Lead QA Automation with Python

Overview

In this London-based role you lead test automation for a global financial data platform modernization. You’ll align automation delivery with quality goals and business priorities, working with cross-functional teams to improve repeatable automated evidence and reduce manual regression. You’ll shape testing strategy across functional and non-functional areas and drive continuous improvement. This is an impact-focused leadership position within a real-time data distribution project.

Responsibilities

• Set testing strategy and plans covering automation, performance, test data, and environments
• Lead functional, non-functional, and end-to-end integration testing
• Define automation goals and drive their implementation
• Apply QA best practices across the product lifecycle from define to build
• Understand business use cases and ensure high-quality delivered solutions
• Analyze requirements and design test scenarios
• Perform functional and non-functional testing
• Resolve testing-related technical issues
• Drive continuous quality improvements and report status to stakeholders

Key requirements

• 8+ years of software testing experience
• Strong Python expertise for test automation
• Hands-on in creating and implementing test strategies/plans including automation and performance
• RESTful API testing and complex integrations with real-time processing (JSON, XML, HTTP, API authentication)
• In-depth knowledge of QA methodologies and agile testing
• Good communication and influence skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Solid understanding of SDLC, CI/CD and Git
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and TestRail

• communication
• influence
• leadership
• Python for test automation
• RESTful API testing
• test strategy and planning

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