Do you want to work with cutting-edge technology?

Do you want to work with cutting-edge technology while contributing to securing Swedish democracy? With us, you will have interesting tasks at the heart of society, combined with development opportunities and a balance between work and leisure.

Here, you contribute to the development of a robust electoral system that ensures free and transparent elections. Be part of making society possible!

About the job

As a test automation engineer, you will be part of an agile development team where you collectively are responsible for developing and maintaining new and existing software services, ultimately contributing to a well-functioning society. We work according to the SAFe framework, and the team is part of a train that develops the Swedish electoral system delivered by the Swedish Tax Agency to the Election Authority. The train currently consists of about 75 people distributed across eight teams and train management. You work cross-functionally and help each other across competencies to ensure deliveries.

You will work with varied tasks focusing on testing in modern development environments, platforms, and tools. The technical environment includes microservices, Red Hat OpenShift, Oracle Db, Springboot, and Java.

You are responsible for the team's testing activities by planning, designing, and executing various types of tests. This is to ensure that the systems and services we develop and maintain work correctly. You thrive in a central role where you can see both the big picture and the details; you ensure a high level of test automation and strive towards shift-left principles.

With us, you have the opportunity for continuous development and learning in your work. We actively work with competence and technology development through, for example, innovation sprints. You have knowledgeable colleagues with whom you exchange experiences, and you can develop both breadth and depth with us. Thanks to being a large IT organization, we can offer good opportunities for internal mobility. It is important to us that you have a balance between work and leisure, and we offer, among other things, flexible working hours and the possibility to work partially from home. You receive a wellness hour each week and wellness benefits.

The IT department of the Swedish Tax Agency actively works to promote an inclusive workplace characterized by equality and diversity, where all employees have equal opportunities to contribute and develop. Read more at Swedish Tax Agency (https://skatteverket.se/omoss/jobbahososs/jobbamedithososs.4.13948c0e18e810bfa0c55ba.html).

You belong to the IT department located in Västerås.

About you

To do a good job and thrive with us at the Swedish Tax Agency, you need to be attentive, think innovatively, and take responsibility. Good judgment and understanding of legal security and safety are important in the work. You should also live up to our employee policy (https://skatteverket.se/medarbetarpolicy).

In this job, you should:

• have good collaboration skills, be helpful, and have a good attitude
• have the ability and willingness to learn new things, be flexible, and open to change
• have good problem-solving skills, see patterns, and be able to make delimitations
• be goal-oriented and contribute to achieving the purpose of the business
• act consciously and professionally based on good self-awareness
• express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish.

You should also have:

• relevant post-secondary education in IT, or alternatively several years of current and relevant work experience in the IT field
• several years of current and relevant work experience in planning, designing, executing, and analyzing automated tests
• several years of current and relevant work experience in agile testing methodology
• several years of current and relevant work experience in configuring test environments and managing test data.

It is desirable that you have current and relevant work experience with databases. It is also desirable that you have relevant experience working with development in object-oriented languages. Current and relevant experience working in a larger organization is also desirable.

Good to know

The employment is permanent and may start with a six-month probationary period.

Employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.

At Swedish Tax Agency (https://skatteverket.se/jobb), you can read about our societal role, the benefits of working with us, and how to apply for our jobs.

When you apply, please attach your CV. We do not use cover letters in our recruitment, so please do not attach one to your application.

Welcome with your application!

The Swedish Tax Agency has a societal role. Our work affects all individuals and businesses, and through our mission, we contribute to a well-functioning society. Our development is customer-driven, and we collaborate with others to create effective solutions. Together, we make society possible.