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Lead Test Engineer
Scott Logic is a leading software consultancy that helps businesses across various industries navigate digital transformation.
Responsibilities
This is a hands-on, client-facing role that involves the full development lifecycle and delivery of mission-critical projects for high-profile global organisations. You’ll typically work in small, tight-knit multidisciplinary teams, decoding tough software problems. The team values freedom, collaboration, and pragmatism.
The role is based in our city centre office and may involve occasional travel across the UK.
Qualifications
- A testing mindset, including critical thinking, healthy scepticism and a desire to help teams improve quality
- Experience leading testing on a project or across a team
- A strong background in software engineering
- Experience in tooling and automation in testing, including implementation
- Consulting skills including excellent communication, collaboration, and commercial awareness
- An understanding of the use of AI in testing
- Experience and expertise in at least one testing specialism, e.g.:
- Testing of AI systems
- API Testing
- Data Engineering Testing
- Domain-specific testing (e.g. Financial Services)
Benefits
- Hybrid working and no overtime
- People-first culture
- Significant learning budget with 2 days for self-improvement
- Leave entitlements for all circumstances
- Social clubs and groups (e.g. video/board games, cycling/running clubs, book clubs, Friday bars and more)
- An environment where ideas are welcomed and explored in detail
We celebrate diversity and encourage a culture where everyone can contribute irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
Requirements
- A testing mindset, including critical thinking, healthy scepticism and a desire to help teams improve quality
- Experience leading testing on a project or across a team
- A strong background in software engineering
- Experience in tooling and automation in testing, including implementation
- Consulting skills including excellent communication, collaboration, and commercial awareness
- An understanding of the use of AI in testing
- Experience and expertise in at least one testing specialism, e.g.:
- Testing of AI systems
- API Testing
- Data Engineering Testing
- Domain-specific testing (e.g. Financial Services)
Benefits & conditions
- Hybrid working and no overtime
- People-first culture
- Significant learning budget with 2 days for self-improvement
- Leave entitlements for all circumstances
- Social clubs and groups (e.g. video/board games, cycling/running clubs, book clubs, Friday bars and more)
- An environment where ideas are welcomed and explored in detail
About the company
Scott Logic is a leading software consultancy that helps businesses across various industries navigate digital transformation.
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