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Lead QA Engineer

LDMS | Cardiff | Full-time | apply.workable.com |
Hybrid / Flexible Working

Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on experience + up to 20% annual bonus + benefits

About Us:

Founded in 2018 LDMS are part of the LC Financial Holdings group, a 4 pillar organisation that has over 2,000 employees across Europe. Together, we have an impressive track record of providing world class credit expertise that spans over 20 years.

We are a Fintech company focused on digital lending software, a market growing around 18% per year and set to be worth $27 billion by 2028. Given our expertise within the company and across the group we aim to be the leader in the space, and in order to do that we need a team of people who can not just write quality code but can think, create and challenge others to come up with the best solutions for our customers.
We are an ambitious team with a pretty big ‘to do list’ including improving existing products, building new ones and delivering to new markets.

The Role

We are looking for a Lead QA Engineer who has a strong background in software testing, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for quality assurance. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in both manual and automated testing, as well as a deep understanding of software testing methodologies and processes.
In addition, the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams is crucial for success in this role.

Requirements
 •  Provide leadership to your direct reports.
 •  Drive best practice within the QA domain.
 •  Ensure the product we deliver are of high quality and adhering to the requirement specification provided by the customer
 •  Following and promoting BDD practices, working closely with various team members to embed testing methodologies within the development process.
 •  Actively participate in an agile development environment, iterating quickly on software features and functionalities.
 •  Continually develop your own skills to help increase overall capability of the team
 •  Active contribution to the team discussions
 •  Collaborating with the cross-functional teams contributing to overall improvement of the software quality throughout development life cycle.

Key Responsibilities

From time to time the key responsibilities may change or be adapted to the needs of the business, however the below gives an overview of the key areas of focus

Day to Day
 •  Lead and manage a team of QA Engineers, providing guidance and support in their day-to-day activities
 •  Develop and implement QA processes and procedures to ensure consistent and efficient testing practices
 •  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test strategies and plans for new and existing software products
 •  Perform manual and automated testing to identify and report any defects or issues
 •  Analyse test results and provide recommendations for improvements
 •  Coordinate and prioritise testing activities to meet project deadlines
 •  Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and emerging trends in QA methodologies

People & Teams
 •  Line Management of a team of testers
 •  Work across multi-disciplined teams contributing to the estimation, prioritising, planning of testing activities to understand and handle the dependencies
 •  Interacting with the relevant internal stakeholders to understand and analyse the requirements
 •  Providing relevant documentation or guidance to the external stakeholders during the UAT phase to help them understand the feature or application under test.

Skills & Knowledge
 •  Previous leadership experience
 •  Hands on experience in software testing
 •  Hands on experience in implementing automation tests using cucumber framework
 •  Knowledge of any programming languages (java, JavaScript)
 •  Proficient in using database queries Oracle or similar
 •  Exposure to Configuration management tool (git/bitbucket or any relevant tool)
 •  Exposure to CI/CD pipeline
 •  Ability to deliver within given timescales and constraints
 •  Good verbal, written and communication skills

What’s important to us?

It’s safe to say our passion is tech but we recognise that it’s the people that we hire and bring together who are at the heart of the organisation. Over the years we have acquired and recruited a pretty eclectic bunch with hobbies ranging from gaming to ultra marathon running, snowboarding to chess and hiking and climbing, however, what we do have in common are our values:

 •  Teamwork
 •  Merit
 •  Develop
 •  Honest
 •  Impactful
 •  Integrity

They may just look like corporate jargon but they mean something to us, and if you can relate to the above, get in touch as it there’s a good chance that you’d be a great addition to the team.

Benefits
 •  Discretionary Bonus (Up-to 20%)
 •  25 days Annual leave (plus bank holidays)
 •  1 day Birthday Leave
 •  1 day Charity Leave
 •  Death In Service
 •  Private Health Insurance - AXA VIP comprehensive cover - optional
 •  EAP
 •  Pension (Salary Sacrifice 3%/5% contribution)
 •  Salary sacrifice bike and electric car scheme
 •  Monthly Socials
 •  Charity Events