Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer - London
The company: Mercer
Darwin are part of Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB), a 7,000 person strong community of specialists in health, benefits and employee wellbeing. This affords us a massive opportunity to impact the lives of tens of millions of people around the world. Darwin, is changing benefits for good in eight out of the top ten technology companies in the world and has a wealth of clients across a diverse range of sectors. In fact, more than 2 million people are already using our platform.
Darwin is changing Benefits for Good. Our unique and innovative SaaS platform has transformed the employee benefits industry. We are fast paced, ambitious, people-focused and on a journey to innovate and develop products that truly impact people's lives and the market in which we operate.
What can you expect:
Sitting in the Darwin Technology Division, our Software Engineers in Test learn their trade, evolving skill to an exceptional standard by working on our beautifully intricate core product, DarwinTM
Without exception, every engineer works hard to develop creative software testing solutions and in doing so learn and build invaluable experience in core engineering skills, team working, communication, stake-holder management, prioritisation, planning & estimation in a fail-friendly agile and lean environment.
What is in it for you:

• An opportunity to work in a fast growing, innovative company with excellent career opportunities that is part of a global leader in employee health and wellbeing
• Fast-paced, agile work environment and the opportunity to work with our impressive clients
• Full on the job training & support
• A fail-friendly environment that encourages learning and initiative
• We champion flexible working, and our mission is to help you find YOUR work-life balance through a number of flexible work options
• Comprehensive benefits programs including: excellent pension contributions, private health insurance, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and others!

We will count on you to:

• Define, design, communicate, and execute Darwin's quality vision across our global engineering teams and Darwin™ releases
• Ensure you and others continuously improve by proposing and then implementing new test framework designs and engineering practices that make your team more effective
• Track the progress you are making towards the wider goals of your team, and transparently communicating it to your team and all the stakeholders
• Provide guidance and insight on development techniques and methodologies
• Coach and mentor team members

What you need to have:

• Solid commercial experience in large scale test automation
• Designing and developing testing tools, automation frameworks and quality processes that are maintainable, scalable, extensible and reliable
• Automating for Angular and ASP.net applications
• Working with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins and Octopus
• Leading teams and projects
• Working in multi-disciplined teams including Software Engineering, DevOps and SysEng

Understanding of:

• Object-Oriented Programming fundamentals
• Debugging and general problem-solving skills
• Agile development methodology along with full software development life cycle experience
• Proactive communication and cross-group collaboration
• Web performance, testability, accessibility and security

Demonstrable experience:

• C#.Net
• Selenium WebDriver
• PowerShell
• SQL scripting
• Jenkins / Octopus
• Git/TFS
• Good knowledge of relational and non-relational databases (SQL, MongoDB)
• Written and verbal communication with stakeholders in English

What makes you stand out:

• Angular 2.0 and above
• JavaScript / Jasmine
• Nodejs
• Protractor
• Cypress
• Fiddler, Burp and ZAP
• JIRA

About us
provides insights, advice and technology-driven solutions to help build brighter futures for our clients, colleagues and communities. Together, we're redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being.
Mercer's more than 25,000 employees are based in 44 countries, and the firm operates in over 130 countries.
Mercer is a business of (NYSE: MMC), the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with 76,000 colleagues and annualized revenue approaching $17 billion. Through its market-leading businesses, including , and , Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment.
Marsh & McLennan Companies and its affiliates aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their gender expression or identity, marital and civil partnership status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation or beliefs.