Senior Test Automation Engineer

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location Split between home and our London Office
Salary Range £65,000 - £71,000 per annum

About the role

In this role you will work in our Test Team as part of the Engineering Division. Working with our Test Manager you will be responsible for defining and implementing our automation strategy including extension and maintenance of existing frameworks. You will also be responsible for leading and developing a team of testers to deliver testing manually but with a progression to automation.

Key responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining a set of automation test frameworks. Working closely with Engineering and Delivery teams to ensure quality products through all types and stages of testing.
• Leading a team of both Manual and Automation Testers to deliver testing on the full development lifecycle focused on agile delivery.
• Developing the manual test team to learn and deliver automation over time, preparing training plans and ensuring your expertise is shared with the team.
• Building great relationships across Technology to enable our automation ambitions to be realised.

About you

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Experience: Strong Background in Automation testing defining and building effective frameworks from scratch.
• Technical Skills: Expert knowledge of using C# and Selenium or similar to build frameworks.
• Leadership: Excellent Managing and Mentoring skills to enhance the skills of Manual Testers and Automation Engineers on their Automation journey.
• Development: A passion for developing Engineers and Non-Technical Testers in Automation to help realise our automation ambition.
• Desirable: Other Technical testing expertise such as performance testing tools.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process

Application deadline: Monday 20th Jan 2024

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. 

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.