Staff Software Development Engineer in Test

ABOUT TIDE

At Tide we help SMEs save time (and money) in the running of their businesses by not only offering business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of highly usable and connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.

Tide is transforming the small business banking market with over 1.6 million members globally across the UK, India, Germany and France. Using advanced technology, all solutions are designed with SMEs in mind. With quick onboarding, low fees and innovative features, we thrive on making data-driven decisions to help SMEs save both time and money.

Tide facts:

• Tide is available for UK, Indian, German and French SMEs
• Over 1.6 million members: 800,000 UK and 800,000 in India and growing rapidly
• Over $200 million raised in funding
• Over 2500 Tideans globally - we're diversity champions
• We have offices in Central London, with a member support and technology centre in Sofia, Bulgaria, technology centres in Serbia, Romania, Lithuania and Hyderabad and offices in Gurugram and New Delhi, India

ABOUT THE TEAM: 

You'll be joining a passionate and agile test engineering function who sit within Tide's central Platform Engineering department. We maintain a central suite of tests and the pipelines that run them in order to provide a paved road of tested functionality to Tide's product engineers.

ABOUT THE ROLE: 

As Staff Software Development Engineer in Test at Tide you will:

• Develop and maintain automation frameworks using JavaScript - Cypress and Flutter using Patrol for both web and mobile applications.
• Own a central suite of end to end tests that covers shared functionality such as authentication and authorization.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and rapid releases.
• Ensure all e2e tests are stable and helping engineers resolve intermittent failures
• Act as an ambassador for quality at Tide while ensuring we adopt an automation first approach
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure we design and build testable features
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for test automation and coverage across Tide's product engineering teams, with the aim of encouraging continual improvement outside your own team

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: 

Tide is looking for an experienced SDET who can demonstrate extreme ownership of automated tests written in Cypress (Web / Angular) and Patrol (iOS & Android / Flutter).  The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6 years of experience ensuring quality in modern web, mobile and API based applications using test automation. 

A such you will possess much of the following:

• Strong automated UI testing experience using Typescript or Javascript, ideally using Cypress
• Experience with automated testing of mobile applications
• Experience with mobile app stores and a fully automated submissions process
• Familiarity with Gherkin
• Hands on experience of Github or another CI/CD tool
• Experience integrating testing into various stages of CI / CD pipelines

Additional desirable skills that make you a great fit:

• Any experience of Flutter to build multiplatform mobile applications
• Any experience of Patrol to automate Flutter testing
• Any experience with AWS or GCP in the context of test automation
• Experience testing containerised applications and backend API's

OUR TECH STACK: 

Tide's mobile applications are now all built using Flutter & Dart so we can use the same application code that compiles to separate native apps for both iOS & Android devices. We  write our integration/e2e tests using the Patrol framework.

We use Angular for Web UI's that can provide our members with richer experiences when running on larger screens. We use Typescript & Cypress for testing Web applications.

Most of our APIs are written in Java or Python, but with Go used in places. Our platform is 100% containerised, and runs mostly in AWS.

WHAT YOU'LL GET IN RETURN:

• Remote first
• 25 days paid annual leave 
• 3 additional days for volunteering and learning
• Private Health Insurance
• Mental Health Support Platform
• FitPass
• Family and Friendly Leave (according to statutory)
• Personal L&D budget
• Share options

TIDEAN WAYS OF WORKING:

At Tide, we champion a flexible workplace model that supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams. 

While remote work is supported, we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed as hubs for innovation and team-building, where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community.

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TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE

At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members' diverse needs and lives. 

We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone's voice is heard.

At Tide, we thrive on diversity, embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success, helping us build products that meet our members' diverse needs. We are One Team, committed to transparency and ensuring everyone's voice is heard.

 
Disclaimer
 
It has come to our attention that individuals or agencies are falsely claiming to represent Tide and are reaching out to candidates regarding job opportunities. Please be aware that:

• Tide does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.
• All official Tide job opportunities are listed exclusively on our Careers Page and applications should be submitted through this channel.
• Communication from Tide will only come from an official  email address.
• Tide does not work with agencies or recruiters without prior formal engagement, and we do not authorize third parties to make job offers on our behalf.

If you are contacted by anyone misrepresenting Tide or requesting payment, please treat it as fraudulent and report it to us immediately at
Your safety and trust are important to us, and we are committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process.

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