Software Developer/Software Test & Quality Assurance Strategist

Job Title: Software Developer and Quality Assurance Lead

Location: Sheffield

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Job Role

Our Client is looking for an experienced software developer with a passion for quality who will lead the software testing and quality assurance strategies for our project teams.

You will work in a team of developers on both internal software projects and projects for external clients. You will also contribute to the analysis, design, quality assurance and support of our software products. You will bring a keen and imaginative approach to developing test strategies. You will be involved in the full-lifecycle of each project. For some projects, you will have direct contact with the client.

You will have a good, relevant degree in Software, Computing, Mathematics, Science or other technological subject.

In addition to playing an active role in software development, you will direct the testing strategy applied to their software products and manage their Quality Assurance. Your responsibilities will include:

• Communicating with key stakeholders to devise test objectives, strategies and plans for projects and products.
• Identifying areas where test automation is effective; ensure the correct automation tools are in place and that the project teams can use them.
• Leading, mentoring and monitoring the project teams as they analyze, design, implement and execute the testing of all products.
• Advising on appropriate configuration management of the test infrastructure.
• Providing the framework for recording and reporting test results.
• Monitoring, measuring, controlling and reviewing test progress, test results and product quality, adapting the testing efforts as needed to ensure acceptable quality of products.

The Company

Founded in 1996, the Company was formed by a team of software engineers who wanted to create a company with an environment where they would really enjoy being at work. Several years down the line, they have developed into one of the industry's leading manufacturers of marine data management solutions - while still maintaining a great workplace ethos, and relaxed working environment. At their core, they are constantly looking to learn and absorb knowledge from changing technologies and put themselves at the front edge of technology. In order to give their clients the best they need to drive innovation and constantly take on new technology, and the new challenges that come with it. They don't shy away from a challenge, in fact, they thrive on one.

They are all genuinely interested in software development; they get excited about building new, high quality software solutions and bringing a creative, yet robust approach to design problems. Most of all, they really enjoy what they do and work for a company that understands and respects this. Software developers founded this Company and one of their goals is to be the kind of company that software developers want to work in.

They develop software for the Microsoft Windows platform. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in one or more of these areas:

• . Net and C++ Languages
• Desktop Application Development (Winforms / WPF)
• Web-based Applications and Services (ASP. NET MVC / SOAP / REST / HTML5 / Javascript)
• Database Systems (SQL Server / Entity Framework / Oracle)
• Data Processing (XML / JSON)

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Software Developer, Quality Assurance Lead, Lead test Strategist, Software Test Lead, Lead Software Developer, Senior Software Engineer, Test Engineer, Software Testing, Software Developer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Test Lead, SQL Server, JavaScript, . NET Developer, C++, Winforms, WPF, ASP. NET, MVC, SOAR, REST, HTML5, SQl Server, Oracle, XML, JSON, Software Development may also be considered for this role.