Senior Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you will be part of the Technology Engineering team within CIO, overseeing, defining, implementing, executing and maintaining adequate test scenarios including end-to-end traceability to ensure timely, high quality, defect-free delivery of outcomes to the production environments.
• Working in an agile environment, you will be assigned to Scrum Teams and collaborate extensively with the colleagues in your teams to identify acceptance criteria for both functional and non-functional requirements.
• By agreeing at which levels the testing should be executed and subsequently reviewing and mapping all tests into the system of record, you will be ensuring full traceability of tests.
• Using an Automation Only approach, you will aim to execute the majority of testing automatically and therefore allowing tests to be executed early and often in support of our Zero Defect culture and ensuring that all work items meet the Definition of Done once completed. To achieve this, you will be updating / supporting the update of the test automation framework where necessary.
• As the Senior Test Automation Engineer you will also be supporting and mentoring all junior colleagues and provide timely and accurate MI for your teams to Test Management.
• Working as an individual collaborator in your Scrum Teams alongside colleagues that cross multiple disciplines.
• Driving active participation and ensuring all voices are being heard in sprint ceremonies and proactively sharing updates and blockers in daily standups, estimating and committing in sprint planning or helping your teams improve KPIs by providing input in sprint retrospectives.

Qualifications

• Proven and substantial practical experience working in a Testing Automation role.
• Extensive experience working in an agile environment.
• Transformational leadership skills being able to influence decision making and implement new processes and procedures in support of the company\’s vision.
• Good mentoring skills to support direct reports in their ongoing development.

Tools & Technologies

• Proficient knowledge of at least on agile methodology (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Familiar with backlog and test case management in a system of record such as Jira or Octane.
• Excellent knowledge using declarative Gherkin to capture business rules, run as automated tests with Cucumber.
• Strong coding skills to implement automated tests in one or more of Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#.
• Comfortable with source control using GitHub.
• Skilled in user interface automation with Selenium & Selenium Grid, Playwright or Cypress.
• Ability to implement tests against API either in code or via tools such as SoapUI, Postman.
• Good understanding and experience using continuous integration platforms such as Azure DevOps or Jenkins (or equivalent).
• Ability to manipulate, create and search for test data across databases using SQL.
• Guidewire Insurance Suite experience.

Application Domains

• Customer facing web e-commerce sites.
• Document templating and production systems.
• Distributed n-tiered architectures.
• Web services integration.
• Service oriented / API architectures.
• Operational reporting solutions.

Company Overview

We\’re a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. Over the past few years, we\’ve made significant investments in our data and tech capabilities, particularly within our CIO function. Our CIO team is at the forefront of driving innovation and ensuring our technology infrastructure supports our ambitious goals. We provide insurance to nearly four million customers, and we are proud of the journey we are on and the contribution of our talented colleagues. Our mission is to offer a safe and secure life insurance product.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• £5k car allowance.
• Flexible working – hybrid approach.
• Competitive bonus scheme.
• Physical wellbeing – private medical insurance.
• Financial wellbeing – life assurance cover, income protection, matched pension contributions up to 10%.
• Discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support.
• Mental wellbeing programme – thrive mental health app, colleague assistance programme available 24/7, in‑house mental health first aiders, support groups and dedicated team.
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Cycle to work and tech schemes, dental plans, discounted health assessments.
• Social events throughout the year.

Equal Opportunity

At Hastings Direct, we\’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

Sponsorship

Regrettably we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.