Director of Non-Functional Testing
EUROCLEAR UK & INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Develop and implement the non-functional testing strategy, encompassing performance, scalability, security, reliability, and compliance.
- Lead the chaos engineering programme, designing and executing experiments to proactively identify system weaknesses and failure points.
- Establish and maintain best practices, standards, and frameworks for non-functional testing and chaos engineering across the organisation.
- Collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to integrate non-functional requirements into the software development lifecycle.
- Oversee the selection, deployment, and optimisation of tools and platforms for performance testing, load testing, and chaos engineering.
- Ensure regulatory and industry compliance for non-functional aspects of systems, including operational resilience.
- Mentor and lead a team of specialists, fostering professional growth and encouraging knowledge sharing.
- Report on key metrics, findings, and improvements to senior stakeholders, providing recommendations for strategic investments and risk mitigation.
- Champion a culture of experimentation, learning, and resilience throughout the technology organisation.
Requirements
- Proven experience in non-functional testing domains, such as performance, reliability, scalability, and security.
- Demonstrated expertise in chaos engineering principles and tools (e.g., Gremlin, Chaos Monkey, LitmusChaos).
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams.
- Deep understanding of modern software architectures, including microservices, cloud-native platforms, and distributed systems.
- Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Track record of driving organisational change and delivering measurable improvements in system reliability and performance.
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to technology resilience and data protection.
Benefits
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Partnership with Code First Girls
- Increasing awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace through our partnership with the Inclusive Group
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
non-functional testingperformance testingscalability testingsecurity testingchaos engineeringCI/CDDevOpsmicroservicescloud-native platformsdistributed systems
Soft Skills
leadershipteam managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationmentoringcollaborationstrategic thinkingchange managementknowledge sharing