Chapter Lead - Quality Engineering Productivity

Team IT, IT & Change

Location Holborn Office

County Central London

Ref # 21527

Closing Date 17-May-2024

We have been awarded the “Most Loved Workplace”! At Metro Bank, people come first – our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities.   

 What you will do:
 

•   Define the quality guardrails and quality engineering strategy aligned to the bank's objectives

•   Ensure that quality standards are maintained for all stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)

•   Design and implement technical solutions to enforce the guardrails e.g. automated quality gates in build pipelines

•   Promote ownership of quality by all parties involved in delivering change e.g. product owners, tech leads, software engineers, operations

•   Drive the adoption of test automation frameworks and tools to increase testing efficiency

•   Define and implement tooling that make it easy for feature teams to test their changes e.g. native test automation frameworks, test data self-service APIs

•   Work with the bank’s multiple suppliers to ensure feature teams are resourced by individuals with the right skills and cultural fit

 And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns.

 What you will need: 
 

•   Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders

•   Proficiency in either Java, JavaScript or C# and comfortable with shell scripting, SQL, JSON and YAML.

•   Expertise with test tooling and practices e.g. WebDriver, Selenium, Appium, SauceLabs, Jmeter etc.

•   Understanding of a Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) or Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) environment

•   Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including experience with CI/CD DevOps tooling, preferably Azure DevOps, Jira and Xray APIs

•   Hands-on experience with automating tasks using YAML, Ansible and pipelines.

•   Has working knowledge of Microservices, MongoDB, Kafka, Databases, event driven architecture, etc.

 Our promise to you…
 

•    We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts! 

•   We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!). 

•   We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.

Important Footnote

Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box.  We also know that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked.  So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates.. Good luck!