IT & Software

Senior Test Engineer

Kainos

Belfast · County Antrim · United Kingdom

Overview

In this Lead Test Engineer role you will act as a technical QA lead within a multi-skilled agile team, shaping test strategy and directing automated, manual, and non-functional testing. You’ll coach a small team, influence quality across the product, and collaborate with customers to ensure software meets user needs. The position offers learning opportunities in new technologies while delivering high-quality software ready for promotion. You will contribute to a people-first culture and help drive test excellence at scale.

Responsibilities
  • Define and drive test strategy across automated, manual, and non-functional testing
  • Design, create, and maintain test scripts and approaches for all application layers
  • Lead and coach a small team, manage performance and development
  • Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to align quality goals
  • Operate in CI environments, configuring tools like Jenkins or TeamCity
  • Stay current with QA tools, techniques, and methodologies
  • Provide technical leadership and direction for the testing effort
Key requirements
  • Experience ensuring adequate testing coverage across testing layers
  • Design and maintenance of test scripts for automated and manual testing
  • Proficiency with open-source test automation tools (Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Cypress, Playwright) and CI tools (Jenkins/TeamCity)
  • Proficient in at least one OO language (e.g., Java)
  • Strong technical awareness and understanding of software architectures
  • Experience managing others and conducting performance reviews
  • Passion for QA tools, technologies, and methodologies
  • stakeholder management
  • leadership
  • coaching and mentoring
  • Test automation
  • CI/CD
  • non-functional testing

Reference: WJ-747_30176533

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