Graduate Software Engineer

Graduate/Junior Developer & Tester (Java) – a leading provider of financial software and data managementLocation – Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire (Very flexible, mostly remote with onsite days 1 x per week/every other week)Salary – up to £35,000Are you looking to start your career in Java software development and automation testing in a BBD environment?We are delighted to be working with a well-established company on their search for a Graduate/Junior Developer & Tester. Previously acquired by Capita, this company’s financial software solutions are relied on in the private, public, housing, and Not for Profit sector organisations.This is an excellent opportunity to start your career in software development and automation engineering, working within a team, led by a Project Owner and alongside a Business Analyst, testers and developers.A great Graduate/Junior Developer & Tester (Java) will have:Computer Science degreeCompleted university modules/projects in JavaHappy to commute one day a week to Letchworth Garden City, HertfordshireAs a Graduate/Junior Developer & Tester (Java), you will be working on projects such as:Writing Java code and using Selenium WebDriver for automated testing, with small aspects of manual QA.You will also use web service tests such as REST.Opportunities to work on pipeline projects in Azure DevOps and Docker.Opportunities to assume greater responsibilities and enhance your ownership as your skillset expandsTheir tech stack is Java (versions 8 to 17), Maven, TestNG/Junit, Cucumber, Selenium Webdriver/Rest Assured. We also have some frameworks such as DBUnit, Spring Data (SQL with JDBC), Spring DI.If you are looking to kickstart your software engineering career in a role that involves writing Java code and working on automated testing using BDD methodologies and REST, apply now for immediate consideration for this position!