End Date: January 13, 2025 (16 days left to apply)
Salary Range: £100,657 - £118,420
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Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team!
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Lead Quality Engineer (Data)
LOCATION: London or Bristol
HOURS: Full Time
WORKING PATTERN: We adopt a hybrid working style which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our London or Bristol office.
We are seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to join our Personalised Experiences and Communications Platform within our product engineering cross-functional teams. This role is pivotal in mentoring and coaching Quality Engineers (QEs) and other colleagues, driving process improvements, and ensuring quality is prioritized throughout the software development lifecycle.
The key responsibilities include guiding QEs and software engineers in quality engineering practices, resolving complex technical issues with excellent analytical skills, and continuously enhancing quality engineering processes. Additionally, the role involves developing and implementing automated testing strategies, staying updated with the latest QE practices and industry trends, overseeing QE governance within the platform, and engaging in technical communities to foster shared capabilities.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with extensive QE knowledge and a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions, focusing on building and managing a high-performing, autonomous team.
What you’ll need:
1. Proven experience in backend engineering, particularly with data-intensive, distributed, and low-latency systems.
2. Proven experience in Quality Engineering, with a focus on software automation.
3. Strong technical background with hands-on experience in software development and testing.
4. Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
5. Proficient in QE strategies and standard approaches in software testing.
6. Strong understanding of security principles and secure coding practices.
7. Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
8. Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities.
9. Excellent communication and organisational skills.
And any experience of these would be really useful:
1. Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
2. Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
3. Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
4. Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner).
5. Familiarity with data processing technologies (e.g., Spark) and cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud, AWS, Azure).
6. Understanding of data management principles and distributed system architectures.
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
1. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
2. An annual performance-related bonus
3. Share schemes including free shares
4. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
5. 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
6. A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper.
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