Software Engineer

Working within an Agile team (scrum based), you will be able to contribute to the content of sprints and influence the direction of development. V-Nova, a London-based IP and software company, is dedicated to improving data compression by building a vast portfolio of innovative technologies based on the game-changing use of AI and parallel processing for data, video, imaging, and point cloud compression, with applications across several verticals. This is achieved through deep-science R&D (1000+ international patents) and the development of products that test, prove, and continuously enhance the technology portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Continue to develop features, integrate new codec tools & codec types, and maintain the existing comprehensive in-house test and visual quality frameworks for testing quality aspects of our codec-related products.
• Understand the scope of development projects and break down into requirements/stories, agree on acceptance criteria, and define test cases.
• Able to provide clear and accurate progress updates and able to document requirements, work completed.
• Participate in selecting the most appropriate tools and infrastructure for visual quality in the test framework.
• Debug, understand root cause, and resolve defects within our test frameworks.
• Launch testing campaigns for a variety of use cases to test and compare our codec releases and the integration of our codecs into different video encoder and playback scenarios.
• Review design and development work of other development engineers working within the test group.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies providing input into planning and refinement meetings each sprint along with daily stand-up meetings.

Qualifications

• Our test frameworks are developed using Python, are high-performance and are multithreaded applications incorporating Flask, with SQL and databases for storage - you will have significant experience developing using these technologies.
• Experience using Linux as a target development platform.
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as REST, HTTP, JSON, and Docker.
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable providing clear accurate progress updates and able to document requirements and work completed.
• Have worked in an Agile environment working on projects using Scrum or Kanban and tools such as Jira.
• Understanding of working in a continuous integration environment covering; source code control, version control; build creation; unit, integration, and system tests.
• An understanding of the end-to-end software development life cycle.
• Exposure to commonly used test frameworks such as Pytest, Google Test Framework.
• Skilled with common front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS, TypeScript, and Node is a bonus.
• Experience with AI Tools for automation and development.

Desirable skills:

• Use of at least 1 BDD testing tool such as Spock or Cucumber (Cucumber preferred).
• Worked with AWS cloud solutions or other distributed systems.
• An understanding of system architecture and basic concepts of networking for networking traffic testing and debugging.
• Understanding of video and common compression features, particularly video or video quality metrics.
• Data analytics or Data science experience.
• Previous experience working with Test Automation tools for Mobile devices – Android&iOS.
• Any experience in UI testing using Cypress/JS/TS code for automation.