Overview

Lead Test Engineer - Companies House - SEO role at Manchester Digital.

Location: Remote working (anywhere in the UK).

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Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic Lead Test Engineers with great technical skills able to coach and mentor other testers and lead the test automation, functional and non functional areas of software testing. You will be part of our lead tester group, working collaboratively with your assigned squads overseeing the testing journey with management responsibilities. You will act as an advocate for quality and champion behaviour driven development. This is an exciting opportunity in the Digital Services team. You’ll be joining our team at a time of transformation and you will be part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile Methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement. This provides an opportunity to make the test community thrive by exploring new and emerging tools and approaches and working out how you can help the organisation deliver better services. This is a rewarding role within the Test Team and provides an opportunity to contribute to the success of existing and future services provided by Companies House.

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Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing. We offer a benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.

Notes

• Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
• Security Clearance is an essential requirement for this campaign. You'll need to have been in the UK for at least 3 out of the last 5 years to be eligible to apply for SC.
• Remote contracts will only be offered to successful candidates who are not within a commutable distance to our Cardiff, Belfast or Edinburgh offices. If you are located in a reasonable distance to one of our offices, you will receive a hybrid contract aligned to one of our offices.

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Responsibilities

• Lead test efforts in your squad with a focus on quality assurance, while mentoring junior testers and driving continuous improvement across the QA process.
• Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing (migration from a bespoke Selenium/Java solution to Playwright & Typescript).
• Support the broader testing practice by contributing to cross-team releases and actively driving continuous improvements in testing processes.
• Design and execute non-functional test cases using standard testing techniques.
• Advise on up-to-date functional testing techniques and peer-review the work of others.
• Be proficient in a range of coding languages (you may be expert in only one).
• Line manage junior testers to foster their growth and build team capability.

Qualifications

• Professional certification: ISTQB, ISEB or equivalent practical experience in functional and non-functional testing.
• Automation testing expertise: Experience with modern technologies and frameworks such as Java, Selenium, or Cucumber; Playwright and TypeScript desirable.
• Coaching and mentoring: Track record of developing Test Engineers and building automation skills.
• Agile experience: Certified Agile Tester or substantial hands-on experience in Agile methodologies.
• Experience in non-functional testing including security, performance and accessibility.
• Working knowledge of a minimum of 5 of the following: API, AWS, Burp (security), BrowserStack, Concourse/Jenkins, Docker, JMeter, Karate/Rest API, MongoDB, Kafka, Oracle, Playwright, Postman/SOAP UI, Selenium Grid, SQL, TypeScript, Unix-based systems, Git, XML.

Behaviours

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture

Technical skills

• Technical expertise of test automation

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Technology, Information and Internet