Mindera is looking for a Lead QAE to join our dynamic team. You will work closely with engineers throughout the development and testing lifecycle and drive the design and development of automation scripts. You will be confident in challenging business requirements to ensure you are continuously delivering the best possible outcome, harnessing innovation and driving adoption of new technologies to deliver business value. Your vision and ambition will contribute to shaping our online technology roadmap, influencing our future technical direction and balancing passion with precision to deliver exceptional online service and solutions for our customers. As a Lead QAE you will be dealing with client and business stakeholders daily. You will be offering architectural guidance and building seamless user interactions to world-class standards. As a more experienced engineer, it will be crucial to our growth for you to take part in interviewing potential new hires. This is a hybrid position with 3 days per week in our London office. Requirements Leading quality assurance processes and functional testing Working with Software Engineers to ensure the right levels of test automation are built to your standards Vast experience in Test Automation and excellent understanding of test automation best practices It is important you feel comfortable influencing team discussions with the client on the project Using source control systems e.g Git Experience of executing tests as part of CI/CD pipelines Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban Being self-driven and working with little supervision towards a common team or company purpose Coach and mentor others on the team, regardless on seniority, working with them to build their expertise and understanding Benefits We offer Competitive salary and benefits package Annual Profit Distribution Enhanced pension scheme (up to 8% matched) Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave and pay Multiple salary cycle’s a year (including self-proposed salary increases) Opportunities for professional development and career advancement within a global company Private Medical Healthcare with Aviva 25 days holiday bank holidays. After 2 years you are entitled to 1 additional day/ year up to 30 days Flexible working arrangements Electric Vehicle leasing scheme Growth opportunities including access to Udemy A dynamic, innovative, and supportive work environment, where your ideas and contributions are valued The chance to work on cutting-edge projects that are transforming the fintech industry Conference Budget Annual company team-building trip and Christmas party Cycle to Work scheme Retail Discounts At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love. Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera. We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world. You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment. Check out our Blog: http://mindera.com/ and our Handbook: http://bit.ly/MinderaHandbook Our offices are located: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India Mindera is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender including gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. No recruitment agencies please.