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Quality Engineering Lead - Cloud Platform

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London, Greater London, England
London, Greater London, England

Job Title: Lead Quality Engineer 

Location: Hybrid - London

Role type: Permanent


Who we are…

We're an award-winning Test Consultancy, focused in Quality Engineering on a mission to become the UK's #1.


Over the past 6 years, we've redefined what quality and testing look like at 2i and to our clients. Born from a desire to view quality holistically across the entire SDLC, our Quality Engineers (QE's) are at the heart of delivering world-class consultancy services.


Why Us?

Proudly certified as a "Great Place to Work", 2i are the chosen employer of around 200 QE's and we're continuing our growth! We recently announced our eight-figure private equity funding injection as we aim to increase our revenue by more than £50m in the coming years, that is where you come in…


What we’re looking for…

We’re looking for people who let curiosity and interest lead them. We don't expect to have a team of "experts". What we do expect, is for #Team2i to be...

  • Inquisitive
  • Open to be challenged and challenge others
  • Taking initiative
  • Accountable


You have experience with various types of software and are passionate about helping to improve the quality of products you work on, through questions, curiosity and exploration. Our projects and clients are diverse, so what we really look for are people driven to develop and expand their skillset and knowledge.


What you’ll be doing...

Leading one of our amazing client project teams you will influence and drive quality engineering activities, primarily non-functional testing. You will bring your extensive experience with a range of systems quality practices to deliver value to your daily work and support your colleagues on your client team. You will be expected to proactively contribute to and lead client and team delivery ceremonies and practices, such as daily stand-ups, planning, refinement and reviews.


You will take ownership and actively mentor 2i colleagues to grow our collective skills and experience and continuously improve the 2i way of doing things. You will also positively contribute to 2i strategic initiatives to grow the business and improve client delivery.


Your Responsibilities…

  • Proactively collaborating with client stakeholders and leading team members to develop a shared understanding of what good looks like and advocate for quality from the outset
  • Mentor, coach and teach more junior team members, providing support to implement strategic approaches, perform test activities and develop their skills
  • Define and lead teams to implement context specific quality strategy considering system-wide quality expectations, business value and risk and the technology architecture
  • Have a detailed understanding of the role of test automation in software delivery and be confident practising and leading the implementation of tooling and test code to support your tests
  • Manage issues/defects found during testing to support effective prioritisation, investigation and resolution
  • Exceed client expectations by delivering exceptional services focused on what they feel matters most
  • Build trust with client stakeholders and be able to clearly and concisely communicate test ideas, systems quality risks and translate evidence in a way that is meaningful and relatable to them
  • Develop an understanding of the role of functional and non-functional testing in delivering quality software products across your client and internal teams, based on your proven experience with functional and non-functional quality characteristics and considerations, such as performance, resilience, scalability and observability
  • Develop a culture within your client and internal teams to challenge the status quo and continuously improve quality engineering practices and processes, with appropriate tracking and monitoring of value driven success measures
  • Support the career development of more junior team members in line with the 2i QE Career Framework, business needs and their aspirations
  • Engage in healthy debate and challenge facing into conflict and difficult conversations when needed
  • Look out for your teammates and provide pastoral support to more junior members of the team


Specific Expertise Required...

  • Working with a cloud platform setting, specifically AWS focused.
  • Collaborating and partnering with DevOps Engineers/ DevOps Leads to implement Quality Engineering best practices and processes that weave through the entire testing pyramid, mapping to CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience working with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform from a Quality Engineering perspective.


What we can offer you...

  • Career development pathways tailored for your personal and professional learning within 2i, giving clear direction for your career with us
  • 26 days of annual leave + the option to buy and sell holiday (up to 5 days)
  • Private Health Care + access to other mental health and wellbeing services including Gym Memberships, Counselling, Cycle to Work Schemes + many more
  • Individual and Company related performance bonus
  • Flexible working in a hybrid environment across the UK


What if you are a partial fit?

Curious? We want to hear from you!

We don’t believe in the “perfect” hire. What we do believe in is the benefits of creating a team built of different perspectives, backgrounds, career paths and ways of working. What we value most are team players who are eager to take their growth into their own hands and utilise the people around them.


Apply directly with your CV, drop one of our recruitment team a message on LinkedIn: John Holt, Hannah Reynolds or Jack Kelly, or email [email protected]

2i London, England Office

83 Baker Street, Marylebone, , London, United Kingdom, W1U 6AG

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