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Lead Test Engineer

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United Kingdom

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32 days ago

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Lead

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Lead Test Engineer

Kainos

Role Description As a Lead Test Engineer (Consultant) in Kainos, you’ll be a technical leader and innovator in software testing, providing strong test leadership and direction within a multi-skilled agile team. Your responsibilities include: - Taking responsibility for the strategy, design, and development of automated, manual, and non-functional tests. - Helping the team deliver working application software that meets user needs and is of sufficient quality for promotion to users. - Making sound, reasoned decisions in a fast-paced environment. - Managing, coaching, and developing a small number of staff, focusing on employee performance and career development. - Providing direction and leadership for your team while solving challenging problems together. - Interacting with customers, sharing knowledge, and mentoring those around you. Qualifications - Experience of ensuring testing layers have adequate coverage in line with software testing principles and practices. - Expertise in designing, creating, and maintaining test scripts and test approaches, including manual and automated testing across all layers of an application including non-functional test coverage. - Experience using Test Automation open-source technologies (e.g. Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Cypress, Playwright) and configuring tools for testing such as Jenkins and/or TeamCity within a continuous integration environment. - Practical knowledge of at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g. Java). - A high level of technical awareness and a sound understanding of software architectures. - Experience in managing others, setting objectives, giving feedback, and leading performance reviews. - Passionate technologist, keen to expand knowledge of the latest QA tools, tech, and methodologies. Requirements - Operating within a Test Lead role (or similar) on a medium-large sized Agile project. - Demonstrable experience of effective stakeholder management and commercial awareness. Benefits - We are committed to building a diverse team where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. - Support from our friendly talent acquisition team throughout the recruitment process. - Accommodations or adjustments available upon request to tailor the recruitment process to individual needs.

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