Senior Quality Engineer

Business Unit: Chief Operating Office
Salary range: £47,200 - £70,800 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent

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Our Team
In Quality Engineering Services we are proud that we are the team which deliver the engineering capabilities that enable our customers to engage with their finances when and how they want to. We deliver change right across the bank from in store, web and mobile channels across a range of technologies. We love what we do and it’s truly an exciting time to join the team!

We’re looking for someone ambitious who of course loves the techy side of being a technologist but also someone who cares about delivering engaging customer experiences.

We are looking for a best in class Senior Quality Automation Engineer who will provide expertise and knowledge to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality. You’ll work alongside the tribes/squads/project teams to drive test automation and framework(s) that complement the development approach. In this exciting role, you’ll work collaboratively with the delivery team to review and input to requirements, specifications, and technical design documents, estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate testing activities within the team. Interested, keep reading to find out more and apply!

What you’ll be doing
• Developing and executing exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality.
• Working collaboratively with the delivery team to review and input to requirements, specifications and technical design documents, estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate testing activities within the team.
• Leading and mentoring colleagues within our project, squads and tribes ensuring the appropriate development and coaching is in place to ensure the team is successful across the bank.
• Working with engineering leads; product owners; project managers and other competency chapter leads to understand the CIO & tribe priorities; working as a team you will facilitate the best solution and help prioritise the backlog which will demonstrate the most relevance for our colleagues and customers.
• Feeding into overall delivery estimate, design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools as much as possible, develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet stakeholder needs, track quality assurance metric
• Proactively identifying technical impediments, working directly to resolve.
• Working with colleague to support and educate on quality first principles, whilst facilitating CI/CD.

We need you to have
• Previous Experience of working in an agile environment with at least foundational experience of digital infrastructure, configuration management, continuous integration & automated software releases
• In depth knowledge and understanding of user acceptance testing
• Experience in shifting NFT left, this includes performance, Security, Accessibility and Compatibility.
• Previous experience of automated software releases, configuration management and system management in a high availability cloud environment; Containerization experience highly desirable
• Experience working with build tools like Maven or Gradle as well as compatibility testing tools (ideally Browserstack)
• Skilled in automating functional testing in sprint and maintaining automated regression packages
• Proficient in applying industry best practices, fostering knowledge sharing to provide solutions for complex business problems.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential
• Computer Science and/or Engineering degrees (or equivalent practical experience) are preferred while other degree subjects may be considered
• Highly effective communication skills working with all levels of the organisation
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Problem solving ability
• Relentless focus on delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles

Red Hot Rewards
• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
• Market-leading pension
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money’, underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.