliver and maintain a new technology solution which will support our investment product offering.

We have more than 80 vacancies for people to be part of this exciting opportunity.

Modernising our technology is fundamental to realising our ambitions and achieving sustained competitive advantage. It will allow us to develop an innovative and leading proposition, achieve speed to market and ongoing pace of change, and maintain a competitive cost‑to‑develop and cost‑to‑serve.

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long‑term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values:
Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.