Quality Engineer
Posted 11 days 4 hours ago by Lloyds Banking Group
Job Title: Quality Engineer
Salary: £70,929 - £78,810
Location: Manchester
Hours: Full-time
Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our Manchester office.
About us
Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose.
About this opportunity
Exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join our Core Banking Platform and be accountable for delivery or Quality Engineering across the lab as part of a multi-skilled feature team, collaborating to ensure quality & customer requirements are met when developing products.
What you'll do
Software Testing - Drives advanced software testing techniques using experience to apply test approaches such as risk based testing where appropriate and communicate the approach used clearly so that stakeholders understand any risk associated with the test approach used
Software Development using automation framework - Develop robust automation suites in Java/Typescript using the defined LBG automation framework, able to solve complex framework issues, and extend existing frameworks when required
DevOps - Able to incorporate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline. Inspect and compare branches containing automation code , rolling back o previous branch id issue seen
Automation Test Strategy - Applies the Automation Test Strategy to the applications under test in the feature team they are working on
Perform exploratory testing and mentor other colleagues in the best practise to ensure product is fit for purpose
Design & execute different types of complex Non-Functional testing as part of product development based on Non-Functional Requirements
Create, execute and report test cases via and API, using the defined LBG test management system
Mentor QE's on test environment provisioning and test data creation / useage
Create or accurately request complex test data, taking into account referential integrity and metadata
What you'll need
Experience in development & testing on Unisys Mainframe, COBOL,C, JCL, batch processing, online APIs
Strong understanding of design and build activities across the lifecycle - unit testing, system testing, integration testing and non-functional testing
Experience with Software Engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, GIT, JIRA Xray etc.
Understanding of CI/CD methodology and tools such as Jenkins
Experience of resolution of live production incidents
Knowledge of Python
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!