Job Description

Full-time - For many of our office based colleagues, we work in hybrid ways which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites.

Would you like to work as a Quality Engineer in our centre of excellence? In the Chief Technology Office we drive Engineering Excellence and Efficiency throughout the organisation, through the delivery of industry leading practices, standards tooling, ways of working and learning pathways for our engineers.

Working alongside the Automation Lead, you will help to set the direction & best practice for QE Automation & Frameworks. 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.

What will I do?

• Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then deliver a plan for a small element of a change management programme with guidance from a project/ programme manager.
• Highlights shortcomings and suggests improvements in current IT Security processes, systems and procedures
• Deliver prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by working within established knowledge management systems.
• Respond to individual and team objectives and invest in improving personal performance by growing own skills and capabilities, coaching others when required.
• Explores issues and/ or needs to establish potential causes, related issues and barriers.
• Defines, delivers, and adapts specialized products/ services to meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area, using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risks.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by improving and/ or working within an established supplier management plan.
• Analyses specified problems and issues to find the best technical solutions.
• Design testing procedures and standards.

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you\'d be wrong. We\'re an innovative, fast-changing 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.

What you\'ll need

• Highly competent in one of the following languages: Java, JavaScript/ TypeScript, C#.
• Experienced in creating test frameworks to aid the testing of complex code
• Experience in the Software Development Lifecycle and development practise for example GHE & code reviews.
• Demonstrate a passion for mentoring and coaching people in a "player-coach" model
• Be adaptable including working alongside the other teams within the centre of excellence
• Excellent influencing skills and ability to work well with stakeholders

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 leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that\'s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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 keep your data safe. So, we\'ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We\'ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

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.

Lloyds Banking Group