Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) in London

WE ARE: At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.

Our clients include the world's leading investment banks, investment managers, fintech and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in London, New York, Barcelona and Montreal, we have a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to join our team and help develop our open-source and proprietary platform products. YOU ARE: Self-directed, with the ability to define and manage priorities independentlyA great team player who loves sharing knowledge and learning from othersA problem solver with strong analytical skillsExcited about learning new things and keeping up to dateHappy to work in a test-driven and Agile development fashionYOU HAVE: Strong understanding of QA methodologies, shift-left practices, and the full software development lifecycle (TDD, BDD, Scrum, Kanban)Proficient in Java, with a focus on automated testing, root cause analysis, and debuggingComfortable implementing tests across the full test stack: unit, component, integration, system, and E2EExperience in uncovering complex edge cases through exploratory testingConfident in translating feature specifications into appropriate test coverage and test plansWorking knowledge of BDD practices, including story refinement, example mapping, acceptance criteria definition, and 3 AmigosComfortable using existing code and tests to understand system behaviourPractical knowledge of application profiling to identify performance and memory bottlenecksFamiliar with defining quality metrics, telemetry, and reporting dashboardsHands-on exposure to chaos testing to validate system fault tolerance and reliabilityExperienced in integrating test runs and static code analysis tools into CI/CD pipelinesWorking knowledge of maintaining CI/CD pipeline health, with a focus on minimising false positives and maintaining reliable feedbackBackground in building containerised test environments with Docker and KubernetesPractical familiarity with observability and monitoring platformsUnderstanding of performance and load testing for distributed pub/sub low-latency messaging technologiesKnowledge of AI tooling applications within QA workflows to improve coverage, efficiency and defect detectionExposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and OpenShiftFinancial services or trading domain experience is a nice to haveStrong communication and collaboration skills, with confidence engaging internal and external stakeholdersYOU WILL: Propose and enhance project's test plans with focus on test automation approachWork on technically challenging quality engineering problems across code, tests, and CI/CD pipelinesConfidently leverage your experience in questioning and challenging existing practices while actively promoting QA best practices.

Encourage a mindset/culture by educating your team that quality is everyone's responsibility and focusing your time on value-add testing tasks, rather than routine checks.

Design, maintain and execute test cases and provide your analysis on the resultsBuild a solid understanding on business, technical and operational requirementsFollow and suggest improvements to the quality assurance processCollaborate with other QAs, BAs and DEV team to enhance automated tests and get maximum test coverageWork with Dev and DevOps team to improve our test automation tools and solutionsWHY US: To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture. Our fantastic team takes pride in crafting complex technical solutions but also loves sharing their knowledge and helping you grow professionally (we have extraordinary minds at Adaptiveð) You can learn from anyone here, which is the beauty of itTo take part in the growth and development of a great companyOur teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns.

Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch inGreat consideration for work/life balance (highly-flexible, hybrid working model, well-being benefits...). The balance between professional and personal life is massively important to us. We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes. WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF US ðYou can check our Glassdoor page ðBENEFITS (What we offer in return // what you'll get )We create benefits with YOU in mind.ð Permanent employees:25 days holidayPension schemeFamily medical and dentalLife insurance and Long-term disability coverCycle schemeSeason ticket loanGym subsidyEmployee Assistance ProgrammeMental Health First AidersTHE PROCESSLong interview processes are stressful and boring, and that is not us ðWe want to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

So here you will have three-stage interviews:1- A chat with one of our great recruiters.2- A zoom chat with one of our QA colleagues where they will ask you detailed questions about QA knowledge and your experience3- A Face to Face interview (either in our office or via Zoom). During this interview, we will dig even deeper, and you will have a technical task to do. But don't worry; everything will be explained to you step by step by your recruiter.

Here is a little tip for you during those stages: Collaboration is massively important to us, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts, ask questions, ask for help if needed, etc ð DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: ðDiversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it's more representative of the world around us. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work without any fear of judgment or negativity.

All we ask is that our colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate about what they do, and have the skills needed to be successful in their roles