At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to enhance software quality through automation testing and collaboration.
- Company: Leading banking client in London with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Hybrid working model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team culture with a focus on continuous learning and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in financial services while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in automation testing, CI/CD environments, and strong Java skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Hybrid Working - London - 2 days a week on site.
Financial Services
Lorien's leading banking client is looking for a skilled Automation Test Engineer with strong experience of Rest API testing in Java to join our London-based team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience of working with CI/CD Environments, Rest API and Kafka Events. This role will be via Umbrella.
Experience & Ways of Working
- Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environments.
- Experience working in TDD and BDD-driven teams, applying Red-Green-Refactor practices.
- Experience with pair programming and close collaboration with developers.
- Experience in performance engineering, supporting profiling and tuning to identify performance hotspots and prevent regressions early.
- Monitor and analyse p95/p99 latency trends to ensure performance stability and help identify regressions introduced by changes.
- Exposure to accessibility testing and usability considerations, ensuring inclusive and user-friendly experiences.
- Comfortable working in highly collaborative environments, where development and testing happen alongside the engineering community.
Quality Engineering Responsibilities
- Implement and maintain TDD-aligned unit tests, component/integration tests, and consumer-driven contract tests (PACT) for REST APIs and Kafka events.
- Curate a minimal, meaningful end-to-end (E2E) test suite for critical user journeys and actively eliminate flaky tests.
- Plan and execute exploratory testing using charters, and convert valuable, repeatable findings into automated tests.
- Monitor and continuously improve pipeline health (flakiness, execution time, stability) and overall test effectiveness.
- Apply systems thinking, a bias for small tests, strong facilitation skills, clear written communication, and pragmatic decision-making.
- Partner with product and engineering to convert requirements into clear, testable acceptance criteria and executable examples.
- Integrate security checks (SAST, dependency/SBOM) into CI pipelines and work with teams to drive remediation.
- Support operational readiness by helping maintain runbooks and observability standards.
- Coach engineers in XP practices (pairing, refactoring, trunk-based development) and foster a continuous learning culture.
Tools & Technologies:
- Java Testing: JUnit 5, Mockito, AssertJ, PIT (mutation testing), WireMock (where appropriate).
- BDD: Cucumber, Karate (behaviour-driven and API-focused testing).
- Frontend Testing: Playwright (thin end-to-end coverage) ReactJS testing library.
- Contract Testing: PACT (REST APIs and Kafka events), Pact Broker.
- Performance Testing: k6 or Gatling (performance smoke tests and baseline validation).
- CI/CD & Delivery: GitLab CI; feature flagging using LaunchDarkly.
Automation Test Engineer in London employer: Lorien Impellam
Lorien Impellam is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London where innovation meets collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities, ensuring that our team members thrive in their careers while enjoying the benefits of a hybrid work model. Join us to be part of a supportive culture that values your contributions and fosters professional advancement in the fast-paced world of electronic trading.
