
Principal QA Engineer (Manchester)
Insight Investment • Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Role & seniority: Principal QA Engineer (leadership/technical direction) on the OTC Order Management team, Manchester. Combines hands-on testing with setting QA strategy across the department.
Stack/tools
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Test automation: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Bruno, Specflow
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Scripting/programming: JavaScript, Node.js, C#, Java, SQL, Cucumber
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Test frameworks & practices: TDD/BDD/ATDD, OOP, SOLID
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DevOps/CI-CD: Git, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Artifactory
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Cloud: Azure, AWS
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Data & integration: large/complex data, multiple integration points
Top 3 responsibilities
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Define and implement the test automation strategy; reduce manual testing and improve coverage
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Lead technical standards, mentor QA engineers, and drive continuous improvement across QA practices
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Collaborate with product/business, own non-functional/functional testing alignment, and evangelize engineering practices internally and externally
Must-have skills
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Hands-on test automation development and frameworks; experience building test harnesses
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Proficiency in multiple scripting languages and test tools listed above
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Experience with Agile, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and DVCS (Git/Mercurial)
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Ability to work with complex data and multiple system integrations; strong collaboration skills
Nice-to-haves
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Experience as subject-matter expert for product behavior and domain
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Experience with secure SDLC (S-SDLC) or security-focused testing
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Experience in men
Full Description
Insight Investment is looking for a Principal QA Engineer to join the OTC Order Management team in Manchester. The role combines hands-on testing for the Product team, ensuring the delivery of high quality, performant products, alongside responsibility for setting and leading the technical direction for QA practices across the department. You will work closely with the business and be involved in all aspects of the secure systems development life cycle (S-SDLC) across different business areas within Insight.
Role Responsibilities Provide technical advice to other QA Engineers and take the lead in designing new technical standards Be responsible for and define learning needs across the function. Understands capabilities required in the medium and long term and implement steps to achieve this Take ownership for driving change and innovation, bring relevant teams together and lead continuous improvement within the practice Own and implement test automation strategy to reduce manual testing and improve test coverage Direct QA strategy based on functional and non-functional requirements Evaluate and integrate new testing technologies and methodologies Be a spokesperson for our technology brand and engineering practices, both internally to evangelise and energise our teams and externally to attract and compete for talent Mentor the wider team to support the Team Lead and help optimise team performance Write clear and concise tests, recognizing the need to address technical debt Evolve as a subject matter expert with product behaviour and domain understanding
Experience Required Proficiency in test automation tools (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Bruno, Specflow) Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. JavaScript, Node.js, C#, Java, Cucumber, SQL) Hands on experience building test automation frameworks and setting up test harnesses Experience working in Agile teams performing iterative development
Fundamentals and approaches: , TDD/BDD/ATDD, OOP, SOLID principles DVCS with Git or Mercurial Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Artifactory) Experience with Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) Confident in collaborating with end users, stakeholders, and team members Programming as part of a team and performing peer code reviews Comfortable working with complex data on large systems with multiple integration points
Insight is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at TalentAcquisition@InsightInvestment.com
About Insight Investment Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients' needs. Founded in 2002, Insight's collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities.
Insight has a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. More information about Insight Investment can be found at: www.insightinvestment.com