What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Developer in Test position at William Hill?
Are you passionate about building quality into software from the ground up? We're looking for a Software Developer in Test to join a close-knit and supportive engineering team where collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything they do. This role is primarily focused on backend testing, with a significant emphasis on validating APIs, services, integrations, and automation frameworks that support critical business functionality. Working closely with developers, product teams, and fellow QA professionals, you'll play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of customer-facing platforms. What you will be doing: Designing, building, and maintaining automated tests across UI, API, and service integration layers. Developing and enhancing test automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript. Integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast and reliable feedback on deployments. Collaborating closely with developers and product teams to identify risks, define test coverage, and embed quality throughout the development lifecycle. Creating and maintaining test data, mocks, and supporting tools to enable efficient and repeatable testing. Investigating test failures, identifying root causes, and working with engineers to resolve issues. Performing targeted exploratory testing across complex user journeys and critical business processes. Driving continuous improvements to test reliability, maintainability, and execution performance. Who we are looking for: We are committed to responsible gambling, and we are looking for people who can support our ethos. To apply to this post, you will have: Hands-on experience designing and maintaining automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript. Proven experience testing frontend and backend applications, including REST APIs, service integrations, and end-to-end user journeys. Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and improving test quality through automation. Ability to analyse requirements, identify risks, and communicate testing outcomes effectively within a collaborative team environment. What we offer: Our roles offer more than just a job, you’ll become part of the evoke family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some fantastic benefits on offer: – Financial: You’ll be compensated a competitive base salary and benefits.Healthcare: We prioritise your health and well-being, offering fully paid private healthcare via Lux Med.Life assurance: Safeguarding your financial future and offering peace of mind with a company-sponsored life assurance plan.Wellbeing events: Including workshops, webinars; Psychological Helpline for you and your loved ones; access to psychological platforms such as Unmind.Social activities: We love a chance to share knowledge and have fun, coordinating meetups, quality questions events and hackathons.Free parking: You’ll have access to underground parking space for cars, motorcycles and bikes.Other perks: Fully paid Multisport pass or MyBenefit cafeteria points, employee referral program, and an extra day off for your birthday. We also offer free English and Polish classes for our colleagues!Hybrid working: Our employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up! More about Grand Parade We’re a business that embraces change and progress. With a rich history behind us, we’ve learned a lot and have led the industry in many ways. Now part of evoke, we are marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business. Our culture is all about creating great experiences, for both our customers and our people. You’ll benefit from flexibility and trust. We’ll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We’ll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that’s right for you. By investing in you, we’ll raise our game. Across all that we do, we aim for excellence, encourage creativity, and have fun. Apply At evoke, we prioritise diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth. We win together by working as one inclusive team to achieve great things. So, what’s next? The first step in the recruitment process is to submit your online application, which will be followed by an initial screening call with our Talent Acquisition team, and if successful, you will then be invited to interview. Apply today to kickstart your application with the evoke family!