Lead Test Engineer – Public
Kainos
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Belfast • United Kingdom
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About the role
- As a Lead Test Engineer (Consultant) in Kainos, you’ll be a technical leader and innovator in software testing, providing strong test leadership and direction within a multi-skilled agile team.
- Taking responsibility for the strategy, design and development of automated, manual, and non-functional tests, you’ll help the team to deliver working application software that meets user needs and is of sufficient quality for promotion to users.
- You’ll manage, coach and develop a small number of staff, with a focus on managing employee performance and assisting in their career development.
- You’ll also provide direction and leadership for your team as you solve challenging problems together.
- As a technical leader in the team, you will also interact with customers, share knowledge and mentor those around you.
Requirements
- Experience of ensuring testing layers have adequate coverage in line with software testing principles and practices.
- Expertise in designing, creating and maintaining tests scripts and test approaches, including manual and automated testing across all layers of an application including non-functional test coverage.
- Experience using Test Automation open-source technologies (e.g. one of the following Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Cypress, Playwright ), and configuring tools for testing such as Jenkins and/or TeamCity, within a continuous integration environment.
- Practical knowledge of at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g. Java).
- A high level of technical awareness and a sound understanding of software architectures.
- Experience in managing others, setting objectives, giving feedback and leading performance reviews.
- Passionate technologist, keen to expand knowledge of latest QA tools, tech and methodologies.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
automated testingmanual testingnon-functional testingtest script designtest automationobject-oriented programmingJavasoftware testing principlestest coverageQA methodologies
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingemployee performance managementcareer developmentproblem-solvingmentoringcommunicationteam collaborationfeedbackobjective setting