Salary: £60,000 - 70,000 per year Requirements: We require experience in software testing, including manual testing of UI, API, and database applications. We require experience leading or managing a small test team. We require experience overseeing software release functions and release readiness activities. We require a strong understanding of test strategy, including unit, integration, and UAT testing. We require experience driving test automation, ideally across web, mobile, and legacy desktop applications. We require knowledge of software release coordination across development, test, and production environments. We require experience identifying risks and supporting production readiness decisions. We require hands-on testing capability alongside leadership responsibilities. We prefer experience with C#, .NET Core, SQL Server, Azure, Azure DevOps, and JavaScript. We require the ability to work full-time in our Whiteley offices, Monday to Friday. We require relevant software testing experience and a professional approach to quality and compliance. Responsibilities: We will have you manage a small test team and support their day-to-day testing activities. We will have you own the end-to-end release schedule, including release readiness reviews and go/no-go decisions. We will have you define and oversee test strategies across unit, integration, and UAT testing. We will have you drive test automation across our business and help improve how we test, automate, and release software. We will have you coordinate software releases across development, test, and production environments. We will have you carry out hands-on testing tasks across UI, API, and database applications. We will have you support testing of web, mobile, and legacy desktop applications as part of our product suite. We will have you identify release and production risks and help ensure software readiness. We will have you work closely with our UK test team and outsourced team to improve testing processes. We will have you contribute to our wider software development and release improvement journey following recent acquisitions and international projects. Technologies: API Azure C# DevOps Support JavaScript Mobile SQL Web UX UI Design ASP.NET Cloud More: We are a global, well-established Fintech software systems company based in Whiteley, and we are recruiting a Lead Software Tester to help transform our testing team and improve the way we automate, test, and release software. Our technology stack includes C#, .NET Core, SQL Server, Azure, Azure DevOps, and JavaScript, and you will work across a UK test team alongside an outsourced team. This is a full-time, Monday to Friday office-based role in Whiteley, with a salary of up to £70,000 per annum, offering the opportunity to lead a small team while remaining hands-on in testing and release management. last updated 20 week of 2026