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.

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.

Lead Test Engineer – Public

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