Remote Lead SDET/QA Job in UK Navro

Who you are

• Demonstrate strong leadership skills to mentor and guide team members in testing methodologies and best practices
• Develop and implement test strategies, methodologies, and processes tailored for high throughput for web and microservices-based architectures and event-driven systems
• Lead efforts to automate testing of microservices, RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and event-driven systems using industry-standard automation tools and frameworks
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, REST principles, gRPC protocol, and event-driven systems
• Must have strong programming skills with a solid knowledge of Java and ideally JS
• Must have knowledge of software testing methodologies like Behavior-Driven Development and testing principles, such as functional testing, component testing, integration testing, regression testing, and performance testing
• Have practical experience with Contract Testing using Pact
• Are very familiar with performance & load testing tools, ideally Gatling
• Understand the Agile software development life cycle, DevOps Approach & Continuous Testing
• Can mentor engineering teams, assist them by identifying testing goals and needs, and drive a culture of knowledge sharing in order to close knowledge gaps
• Can help foster an environment of psychological safety that enables team members to thrive.

Desirables

• Experience in Payments or a FinTech industry
• High degree of empathy and situational awareness

What the job involves

• You will be central to defining and executing our automation testing strategy so that our platform and services are available when customers want to use them.
• Responsible for designing, co-developing, and automating software test plans and test cases, leading and guiding the testing efforts of the team.
• Champion continuous improvement through experimentation, retrospection, and innovation.
• Ensure that our testing processes remain at the forefront of industry standards.