End Date
Sunday 10 November 2024 Salary Range
£68,202 - £75,780 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
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We’re on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it and we are looking for an Automation Test Engineer to join our PEGA team within Smarter Journeys Lab in Colleague Channels Platform.

Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we’re redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our approach are changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.

Become part of our diverse team, and you’ll experience a rare opportunity to make a difference to the lives of millions through our brands like Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, and Scottish Widows (among others).

Our flat teams will encourage and empower you to make decisions, build positive relationships, and deliver a meaningful difference to our customers, colleagues, and communities.

Our mentors will nurture your talent and encourage you to further develop yourself and your career. Job Description
Band E PEGA Quality Engineer - QE Automation & Frameworks
SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780
LOCATION: Manchester
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days per week) in an office site

About this opportunity
Would you like to be part of the next phase in our transformation? We’re moving into streaming of data and cloud technologies, underpinned to meet data needs and our team. We’re at the heart of our Group wide change.

Where does this role sit?
Core Platforms is on a journey to build the bank of the future and simplify our operational processes to help our customers with our Business Process Management, Customer Relationship Management (MS Dynamics) and API Integration technologies. We lead, prioritise, and deliver change across the Group by engaging with the Business areas, understanding their need, and delivering change in an agile way to safely deliver benefit for our Customers and Colleagues.
Here’s how you’ll make a difference:
As a Quality Engineer, you’ll be making a real difference, as you’ll blend both deep domain and technical expertise within a feature team.
* Working with the Business, Development and UK onsite teams to drive solutions.

* Highly experienced in creating test frameworks to aid the testing of complex code to deliver products that are fit for purpose and meet the quality standards that our customers expect, based on deep domain and technical expertise

* Coaching other members in the team including junior engineer and partner resources

* Attending and contributing to Guilds

* Supporting wider delivery consideration e.g. risk management, planning & keeping documents current

About us
If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, constantly evolving business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
About You
You’re able to find answers to questions and resolve problems, energised by learning new technologies and staying in step with industry changes. You’re passionate about delivering high quality products and services, keeping a focus on our customers. You build strong business relationships and communicate in a clear, concise manner. You’ll have excellent analytical skills and able to work methodically with a high level of attention to detail.
Skills/ experience we’d need to see
* Accomplished Test Automation Engineer helping to develop a robust and future-facing Automation & Frameworks.

* Highly experienced in creating test frameworks to aid the testing of complex code to deliver products that are fit for purpose and meet the quality standards that our customers expect, based on deep domain and technical expertise.

* Ability to analyse and evaluate the feasibility/relevance of proposals for complex products/services, then develop and amend them as necessary (with guidance from senior colleagues). You might also understand how to supervise activities performed by a product development/specialist team.

* Be highly competent in one of the following languages: Javascript, Typescript or equivalent.

* Basic understanding of PEGA Architecture and supporting infrastructure

* Clear Communication - both written and verbal, familiar with communicating with business partners.

* Great teammate with good collaboration skills, with a willingness to improve your knowledge and experience.

* Growth Mindset - keen desire to lean and develop further

We’d be delighted if you also have:
* Knowledge of PEGA applications frameworks like Customer Service Framework, CLM (Customer Lifecycle Manager)

* Have a deep understanding of Frameworks and at least one automation framework, such as Playwright (preferred), Cypress, Selenium.

* Containerisation experience e.g docker.

* CI/CD experience e.g Jenkins.

* Knowledge on other programming languages.

* Agile experience

* Experience of JIRA/Confluence

* Comfortable participating in workshops

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

* An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

* Share schemes including free shares

* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

* 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental lea