JOB DESCRIPTION
Lead Quality Software Engineer
London, Hybrid
Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Candidates for this position must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship. Time on-site or time zone may be necessary based on business need.
Summary:
Do you want to be noticed for your work? Make a difference every day? Be Impactful? Work with cutting edge technology? If so, you will fit in perfectly at CSC and especially within the Regulatory Technology Team. The world's leading provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services, CSC uses technology to make businesses run smoother and smarter. As Lead Quality Software Engineer, that is what you will be doing, too.
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The Regulatory Technology Development Team is among the highest performing Agile teams at CSC and is responsible for leading CSC's regulatory compliance technology implementations - you would be part of a globally-distributed Scrum team (Wilmington, Europe and India) and collaborate daily to deliver value to CSC's customers. Application, code quality and test automation are always paramount - driven by the team's strong dedication to technical quality and agile delivery. You would be responsible for contributing to that goal - every day, every sprint and every release - by leading other QA team members and applying your Software Automation skills to the features being created.
As Lead Quality Software Engineer for the Regulatory Technology Team, you will be responsible for defining Quality strategy and standards, mentoring junior and senior team members, and executing assurance activities including designing, implementing, executing and maintaining test plans, test cases and test automation tools/scripts to ensure software is delivered with high quality. In this role, you will create and leverage automated test exhibits as the norm, manual where required.
Some of the things you will be doing:
- Develop strategic quality plan and roadmap to assess - and mature - established quality assurance practices, tools, and protocols
- Work within an ecosystem of vendor solutions and internal system integrations, ensuring quality throughout
- Serve as Lead for QA engineers, assigning tasks, providing guidance, and reviewing work
- Interface with Vendors and development teams to understand system architectures and align testing strategies
- Execute functional and regression tests using a mix of manual and automated methods
- Participate in agile planning ceremonies and contribute to design and estimation activities
- Create and execute test plans, use cases, and scripts that will determine optimal application performance according to specifications. Review and feedback test cases and approaches by quality team members
- Assist with performance and load testing against UI and APIs
- Perform security testing to uncover vulnerabilities and flaws in design or coding
- Conduct internal audits to measure and assure adherence to established QA standards for software development, application integration, and information system performance, and corresponding documentation
- 6+ years of software quality assurance or test experience
- Solid knowledge of STLC methodologies and tools
- Solid knowledge of Scrum/Agile software development process
- Solid understanding of programming concepts
- Solid experience testing APIs using Postman and/or Newman
- Experience with Chromium, Selenium or similar test automation framework, tool development and scripting
- Experience with security testing using tools such as Burp Suite and Fortify as well as manual testing
- Experience writing SQL queries is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Self-motivated, able to consistently deliver on time, a quick-thinker, a quick-learner, proactive, and able to work in a fast-paced work environment
- Ability to develop and mentor QA talent on team, raising team members' effectiveness and productivity
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent field experience
ABOUT US
CSC is a global business, legal, and financial services company based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, providing knowledge-based solutions to clients worldwide. We have offices and capabilities in over 140 jurisdictions in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, and more than 8,000 colleagues. We are the business behind business.®
CSC is committed to creating a diverse and growth-oriented environment where everyone is valued and respected. CSC offers challenging career opportunities and excellent benefits, including annual success-sharing bonuses or commission plans based on individual performance. To learn more, visit cscglobal.com/service/careers.
Visit our careers site to learn more about CSC and our commitment to our clients, communities, and each other.
CSC takes pride in finding and qualifying people through an internal sourcing model. We encourage candidates to apply directly to our website and not through third party sources. CSC only accepts resumes from employment agencies who are part of our approved supplier program. Resumes submitted from other agencies either to talent acquisition, our hiring leaders, employees or through any other mechanism other than our supplier process, will not be eligible to claim related fees and the submitted resumes will be considered property of CSC.
Disclaimer: The information above describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not intended to describe all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.
WHY WORK WITH CSC?
At CSC®, we're always looking ahead, finding ways to improve and anticipate the future needs of our customers. Curiosity fuels our innovation and productivity drives our results. This proactive mindset has helped us adapt and create solutions that have enabled businesses to run smoother and smarter for more than 120 years.
CSC is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented people whose personal values align with ours. We empower our employees to bring the right solutions to market to meet customer demand. That is why we are the premier provider of global solutions for more than 180,000 businesses.
- CSC is a great place to work with smart and dedicated people. We have been voted a Top Workplace every year since 2006 and are a 2022 National Top Workplace.
- We offer challenging work and career opportunities. Most positions are filled with internal moves and employee referrals.
- Employees are eligible for an annual success sharing bonus or commission plans based on role and individual performance.
- CSC offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, life insurance, and flexible spending and health savings accounts. We also offer you a 401(k) with employer match and profit-sharing, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.
- Our global standard for our work environments supports current and future technology initiatives through open design, sit-stand workstations, and digital interface points with wireless access throughout the campus. It's an exciting time for us in terms of growth and expansion.