Back to searchLead QA Engineer (Automation / Selenium)
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Posted a day ago, valid for 25 days
Manchester, Greater Manchester M24WU, England
£80,000 - £100,000 per annum
Full Time
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Sonic Summary
- The client is seeking a Lead QA Engineer (Automation/Selenium) for a hybrid position requiring three days onsite each week.
- Candidates should have at least 8 years of automation testing experience, particularly with Selenium, along with 4 years of experience in integrating automated testing with DevOps tools.
- Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, developing automation frameworks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine test strategies.
- The position offers a competitive salary of $120,000 to $140,000 per year, depending on experience.
- Desirable skills include Python coding for testing and experience with performance testing tools and container technologies.
Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite
Our client requires a Lead QA Engineer to enhance the quality assurance processes for Workflow Analytical applications.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead Testing Engineer on an agile squad, mentoring other engineers.
* Develop sophisticated, reusable automation frameworks in Selenium.
* Integrate test case execution and reporting within the CI/CD pipeline.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine test strategies.
* Implement BDD practices to enhance test automation.
* Automate early in conjunction with other engineers' efforts.
Requirements:
* 8+ years of automation testing experience, recent with Selenium.
* 4+ years integrating automated testing with DevOps tools (Bamboo/Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket).
* 4+ years of visual/UI testing and Rest Assured/Open API testing.
* Experience with event-driven services, message queues, and event brokers (Kafka).
* Proficient in performance testing tools (JMeter, K6, Neoload, LoadRunner).
* Skilled in writing SQL/NoSQL queries for data verification.
* In-depth knowledge of Selenium WebDriver and DB testing with SQL.
* Solid understanding of BDD concepts and testing.
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Desirable:
* Python coding for testing and use of Python frameworks (Pandas, Numpy, Requests).
* Exposure to code quality metrics and shift-left principles.
* Experience testing container resiliency (Docker/Kubernetes).
* Experience designing large end-to-end performance scenarios.
* Experience adding performance validation to CI pipelines.
* Exposure to the financial industry domain and data platforms.
In accordance with the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, this position is advertised based upon DGH Recruitment Limited having first sought approval of its client to find candidates for this position.
DGH Recruitment Limited acts as both an Employment Agency and Employment Business
