strong>Senior Test Engineer
Around 5 month Contract
Daily rate between 400- 500 Inside IR35
Manchester - 1-2 days per week

A Senior Test engineer is an expert in testing and quality, and ensures these practices are Embedded in the development of software changes from design to release. Through collaboration with the whole team, they aim to deliver an exceptional customer experience of both new and existing products at the first attempt. They test the product, coach the team in best test practice, coach and mentor test engineers across different product groups, and drive the implementation of effective test automation. The senior test engineer will identify and drive improvements to engineering practices and ways of working. A Senior Test engineer is the go-to person for major and complex work projects, contributes to implementing strategic test engineering initiatives, and works with the team to prevent defects and rework of changes occurring. They champion the organisations customers, ensuring non-functional testing is planned and executed, and make sure the right features are delivered in the right way.

Key Responsibilities

• Is responsible to ensure that all features are designed and implemented in a testable way by guiding product teams during the entire life cycle and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to enable product teams to deliver quality products at pace by advocating for teams to verify and test work in isolated independent units and embed testing early in the life cycle and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to advocate for the users experience by raising the team's ability to build applications with clear non-functional requirements (eg performance, security, accessibility, usability)
• Is responsible to ensure teams keep within non-functional requirements by performing tests such as load-testing, accessibility testing, or security testing
• Is responsible to plan, execute, and oversee testing of products and features by using techniques such as risk-based testing, exploratory testing, mobbing, pairing, or 3 amigos and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to identify and investigate issues and ensure they are managed in a sustainable and repeatable way by using continuous improvement techniques such as 5 whys and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to ensure that testing is Embedded in the life cycle of the product by being involved in the planning and design stages of applications and services and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to advocate for testing best practices by explaining why testing is required, and enables others to own testing and quality checks of the product and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to drive and coordinate collaborative improvements of the test automation infrastructure and processes in teams by outlining the pros and cons of automation, where it can be effective, and where it cannot be used
• Is responsible to increase the overall quality of tests for a product by building automated tests that are isolated, deterministic, valuable and provide fast, reliable feedback.
• Is responsible to systematically identify patterns and underlying issues in complex situations, and to find solutions by applying logical and analytical thinking
• Is responsible to constructively evaluate and develop ideas, plans and solutions by reviewing them, objectively taking into account external knowledge, initiating 'SMART' improvements and articulating their rationale
• Is responsible to identify opportunities for process, system and structural improvements (ie performance gains) by examining and evaluating current process flows, methods and standards and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to design and implement relevant improvements by defining adapted/new process flows, standards, and practices that enable business performance and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.
• Is responsible to deliver clear, well-structured, and meaningful information to a target audience by using suitable communication mediums and language tailored to the audience
• Is responsible to achieve mutually agreeable solutions by staying adaptable, communicating ideas in clear coherent language and practising active listening
• Is responsible to ask relevant (follow-up) questions to properly engage with the speaker and really understand what they are saying, by applying listening and reflection techniques
• Has sufficient knowledge to coach, guide and improve the overall performance of stakeholders and colleagues at all levels, when appropriate, by sharing experience, knowledge and approaches to work