Software Quality Automation Lead

Location: Edinburgh

In this position, you’ll be based in the Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential. Computershare have a very exciting opportunity for a Software Quality Automation Lead to join our team in Edinburgh.

Role

Why is this role exciting when there are so many other Automation positions in the market? Well, there are a few things that make this role stand out:

• Our leadership team are entirely invested continually developing and training our staff, so you will have the opportunity to carry on learning and progressing.
• You will be working within a global department, where the teams are focused on being the best. They want to continue to learn and are whole-heartedly embracing being agile.
• You will be working as part of our Global Plans Development team, which provide development and support to one of our major business lines.
• We encourage a flexible working environment to allow you to work the way that suits you best.

A role you will love

As one of our Software Quality Automation Leads you will work within our cross-functional agile teams and be involved throughout the full development lifecycle from requirements elicitation to the delivery of high-quality technical solutions.

In this role, you will play a pivotal part in enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of software development and delivery processes through the design, development, and implementation of test automation solutions.

Some Of The Key Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining automation scripts and frameworks to support testing, deployment, and other aspects of the development lifecycle.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance to other automation engineers, helping to solve complex automation challenges and promote best practices.
• Evaluating and integrating automation tools and frameworks into the software development lifecycle, ensuring they are used to their full potential.
• Working on enhancing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated builds, tests, and deployments are efficient and reliable.
• Providing training, mentoring and sharing knowledge on automation tools and best practices within the QA team and across the organisation.

What will you bring to the role?

We are looking for somebody who has a true passion for all things Test and automation. To do this role successfully you will need to have experience working in highly complex software development environments working in similar roles.

You will be a collaborative individual who enjoys working as part of a team, as well as providing support and mentoring to other people. You should also be an excellent problem solver and be able to make decisions based on analysis and personal judgement/experience.

Some Other Key Skills That You’ll Have

• Excellent understanding of the software development lifecycle, software architecture and technologies.
• Experience working in a development environment, ideally within an enterprise context.
• Specialist testing skills such as performance, security, usability or accessibility testing is mandatory as is being code literate with scripting and database querying skills.
• Excellent test automation programming skills (API, UI) in Selenium.
• In-depth knowledge and experience of CI/CD practices.
• Strong knowledge and experience of Test-Driven approaches to software engineering (ATDD, BDD & TDD).
• Demonstration of ‘automation first’ mentality and be adept at finding the right balance between automated, exploratory, functional, and non-functional testing.

If this role sounds like what you’re looking for, apply today!

Rewards designed for you

• Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.
• Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.
• Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.
• Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future.
• And more.

Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our handbook will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careers-handbook.

About Us

A company to be proud of. We’re a global leader in financial administration with over 12,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

A diverse and inclusive place to work. At Computershare we value diversity and welcome applications from everyone, believing that an equal and inclusive culture is key to excellent results. One of the greatest advantages for our organisation is the talent and diversity of our people and we strive to ensure all our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute their ideas, bring their personality to their work and showcase their skills.

For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

About The Team

Our Technology Services team is a place where new ideas and approaches are welcomed, and every individual is equipped and empowered to create change. We’re a rapidly evolving and diverse global business and there is always something to learn, opportunities to explore and a broad range of career paths to progress along.