QA Team Lead

Our Digital Engineering team at Storyteq are responsible for building world class, enterprise grade digital applications for high profile brands. We pride ourselves in working with mature Agile methodologies and make use of the latest versions of technology. Our teams are structured in such a way that gives every employee the opportunity to learn new skills, work on various projects over time and see the results of your efforts in the online consumer marketplace. Joining the Digital Engineering function would see you work as part of a cross-functional, product style team, generally consisting of a Business Analyst, Scrum Master / Project Manager, Solution Architect, Lead Developers (FE and BE), Developers, and Testers (Manual and Automated).

Over-seeing all test automation and frameworks and ensuring the team are functioning at full capacity.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure high performance and quality deliverables with JLR portfolio.
• Coordinate with QA manager and manage QA team activities, including work allocation, task prioritization and estimations.
• Define and enforce quality standards, best practices, and guidelines across the QA team and the broader development organization.
• Representing the QA Test teams at project meetings and conference calls with the QA for that team.
• Performing and executing functional testing as part of the team.
• Review the test strategy for both manual and automated test suites.
• Developing test strategies and appropriate test documentation.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of coding standards for manual and automation testing.
• Keep pushing the automation framework forward to ensure we are automating efficiently.
• Assist QA Manager with recruitment and resourcing.
• Assist QA Manager with inductions, training, and performance reviews.

Reporting, Relationships & Management:

Reporting to the QA & Automation Manager you will be responsible for leading, mentoring and developing a team of experienced QA Testers and automation QA’s. This is a great opportunity to join a professional, structured, and fast-paced environment where you can further develop your QA and management skills.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of manual testing processes and methodologies to ensure thorough testing coverage.
• Good understanding of test automation and automation tools (e.g., Selenium or any other automation tools).
• Experience and understanding of leading across the whole software development life cycle, including experience of setting testing standards, writing test scripts and implementing testing best practice.
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, developers, project managers, and stakeholders.
• Understand the user experience of the web applications and good hands-on experience in functional testing , UI testing and non-functional testing.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working within an Agile team.
• Proven track record of requirements analysis and documentation.
• Working knowledge of accessibility testing.
• Experience of test automation with a solid understanding of frameworks and best practices (Selenium Webdriver , Page Model Object and Continuous Integration).
• Good knowledge of CI/CD, build pipelines and tools such as Jenkins.
• Software testing certification or qualification (e.g. ISEB, ISTQB).

Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays – we understand the importance of you getting some down time.
• Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
• Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
• So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.
• Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
• Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
• Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
• Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,500 for a putting a good word in.
• Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.

We Value Diversity!

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.