Software Developer / QA

Responsibilities:

• Developing mission critical enterprise solutions and implementation of custom application development. 
• Develop scripts and plugins for Jira and Confluence. 
• Act as a technical contact to troubleshoot any issues occurring on our tools. 
• Integrate GitHub, Jira or other tools with internal and external services and systems. 
• Analyze, understand and debug legacy software. 
• Ability to provide technical assistance during major application upgrades. 

Develop, write, and execute test scripts for integration, regression and usability testing across multiple platforms and environments. 

• Designing frameworks from scratch.  
• Analyzing Jira stories to prepare test scenarios and validate acceptance criteria in tickets. 
• Track and manage defects, taking ownership, and seeing them through to completion. 
• Ensuring that all test-related activities to be undertaken are mapped to business requirements. 
• Work with the technical team on implementing test automation across the projects. 
• Report Defects to development teams. 
• Flexible to work on UK shift timings.

Job Requirements :

• 5+ years of relevant development and support experience 
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal. 
• Proficiency in at least one Object Oriented programming language. 
• Strong foundation in JavaScript programming. 
• Advanced Java application development experience. 
• Strong analytical abilities, problem solving skills, and attention to detail.  
• Solid understanding of troubleshooting and problem analysis procedures; ability to resolve problems quickly and efficiently.  
• Experience in using/extending REST Services. 
• Experience developing integrations between software applications. 

Preferred 

• Experience developing with the Groovy language and libraries and/or knowledge of the methodologies and processes used in designing, constructing, testing, implementing, and optimizing web applications. 
• Working experience in tools like Jira, Confluence, GitHub and Jenkins. 
• Contributions to open-source projects or a well-maintained GitHub repository showcasing work. 
• Participation in coding challenges or competitions such as HackerRank, Codewars, or similar platforms. 
• Experience in developing custom solutions for Jira and Confluence.  
• Database administration experience. 
• Experience with using GitHub in a development environment. 
• Knowledge of UI framework testing tools. 
• Experience in Testing methodologies and Agile development methodologies. 
• Experience working asynchronously with ones team and the ability to deliver work independently.