Test Engineer

Test Engineer - Full Time - Salary £41,892 to £48,874 (dependent on experience) - Hybrid Working

Join us and you'll have an opportunity to make an impact and be part of an organisation committed to driving sustainable outcomes. At OS, we use location data and intelligence to help customers build more resilient societies, preserve the environment, foster healthier, happier spaces that people want to live in, and support the delivery of improved public services and critical infrastructure.

Join our dynamic Technology team

Our growing Technology team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.

This role is based within the Core Data Services Platform Team, part of Data Derivation. This is an Agile scrum team comprised of 3 sub-teams, each with a focus on different types of spatial data transformations, and each with a strong mix of developers & testers. Ordnance Survey has a testing community of 70+ test professionals that support each other with regular sessions on test related topics, tools, and techniques - be a part of it!

About the role

• Implement automated tests using our existing test frameworks, and extend these frameworks as necessary

• Validate data quality using big data testing tools

• Analyse data transformations in order to establish the best way to test key business requirements

• Contribute testing acumen into agile team ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily standups

• Communicate software risks & test outcomes with the team, team lead, project manager & test lead

• Support the Ordnance Survey Testing Community, with common standards such as metrics and use of test tools

Here is a snapshot of the technologies that we use

• Scala, Apache Spark, Databricks, Apache Parquet, YAML, Azure Cloud Platform, Azure DevOps (Test plans, Backlogs, Pipelines), GIT, GeoJSON

What we're looking for

• Highly skilled in creating, maintaining and peer reviewing test automation code, preferably in Scala

• Previous working experience of back-end testing and/or data testing

• Excellent knowledge and skills in software testing & industry best practices

• Working experience with Agile Scrum, collaborating with the team for backlog refinement and ability to estimate testing activities for sprint planning

• Knowledge of CI/CD practices, and how they relate to test

• Experienced with the management of defects, identifying, debugging, and working with the team to resolve them.

The Rewards

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• Salary - £41,892 to £48,874 (dependent on experience)

• Performance related bonus up to 10%

• A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%)

• 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays on joining, (3 taken over Christmas) increasing by one day per year, to a maximum of 5 years

• Enhanced family leave, including up to 12 weeks paid partner (paternity) leave

• Free subscription to OS Maps

• Access to online learning platforms

• Coaching and Mentoring schemes

• Plus, a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits

At OS, we believe looking after your health and wellbeing means more than posters and events. We empower you to manage your work and life the way you need it by offering things like

• An extra days' leave for each year you work, up to 33 days

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Hybrid working

• Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton

• We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances

• Eyecare Vouchers

• OS Explorers Nursery discount

• Cycle to Work scheme

• We believe that as a company we should give back wherever we can, so we give you 1 day a year to volunteer for charities that are important to you, as well as offering a match funding scheme

Location: We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be based and required to spend approximately one day a month in the office.

Security

OS conducts pre-employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS).

Some of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role.

Closing date: Sunday 03 August

Interviews are scheduled to take place via MS Teams or in person at Ordnance Survey Head office.

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this role, therefore you must have the right to work in the UK, without the need for employer sponsorship.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.

Research indicates that women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community members, neurodiverse individuals, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds often hesitate to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Ordnance Survey, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace where everyone can thrive. If you're enthusiastic about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the ideal candidate for this or other roles within Ordnance Survey.