Graduate Software Engineer in Test and Automation

At Next DLP, we started with the people. A small core group of engineers got together to find an industry where we could merge innovation, passion, and simplicity to help people reach their greatest potential. Their attention was drawn towards the world of security—indispensable to modern work, yet often overlooked and taken for granted. Organisations needed the tools to understand if something was happening in real-time to keep their people safe and their data protected.

We started Next DLP in 2016. Seven years later, we’re still creating a better, smarter way to deliver security. We protect people and data anywhere, and innovative companies worldwide use Next DLP for human-centric data loss protection.

About this position

This is an opportunity to join our Test and Automation Team. The team’s purpose is to maintain and improve the high quality of the Reveal Infrastructure and Agent, ensuring that our software is functional, reliable and intuitive to use. Your job will consist of developing frameworks, using tools and applying manual techniques to test our software.

We take quality very seriously. You will make a big contribution to our product by:

• Testing new features to check that they work, fit requirements and are user friendly
• Building and using test frameworks and tools
• Expanding our existing automated test coverage and improving existing regression tests
• Investigating the limits of the products in terms of scalability, endurance and interoperability
• Proactively finding problems before our customers do
• Getting to the bottom of complex issues
• Directly contributing to the company’s success within your first few weeks

About you

You’re not expected to have all of the following skills, but any you do have will be useful for this role.

We are looking for someone who has:

• The desire to learn new things and new technologies
• Curiosity to take things apart in order to understand how they work
• Strong troubleshooting, attention to detail and communication skills
• Outstanding technical ability or achieved excellent academic results from a recognised university
• Proficiency in English

It’s also a bonus if you have experience of:

• Programming and scripting
• Networking and API testing
• Scale and performance testing, e.g. profiling or benchmarking
• Development of test strategies and creation of test cases
• Cloud platforms, containerisation and virtualisation
• Service-Oriented Architectures
• Cybersecurity
• Security testing.

However, all experience levels will be considered.

We use a wide variety of different languages and frameworks in the Test and Automation Team, with a focus on Go and Python. It’s not expected that you would be familiar with any of the languages we use, but you should be enthusiastic and willing to learn new things.

We are looking for a team player who can think out of the box, enjoys solving complex problems and thrives working things out themselves, while not afraid to ask for help and learn from their teammates if they’re stuck.

Does this sound like you? We’d love you to apply, even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements and qualifications.

Next DLP graduate program

Every new graduate hire is assigned a mentor, who will be a senior member of the team. Your mentor will be responsible for overseeing your development during the start of your career and ensuring that you are given the necessary support and guidance. Your mentor will also be responsible for ensuring that you gain experience in a number of different areas.

From day one, graduate software test engineers will be given the opportunity of an exciting technical challenge and input into product development. You will quickly gain experience, through on-the-job learning, across a wide range of technologies and languages.

What we offer

Attractive salary with possibility for stock options. We believe that people do their best work when they are valued and rewarded.

Flexible working hours.

A remote-friendly organisation, with colleagues working remotely either part or full-time.

A startup with solid financial backing and long-term horizon.

We offer regular performance and development reviews, and team-specific training to help support our employees.

At least 12 weeks fully paid maternity and paternity leave, more depending on region.

Healthcare in the UK & US. Our employees' well-being and health are incredibly important to us at Next DLP.

Friendly, open and supportive culture

Next DLP is dedicated to encouraging and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We know that we are able to develop and learn better with a diverse group of people. The experiences, ideas, knowledge, self-expression and talent of our employees form our culture and are instrumental in our success.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other protected category.