Senior Test Engineer x 5

About the role

What you'll do

• Help project teams establish technical frameworks and document new testing approaches and processes.
• Resolve technical impediments and work with the Lead Test Engineer to anticipate and address technical issues.
• Advocate best practice, conduct in-depth reviews, and report quality improvements and successes.
• Update technical practices and quality frameworks and help teams overcome startup challenges.
• Teach and mentor colleagues in technical testing and quality implementation.
• Conduct technical and business analysis to inform solutions, and develop tools to support testing.
• Understand system processes and architecture to assess issues and their impact.
• Represent testing practice perspectives and contribute to improvements across teams.

Essential qualifications and experience

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing certification is required.
• A degree-level qualification or equivalent in Computing is required.
• Practitioner-level experience in automated testing and automated test tools is required.
• Candidates need to understand test environment needs and capabilities.
• Practitioner-level experience in functional and non-functional testing and a broad range of tools and techniques is required.
• Experience in integration practices and training and mentoring technical test skills is required.

Desirable qualifications

• Advanced Technical Test Analyst certification is desirable.
• Advanced Test Automation Engineer certification is desirable.

Workplace and schedule

• At least 60% of working time is expected to be spent in the office.
• The role requires a minimum of 30 hours per week.
• The posting lists full-time and part-time working patterns.

Salary

• The stated salary range is £49,443 to £54,952, with developing and proficient figures of £49,443 and £54,952.