Test Lead

Brighton Hove, East Sussex
Permanent
Full-time

6 days ago

Company DescriptionLegal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.We've been safeguarding people's financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.We are one of the world's largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.L&G Institutional Retirement looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK's longest-running insurer.Our Institutional Retirement division provides pension risk transfer (PRT) solutions for UK and US defined benefit (DB) schemes, and reinsurance solutions from our global hub in Bermuda. We work with companies, DB pension schemes and their advisors to help them secure and protect scheme members' retirement benefits.Joining us means you'll support customers' financial security in retirement; help companies to settle their pension liabilities and focus on growing their businesses; and enable investment for the long term to back our pension promises.Job DescriptionAre you passionate about quality and innovation in software testing? We're looking for a Test Lead to join our team and take ownership of non-functional testing across a complex pricing platform. This platform combines legacy Excel/C# UI with a modern Qt/C++ GUI, powered by an Azure-based calculation engine. You'll collaborate with actuaries, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure robust, scalable, and efficient testing processes.What you'll be doing:

Leading non-functional testing across the pricing system
Coordinating manual and automated UI testing efforts
Establishing and maintaining a UI test tool framework
Running comprehensive regression and performance tests
Profiling memory usage and system performance
Automating repetitive testing tasks and workflows
Reporting test results clearly to technical and business stakeholders
Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to improve testing processes

QualificationsWho we're looking for:

Experience in manual testing with a drive to automate
Strong understanding of technical testing including memory profiling
Proven skills in UI test automation and tool selection
Familiarity with Jenkins and/or Azure DevOps pipelines
Ability to engage proactively with both technical and business teams

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
Generous pension contribution
Life assurance
Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years' service. There's also the option to buy and sell holiday
Competitive family leave
Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
There are the many discounts we offer - both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional InformationAt L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.If you join us, you'll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.It doesn't matter if you don't meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

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