Provide technical advice to other QA Engineers and take the lead in designing new technical standards
Be responsible for and define learning needs across the function. Understands capabilities required in the medium and long term and implement steps to achieve this
Take ownership for driving change and innovation, bring relevant teams together and lead continuous improvement within the practice
Own and implement test automation strategy to reduce manual testing and improve test coverage
Direct QA strategy based on functional and non-functional requirements
Evaluate and integrate new testing technologies and methodologies
Present information concisely to senior individuals within and outside of the Technology function
Be a spokesperson for our technology brand and engineering practices, both internally to evangelise and energise our teams and externally to attract and compete for talent
Mentor the wider team to support the Team Lead and help optimise team performance
Participate in and, where appropriate, lead meetings with business stakeholders
Write clear and concise tests, recognizing the need to address technical debt
Evolve as a subject matter expert with product behaviour and domain understanding
Be involved in all aspects of the software development lifecycle across different business areas within Insight. Take the lead in defining and maintaining the agreed quality standards of the product

Proficiency in test automation tools (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Bruno, Specflow)
Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. JavaScript, Node.js, C#, Java, Cucumber, SQL)
Hands on experience building test automation frameworks and setting up test harnesses
Experience working in Agile teams performing iterative development
Fundamentals and approaches:, TDD/BDD/ATDD, OOP, SOLID principles
DVCS with Git or Mercurial
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Artifactory)
Experience with Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)
Confident in collaborating with end users, stakeholders, and team members
Programming as part of a team and performing peer code reviews
Comfortable working with complex data on large systems with multiple integration points
Demonstrate initiative and independence to solve problems

Principal QA Engineer

Key skills