Senior Test Engineer
On site
Manchester, United Kingdom
£ 55,000 / year
Full Time
12-03-2025
Job Specifications
Due to growth, we're now recruiting for a Senior Test Engineer to join our Investcentre team and help enhance our award-winning platform.
You will be joining a team which has a philosophy of continuous improvement, and a strong focus on engineering excellence.
What does the job involve?
Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and working in a high-performance engineering team.
Work with the team to design and deliver high quality products.
At AJ Bell we pair programme, and in most cases will pair with other members of the team.
What You'll Have
Understand and interpret business, functional, and technical requirements.
Lead conversations in stand-up, refinement, and retrospective sessions.
Automation - fix, maintain, and write new automation tests for our websites and API’s.
Lead others in using various testing tools to meet test requirements.
Experienced and confident enough to have input with developers and their approach to development level testing.
Mentor junior test engineers. Pairing with them via ongoing project work to upskill.
Have input into how solutions are developed and delivered using knowledge. and expertise to help deliver the best possible outcome for the customer
Carry out testing across a wide range of processes and systems - including UI, API, back office (workflow) processes, 3rd party systems and integrations between all these systems including end to end testing.
Execute test scripts and record results using software testing tools
Work alongside Technical Leads and Testers from Project inception to create and implement appropriate test automation approach to complement the manual testing and overall project deliveries.
Identify opportunities for testing improvement in existing or new functionality, explore suitable testing solutions, and demo POC where required.
You proactively seek Development, Design, Architecture, or specialised input when needed, and you know when it’s needed.
Support User Acceptance Testing and release to Production.
Agile / Scrum / Kanban.
Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm.
E-commerce and/or financial services experience.
About Us
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 542,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £86.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,450 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years.
At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.
Our Perks And Benefits
Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
Holiday buy and sell scheme
A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%
Discretionary bonus scheme
Annual free share awards scheme
Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
Free gym membership, with an on-site gym providing a wide range of free classes
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike loan scheme
Sick pay+ pledge
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Discounted nursery fees at Kids Planet on Exchange Quay
Loans for travel season tickets
Death in service scheme
Paid time off for volunteer work
Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
Parking at Exchange Quay
Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
Ongoing technical training
Professional qualification support
Talent management programmes
Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
Casual dress code
Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working
At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the Manchester office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.
About the Company
AJ Bell was formed in 1995 and is now one of the leading online investment platforms in the UK. We provide customers and advisers with wide investment choice, low-cost delivery, market leading online functionality and first class service to help them manage investment portfolios within SIPPs, ISAs and Dealing accounts. We are a fast growing and profitable company, with over 542,000 customers and £86.5 billion of assets under administration. We are part of the FTSE 250 on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. Know more
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