Backend QA Automation Engineer

We are considering applicants in – Leeds/London/Dublin

Style of work – Hybrid (Flexible)

Would you like your next QA automation challenge to have a big impact? The Global Betting Platform (‘gbp’) is Flutter’s flagship proprietary sports betting platform and is being used by multiple Brands across the Group to power delivery of new Sports betting features at pace. Today the gbp product enables the generate of 33% of the total Flutter Group Sportsbook online revenue and has around 1.7m active customers across the multiple brands transacting on it.

Who are we?

We’re leading betting and gaming into the future by offering some of the most innovative brands in our industry and using the Flutter Edge. For us, fun is at the heart of what we are aiming to achieve, and our people are the key to ensuring our business is the most trusted and responsible brand ensuring our players get the maximum enjoyment; it’s all about bringing entertainment to life for millions of customers in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.

Our global scale means we can continue to invest to support our strategy and maintain our gold medal positions across local markets.

Our Brands: Flutter operates a range of global brands, including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Betfair, Sisal, tombola, TVG, Junglee Games and Adjarabet

The team

Reporting to a Delivery Manager in a team formed by 5 Developers and 1 QA, you will be using cutting-edge technologies to deliver amazing value to our customers, while scaling our platform to meet the demands of worldwide markets. You will be working as part of a multiple team, multiple location environment to further evolve the gbp platform to become a truly world-class sports betting platform to power the Flutter Group to innovate and differentiate the experience we can provide to our customers across our multiple brands.

What can you expect as part of your new role?

• Improving our ability to test efficiently as well as enhancing the product and customer experience;
• Have a decisive role in the automation strategy of your team and project, so you must have a proven track record of software testing for fast paced organizations where time to market, quality and rapid change are critical to the company's success.
• Establish close relationships with members of the development community inside and outside of own delivery team, underpinned by trust, integrity and respect.
• Be objective, impartial, and unbiased, ensuring equal treatment for all and that decisions taken are based on objective criteria. You are pragmatic and passionate for the art of problem solving.
• Work effectively and in partnership with other delivery community members inside and outside of own delivery team on company shared goals that align towards the achievement of the Flutter group technology strategy.
• Understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue and you are able to adapt your approach in order to achieve a successful outcome.

This might be for you if you:

• Passionate for building a great consumer product that our customers will love;
• Proven-track record as an effective Quality Engineer in complex software development projects;
• Demonstrated experience of both manual and automated testing methods;
• Experience writing/maintaining test automation and test scripts;
• Experience supporting developers in writing better test automation;
• Experience mentoring and coaching other team members on software testing best practices;
• Working knowledge of a development language such as Java, Python or C#;
• Demonstrated experience of testing in service-oriented architectures and understanding data flow through such systems;
• Experience taking on complex technical concepts and information relatively quickly in most contexts and providing immediate advice on effective courses of action;
• Expertise demonstrating & illustrating an understanding of solution architecture including system design, data design and data flow;
• Expertise in testing at API layers (e.g. REST);
• Familiarity with test-driven development techniques (e.g. BDD and ATDD);
• Experience working with version control systems such as Git;
• Comfort with Linux navigation and script automation using shell;
• Understanding of build and configuration tools such as Jenkins, Puppet, CHEF and Ansible.

What’s in it for you:

• Uncapped Holiday Allowance (you read that right!)
• Enhanced Pension Scheme (please ask for your location and we will share)
• Bonus Scheme
• Life Assurance, Income protection, Private healthcare (with option to add dependent)
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund & Access to thousands of Udemy courses
• Invest via the Company Share save Scheme, Discount vouchers, Volunteering days.
• ‘Take 20’ work from another location for up to 20 days
• Enhanced Parental Leave Policy – Maternity up to 52weeks, including 6months 100% pay. Paternity/Adoption leave and paid time off for appointments.
• Reward portal eg. electric car scheme, gym membership discounts etc.
• On-site Gym, Canteen and Gaming area

At Flutter we’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us one of the Top Workplaces in the area.

Our values/attributes

• Building support: Close relationships with all relevant stakeholders which can be used to draw their support towards the Group technology strategy and is effective in promoting a wider understanding of our strategic initiatives.
• Collaborative: Working in partnership with our stakeholders on shared goals. Consistently seeking out and facilitates the sharing of others' ideas and perspectives and positively impacting the achievement of desired outcomes.
• Adaptable: Understanding other perspectives and not hesitant to adapt an approach in order to achieve a successful outcome. Mostly effective in managing change through applying insights from others and lessons learned from others.
• Objective: Able to act with impartiality and remain fair in all situations. Often defines criteria and identifies all relevant perspectives before making a recommendation or decision.
• Strategic thinking: Demonstrates a good understanding of overall Group and Group Technology strategic objectives. Mostly able to apply strategic knowledge to specific initiatives and/or decision making. Can consider and explore scenarios and possibilities to help Divisions succeed.
• Strategic communication: Provides timely and helpful information to others. Able to flex communication style to meet the needs of various audiences (Divisions/locations). Mindful to listen to different perspectives and able to provide constructive feedback.