Automation Engineer

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry. For over 25 years, we’ve been operating at the heart of internet infrastructure. While we're best known for running .UK domains, we also help protect public services from cyber threat.

Our aim is to create a world which is more connected, inclusive and secure. We know that technology has the power to transform lives by creating opportunities and providing support where it’s needed most.

As a public benefit company, our work funds the ability to make a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve peoples’ lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

We understand the impact the Internet has on the environment and are committed to helping the UK reach Net Zero by 2050. We’re already a Carbon Neutral company through offsetting our emissions and will continue to work on reducing our footprint.

About the role:

If you are a quality focused software engineer who thrives on building automation frameworks and driving agile development practices into a team, then this is the role for you!  
Working within Agile teams, you will contribute to the test infrastructure and automation frameworks of two key projects at Nominet– ensuring best practice in all of your work whilst you engage with the wider development team.
In this varied role, you will deliver high-quality, resilient functional tests in a couple of key Agile projects together with regression tests for waterfall projects.

The essential bits:

You will have experience of coding in either Java or JavaScript or any other object-oriented programme languages as we are happy to upskill as long as you have experience with either Java or JavaScript. Demonstrable experience in Agile testing methodologies and behaviour driven development (BDD) and RESTful APIs and relational databases.

About you and what you need to be successful:

If you are a quality focused software engineer who thrives on building automation frameworks and driving agile development practices into a team, then this is the role for you! Working within Agile teams, you will contribute to the test infrastructure and automation and help deliver high-quality, resilient functional tests in key Agile projects.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a great work life balance with hybrid working, 20% of the time is expected in our office in Oxford. The role has real meaningful impact on not only, national infrastructure but through our public benefit ethos too. The work is technically challenging in a culture where everyone is inspired to do their best.

Pension match to 7%, performance related bonus scheme, private medical insurance, 30 days annual leave, reward portal, support to buy tech equipment tax free, holiday buy scheme, discounted shopping, on-site gym and shower facilities, Medi-cash (claiming cash back on things like optical, dental, inoculations and prescriptions), Employee Assistance Program, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Cycle2Work scheme, free- on site car parking, broad range of tools and resources to support your personal and professional development, Nominet Give Hub. We also have an active Social Committee.