QA Lead Engineer
Hybrid – Swindon or London
As a Lead QA Engineer at PayTech reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for leading a number of QA Engineers across several scrum teams, ensuring that the depth and breadth of our testing delivers high quality software to our customers. You will work alongside Development Leads to define and deliver automated test suites, allowing for rapid and repeatable testing of services.
You will be an active member of the Quality Assurance Centre of Excellence alongside other QA Leads, defining and implementing improvements to our ways of working, tooling and best practices, striving to continually improve and innovate.
Key Responsibilities
* Plan, implement and monitor effective test creation & execution across the scrum teams
* Contribute and support the effective handover to release engineers, supporting and resolving regression issues
* Contribute to our methods and techniques that ensure the quality of development
* Drive improvements to quality assurance through the use of metrics and active CoE participation
* Uphold adherence to standards and best practices
* Line management of permanent QAs within the teams (c.6 in total)
* Support and mentor line reports in developing their skills and experience, spread knowledge across teams
* Work as “one team” collaborate closely with Development Leads, Product team and wider QA teams
* Take responsibility for the effective resolution of issues as they arise and drive remediation thereof
Technical Skills
* Significant commercial experience of testing API-based systems within a microservice or monolithic environment
* Demonstrable experience of TDD and BDD tools and techniques, including test automation
* Significant experience of creating test plans, approaches and risk-based testing
* Data creation and curation
* ISTQB Foundation (minimum)
Experience or some knowledge of the following would be beneficial:
* Prior line management experience
* Java
* SQL, API and web services (REST), SOAP, AWS services, XML/JSON
* Tools: Postman, Cucumber
Why PayTech?
We are a subsidiary of the Edenred group and leaders in prepaid solutions including banking, virtual cards, debit, credit, and prepaid processing.
As a PayTech employee you will get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing what you love and making a difference in a fast-paced and innovative business.
What you will get:
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Hybrid working environment with a 3 days per week in the office
Income protection
Life insurance (4x salary)
Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program (extended access to family members)
Employee discount shopping platform
Digital learning platform
Complimentary fruit and other ‘in office’ snacks & refreshments
Volunteering programme
Social events
Pension Scheme – employer 6% with minimum employee contribution 3%
Discretionary bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
Holiday trading scheme (buy or sell up to 5 days)
Medical & international travel cover (leisure and action sports)
Monthly gym allowance
Employee referral bonus scheme
Season ticket loan
Cycle to Work scheme