Non-functional Test Engineer
Job Description Summary
About the role
We’re creating exciting opportunities within the Working Capital Lab to improve customer experiences for our Commercial Banking clients for years to come.
With our business evolving to more modern and flexible ways of working, we want driven, dynamic and innovative individuals to join us on this journey. Working alongside our partners in the Commercial Bank will put you at the heart of the digitisation agenda for both clients and colleagues.
We’re looking for someone who is passionate, inspiring and customer-obsessed, ensuring that the team are always focused on the priorities that will deliver the best outcomes for our customers and colleagues.
We're hugely proud of the relationships we hold with our clients and key partners as trusted delivery providers. This is key to our success.
Our culture brings together experienced, hardworking, people from a diverse group of backgrounds that enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working, always learning and improving ourselves and sharing knowledge.
What will I be responsible for?
As a non-functional test engineer for Working Capital you'll collaborate with Engineering and Product colleagues to ensure non-functional requirements are considered early and are part of the acceptance criteria. You will be responsible for testing features in production-like environments to stress the systems with real-life data loads and synthetic scenarios of peak projections. Testing real case scenarios at the component and E2E levels to prevent issues, including, but not limited to Performance testing, Scalability Testing, and Recovery testing. You will be responsible for coaching junior non-functional testers in the team. You should seek ways to improve/automate and stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies.
Job Description
Non-functional Test Engineer
Edinburgh based (2 days in the office)
Benefits: base salary, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution (when you put in 6%), 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.
We’re a family friendly organisation who focus on delivery, not time at your desk. A mature, flexible work environment, flexible start/finish hours, agile working practices. We care about your mental health and want to enable a good work-life balance.
Who are Lloyds Banking Group?
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s leading digital franchise, with over 20 million active online customers across our three main brands - including Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland - as well as the biggest mobile bank in the country. We're building the bank of the future, and we need your help.
About the role
We’re creating exciting opportunities within the Working Capital Lab to improve customer experiences for our Commercial Banking clients for years to come.
With our business evolving to more modern and flexible ways of working, we want driven, dynamic and innovative individuals to join us on this journey. Working alongside our partners in the Commercial Bank will put you at the heart of the digitisation agenda for both clients and colleagues.
We’re looking for someone who is passionate, inspiring and customer-obsessed, ensuring that the team are always focused on the priorities that will deliver the best outcomes for our customers and colleagues.
We're hugely proud of the relationships we hold with our clients and key partners as trusted delivery providers. This is key to our success.
Our culture brings together experienced, hardworking, people from a diverse group of backgrounds that enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working, always learning and improving ourselves and sharing knowledge.
What will I be responsible for?
As a non-functional test engineer for Working Capital you'll collaborate with Engineering and Product colleagues to ensure non-functional requirements are considered early and are part of the acceptance criteria.
You will be responsible for testing features in production-like environments to stress the systems with real-life data loads and synthetic scenarios of peak projections. Testing real case scenarios at the component and E2E levels to prevent issues, including, but not limited to Performance testing, Scalability Testing, and Recovery testing.
You will be responsible for coaching junior non-functional testers in the team. You should seek ways to improve/automate and stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies.
Essential skills & experience:
- Strong experience as a Non-functional tester or equivalent.
- Extensive knowledge of non-functional testing including accessibility, compatibility, performance, security and back-out testing.
- Extensive experience of using testing tools including Performance Center/ Loadrunner.
- Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive non-functional test approach/plans and cases.
- Experience with black box testing and integrations.
Desirable skills & experience
- Collaborating with third-party vendors on non-functional testing.
- Experience of agile Development practices, DevOps pipelines, continuous integration / deployment and test automation.
- Experience of Azure, Google or AWS Cloud platforms.
What you I get in return?
We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you both professionally and personally to optimise your potential.
As a new colleague, you’ll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain, and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel welcomed and valued.
We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.
Together we make it possible!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
We are proud supporters of Women in Data®. Connect, engage and belong to the largest free female data community in the UK – visit: www.womenindata.co.uk to join our community.