REQ ID: 115358
JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer in Test
SALARY: Competitive
POSTING END DATE: 14th May 2023
LOCATION: Manchester

Jaguar Land Rover is harnessing technology to make driving smarter, safer and cleaner. You can help create a world in which responsible, sustainable vehicles revolutionise the driving experience for generations. Our vision is to leverage the incredible potential of technology to build vehicles that not only offer a premium, all-encompassing digital experience, but that also make our customers lives better.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Join Jaguar Land Rover as we drive a revolution in luxury vehicles and digital experiences.

Our mission is to power Jaguar and Land Rover's Digital Transformation, by rapidly growing digital capabilities to meet the needs of our luxury brands and an evolving market.

We believe in the power of bespoke software technology to create a seamless customer experience within our vehicles, our dealerships and our connected lives.

This is a real moment of change, for a big brand in an exciting and unique industry in the North, and it's happening right now.

Working with our best in class technology teams in Manchester you will be part of the full lifecycle: designing, building and running one of our products. You'll help us to power the revolution through developer-centric services. Defining and coaching your team on testing and quality, you will be empowered to balance quality and speed. As a team, you will have the freedom to define how we deliver quality applications as you engage with users, gather insights through our observability tools and enhance our CI/CD pipelines.

You'll learn and grow along the way, and we'll give you the tools, tactics and career progression to be successful in our DevSecOps environment.

You will:

• Work with our best in class technology teams to own solutions all the way from requirements, through coding, testing and deployment to the hands of our customers in production.
• Define and coach your team on testing and quality, you will be empowered to balance quality and speed.
• Have the freedom to define how we deliver quality applications as you engage with users, gather insights through our observability tools and enhance our CI/CD pipelines.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our engineering practices and standards.
• Learn and grow along the way, and we will give you the tools, tactics and career progression to be successful in our DevSecOps environment.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

We welcome applications from anyone with:

• A passion for mentoring and technical coaching
• Experience with a range of testing types such Performance, Security or Accessibility
• Experience with a variety of automated quality tooling such as RestAssured, Cypress, Postman or K6
• Extensive experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques
• Working knowledge and experience of event-driven microservice architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues

If you’ve got any of the following as well then we’ll really be impressed:

• Worked in a true DevOps culture with experience and understanding of both the technical and cultural aspects
• Quality focused with knowledge of different kinds of automated testing and what makes great code
• Built bespoke enterprise grade cloud-native applications, knowledge and experience of event-driven microservice architectures and APIs
• Familiarity with our core tech stack – Java, Go, React, SQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Tempo)

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.