Registers of Scotland provided pay range
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Talent Acquisition Specialist @ Registers of Scotland | Recruitment Consultant | End-to-End Recruitment
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Pay Supplement: The base salary for this role is £57,705 - £71,750. This job qualifies for Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay supplement 8% which is included in the total remuneration above.
Pension: 28.97% of base salary (RoS contribution)
Annual Leave: 42 days annual holiday
Duration: Permanent
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns.
Location: Hybrid working. Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. While many team activities and community events will take place in-person, we expect a flexible hybrid approach, with time spent in either office based on business needs.
Grade: C1
Registers of Scotland (RoS)
Join an award-winning organisation recognised for its technology and innovation. RoS is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. We work to create data-led, digital solutions for the people of Scotland. Our full-stack teams design, architect, and build all our registration products in-house.
The Role
As the Lead Test Engineer, you will own and drive the testing practice for the organisation, with strategic responsibility for test policy, capability, and delivery quality. You will define and implement the overall testing strategy, build a high-performing testing community, and ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes across digital services. This senior leadership role is accountable for embedding quality assurance at all levels, guiding teams throughout the delivery lifecycle, and shaping the future of testing and accessibility across the organisation.
On a typical day you will…
* Define and continuously evolve the organisational test strategy, quality standards, and policy for all delivery teams.
* Lead strategic planning of test and quality practices across the department. Ensuring test activities are risk-based and value-driven.
* Champion early engagement of quality and test professionals throughout the product lifecycle.
* Lead, manage, and grow a multidisciplinary test community. Building technical capability and supporting career development.
* Represent the test function at senior leadership level, internally and externally, and influence wider digital quality strategy.
* Set standards for test types, techniques, frameworks, and tooling across delivery areas.
* Guide and assure delivery teams on test coverage, planning, execution, and defect management.
* Lead cross-cutting quality concerns including accessibility, performance, security, and reliability.
* Own staffing plans and budget allocation for the test function, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and delivery needs.
* Sponsor and embed accessibility into test policy, delivery standards, and test lifecycle activity.
* Analyse and act on defect patterns and quality metrics to influence roadmap and delivery improvement.
* Drive adoption of automation, continuous integration, and test engineering best practices.
* Build strong relationships across product, engineering, and design to influence quality at scale.
* Guide the strategic integration of testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring scalable and robust release processes.
* Promote external engagement through communities of practice, public speaking, and open knowledge sharing.
This job is for you if you want…
* Work with purpose: we strive to provide the best public service and set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
* Flexible and hybrid working: work when and where it’s best for you and your stakeholders, depending on the role and team requirements.
* Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to 29%, up to a year’s parental leave, and 42 days annual holiday.
* Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
* Diversity and Inclusion: We are an ‘Investor in People’ and a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
* Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.
To learn more about RoS and the benefits we offer visit our careers pages or watch this short video.
Hear directly from our colleagues about their experience of working within our Digital, Data and Technology teams on our website.
Testing & QA: Cypress, Playwright, React Testing Library, Axe-core, Postman
Code Quality: SonarQube
Data & Migrations: PostgreSQL, MongoDB
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