Lead Quality Engineer

End DateFriday 02 August 2024Salary Range100,657 - 118,420We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working optionsFlexible Working OptionsHybrid WorkingJob Description Summary.Job DescriptionJOB TITLE: Lead Quality Engineer - Payment Services PlatformSALARY: 100,657 - 118,420LOCATION(S): LondonHOURS: [Full-time]WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our London office.About this opportunity…We're looking to recruit a Lead Non-Functional Quality Engineer to play a key role in developing and building our capability in Quality Engineering. As well as leading Quality Engineering delivery across the Instant Payments UK Lab, you’ll also have the opportunity to lead our Lab Non-Functional Chapter.We are looking for someone with a strong desire and the capability to deliver a highly effective service across the Lab and adopt/achieve shared goals. We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge — it's what makes you great!This is your chance to bring your skills to the forefront and make a real difference in shaping the future of payments, making them easier, faster and safer for our customers.What follows is what you might find our Lead Non-Functional Quality Engineer mostly doing, but your experience will flex depending on the team’s needs, and your own aspirations. Our objective is to grow and create an environment where you can do what you do best.About us…Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…What you’ll do…As a Lead Non-Functional Quality Engineer in your day to day you’ll:Define the test Non-Functional strategy for the Lab and implement solutions focused on increasing the pace of change as we move to Cloud technologies.Have strong experience of a Test First approach coupled with a “Continuous Automation delivery method”, to maximise speed and assurance of delivery.Lead a team of Engineers supporting their personal skills development to ensure they are highly effective, motivated, and develop emerging technical skills to support new initiatives.As a “Chapter Lead”, you’ll be capable of co-ordinating teams of colleagues and partners, to achieve the Instant Payments Lab and Group goals.Form part of the senior management team supporting Instant Payments UK Lab, leading core components of our Quality Engineering functions and delivering capabilities for our LabWhat you’ll need…Strong Quality Engineering background and understanding of agile and non-agile development practices; automated builds, continuous integration, code quality metrics, configuration management, etc.Experience in providing Quality Engineering oversight, technical leadership and setting the strategic direction across multiple teams.Performance Center / Loadrunner - Enterprise script creation, test execution and high level transactional monitoring CA DevTest - Virtual servicingJmeter - Script CreationDynatrace - Infrastructure and Application Performance monitoringPostman - Script / Connectivity testingSoftware as a Service offeringsExperience across the entire development lifecycle from inception, through build to production.Ability to develop colleagues through stretching technical and personal development plans.Our focus is to ensure we are inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident. So, if you would like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:•            A generous pension contribution of up to 15%•            An annual performance-related bonus•            Share schemes including free shares.•            Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.•            30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top•            A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policiesReady for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow, and thrive? Apply today and find out more.Join our journey.At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.SummaryLocation: LondonType: Full time