Test Automation Engineer

Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the Group’s products and processes, to ensure that testing work is aligned to the needs of the business.
• With the assistance of the line manager and wider team, maintain a thorough understanding of the infrastructure and application design of the systems landscape and coach other team members.
• Provide capability for testing non-functional requirements through use of tools and techniques e.g. Compatibility Testing, Load & Performance Testing
• Understand core architectural patterns and frameworks used by Hodge.
• Be responsible for the implementation of appropriate automated testing tools for systems internal and third-party systems used across the Group.
• Develop and maintain automated testing scripts as required to satisfy business and technical requirements.
• Be responsible for the future vision of the test automation framework(s). Continually improve the framework by gathering improvement ideas and implementing them.
• Carry out test planning practices to provide clarity & confidence and to drive conversations and break down silos.
• Plan and execute manual functional, non-functional, and regression testing to satisfy the business and technical requirements of Epics, Features and User Stories.
• Develop and maintain test result, issue & bug recording and reporting.
• Contribute to the development of new systems and revisions to existing systems, by advising on appropriate phases of testing and providing experience-based estimates.
• Liaise with the business to ensure each new module is tested adequately, and that testing issues are resolved in a timely and effective way.
• Ensure that adequate documentation is maintained on test plans, their coverage and execution, in order that knowledge is shared effectively.
• Maintain an appropriate level of business and market knowledge, in relation to the Group’s products and the wider economic environment.

Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, media, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.

Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.

ESG and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do and serves as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our stakeholders, customers, colleagues and the communities we operate in to use our position wisely. We’re currently exploring different certifications available and have done an initial review of how we think we’d fare, as we see this as a real opportunity for Hodge given our social purpose.

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