SDeT (Software Development Engineer in Test)

Company

Collinson is a global loyalty and benefits company.

We use our expertise and products to craft customer experiences which enable some of the worlds

best known brands to acquire engage and retain the most demanding and choice-rich

particular our unique expertise and insight into high earning frequent travellers allows us to create

products and solutions for our clients that inspire greater customer engagement to drive more

profitable relationships enrich their travel experiences protect what matters and assist in in times of

need.

While specialising in Financial Services Travel and Retail we also support clients in multiple sectors.

We have worked with over 90 airlines 20 hotel groups and more than 600 financial institutions and

banks with clients including Accor Hotels Air France KLM American Express British Airways

Cathay Pacific Diners Club Mandarin Oriental Mastercard Radisson Hotel Group Sephora Visa

and Vhi.

We take our 30 years experience working with these kinds of household names in over 170

countries and help our clients to deliver the smarter experiences it takes to differentiate their

propositions and help them win deeper devotion with their customers.

Collinson is a privately-owned entrepreneurial business with 2000 passionate people working in 20

locations worldwide. Our solutions include Priority Pass the worlds best known airport experiences

programme while we are also the trusted partner behind many of the leading financial services

airline and hotel brands reward programmes and loyalty initiatives.

Purpose of the job

Were looking for a SDET whos passionate about quality; not just as a phase but as a core part of how great software gets this role youll help shape what great looks like for our engineering teams including setting test standards supporting engineers and making sure quality is everyones responsibility. This role requires strong software development skills deep understanding of distributed systems and the ability to influence quality across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Youll be embedded in a collaborative environment where software is shipped fast iteratively and often. Your work will focus on making sure things dont just work but work well together. Youll bring clarity structure and confidence to the way we test by balancing automation with human insight and keeping the end-user in mind.

You would drive the automated testing efforts covering contract testing smoke testing regression testing cross-device compatibility testing end-to-end testing ensuring that we deliver quality and performance of mobile applications through manual and automated testing. Youll bring your considerable knowledge of test automation to help us build new products that are reliable secure performant and resilient. If youre curious love asking the awkward questions and want to support software engineers build and iterate quickly youll thrive

Key Responsibilities

Design develop and maintain test automation frameworks from scratch or extend existing ones

Define and uphold the standards for test quality ensuring consistency and confidence in our releases.

Write high quality maintainable integration and end-to-end tests that follows production engineering standards.

AI-first mindset required: leverage AI assistants and tools as part of day-to-day SDET workflows (test design automation analysis and continuous quality improvement)

Build reusable test utilities mocks and simulators.

Contribute to and help evolve the overall test strategy for one or more products or services

Partner with engineers product managers and delivery leads to embed quality thinking from day one and not as an after-thought.

Design and oversee test strategies that combine automation exploratory testing and regression coverage.

Drive the implementation and evolution of automated testing frameworks ensuring integration into our CI/CD pipelines.

Own the structure and health of test suites and regression packs helping teams keep them lean relevant and valuable.

Actively test front-end back-end API and distributed microservices using tools like Playwright Jest Supertest Cypress Postman RestAssured and other modern frameworks.

Perform and organise performance testing with tools such as K6 JMeter.

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure cross-squad functionality and integration is properly tested.

Get involved in the testing cycle helping to investigate issues write tests support on manual QA and signing-off changes.

Investigate defects and production issues; ensure fixes are validated through automation Preferred

Computer Science or Information Technology degree Diploma or similar

CSTAE or ASTQB ISTQB Advanced Certification

Certified Automation Tester (i.e. Cypress Playwright)

Familiarity with pipeline and event-driven systems (Kafka AWS EventBridge AWS Step

Functions queues streams Snaplogic)

Test Management: Jira Xray

Preferred

Computer Science or Information Technology degree Diploma or similar

CSTAE or ASTQB ISTQB Advanced Certification

Certified Automation Tester (i.e. Cypress Playwright)

Familiarity with pipeline and event-driven systems (Kafka AWS EventBridge AWS Step Functions queues streams Snaplogic)

Non-Negotiable

4 years experience in Test Automation

Strong hands-on experience in building and maintaining test automation frameworks and APItesting tools not just executing them

Confident writing automated tests in Typescript.

Expertise in Designing and Executing End-to-End Test Strategies that aligns with Agile delivery

Solid experience embedding quality early in the SDLC by working closely with Product Managers Engineers Principal Engineers and Delivery Managers

Experience working in agile continuous delivery teams including daily coordination with cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate prioritize and drive resolution of defects based on reproducibility business impact and release scope

Personal Attributes

Quality mindset deeply values software quality and strives for continuous improvement across teams

Collaborative nature works well and constructively challenge engineers product managers and delivery managers to embed quality early in the SDLC

Proactive attitude toward continuous improvement always seeking better ways to optimize automation

Critical thinker approaches testing with curiosity and rigor; digs deep to uncover root causes

Adaptability comfortable with change and able to pivot priorities in fast-paced agile environments

Detail-oriented thorough in reviewing test cases strategies and outcomes without losing sight of the bigger picture

Ownership-driven takes responsibility for the overall health of the QA process and quality outcomes

Learner - willing to learn and adapt as systems and tools evolve able to pivot priorities in fast-paced agile environments