Technical Test Lead – Test Automation

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for test automation and a knack for leading technical teams? Join our dynamic team at Group Functions, Change & Technology Services as a Technical Test Lead in Test Automation. You'll play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining a scalable, robust, and efficient test automation framework that drives our organisation's success.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the creation, design, and implementation of scalable test automation frameworks
• Providing expert guidance on testing tools, automation frameworks, and methodologies
• Developing and maintaining a test automation framework using Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber BDD
• Driving future enhancements with Playwright and AI-driven testing tools
• Establishing robust API testing methodologies using tools like Postman and REST APIs
• Collaborating with Portfolio Test Managers to align automation deliverables with project goals
• Championing continuous process improvement and exploring new tools and technologies
• Mentoring and guiding team members, fostering technical growth and knowledge sharing

Who we're looking for:

• Degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, computing science, data science) or equivalent experience
• Experience in dealing with high volumes of data with excellent attention to detail
• Knowledge of a wide variety of machine learning techniques
• Proficiency in coding languages for data manipulation (e.g., SQL) and machine learning model development (e.g., Python, R)
• Experience with dashboarding tools such as Power BI and Tableau (beneficial but not essential)
• Experience with cloud native tooling for Azure and AWS (beneficial but not essential)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities

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   
• Private medical insurance (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

At 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.