Consulting Technical Test Architect

NewDay; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NewDay is seeking a Consulting Technical Test Architect in London to lead their Quality Engineering team. This role focuses on enhancing testing methodologies, implementing automation strategies, and driving quality in product delivery. Candidates should bring extensive QA experience and proficiency with tools and programming languages. Emphasis on collaboration and innovation is expected in this permanent full-time position which is hybrid.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonuses

Pensions

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software QA and test program development.
• Extensive experience with automated testing tools like Selenium, Appium.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality Engineering organization to improve testing efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand objectives.
• Design automation test architecture and implement best practices.

Skills

Automated testing tools

Software QA

Collaboration

Root cause analysis

Programming languages

Tools

Selenium

Appium

GitHub

CI/CD tools

Job description

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Consulting Technical Test Architect, London

Client: NewDay

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 4feafe1ca9d7

Job Views: 20

Posted: 22.06.2025

Expiry Date: 06.08.2025

Job Description:

Permanent Full Time Data Science London - Hybrid N/A (Tech Role)

Consulting Technical Test Architect / Principal QA & Testing Engineer

Working at our iconic office in King’s Cross, London.

Your new role at NewDay

As we transform our QA team into a QE function to accelerate the flow of QUALITY products to our customers at NewDay, we are seeking strong hands-on technical quality engineers to help us achieve this.

The Quality Engineering teams will help improve testing methodologies & establish test templates, collaborating with product and engineering teams to enhance feature delivery, adopting Shift Left practices, and driving future growth.

About NewDay

We help people move forward with credit and support our colleagues' careers. Using our scalable digital credit engine, we power over a million transactions annually. Our brands include Aqua, marbles, fluid, and Bip, partnering with brands like John Lewis, AO, Argos, and DEKO. Over 5 million UK customers benefit from our award-winning customer service.

We value diversity and are committed to inclusivity, ensuring all candidates can participate fully in our hiring process.

Our culture

We focus on impact, innovation, and teamwork, with opportunities for development. We offer competitive salaries, bonuses, pensions, flexible working, and other perks.

First 0-12 months objectives

• Lead the Quality Engineering organization to improve testing efficiency, cost, and quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand objectives and automation needs.
• Design automation test architecture, evaluate tools, and implement best practices.
• Establish mechanisms for root cause analysis and define key performance metrics.
• Research and implement advanced automation features, including self-healing and script-less automation.
• Develop automation skills within the team to foster growth.

Qualifications and experience needed

• Proven experience in software QA and test program development.
• Extensive experience with automated testing tools/frameworks like Selenium, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber/Gherkin.
• Proficiency with REST/RESTful web services, GitHub, CI/CD tools like TeamCity, Octopus, Jenkins, Postman.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, VB, Python.
• Understanding of cloud resources (AWS, Azure) and DevOps practices like containerization and pipelines.

Next steps

Join our Tech team on an Expert or Leader career pathway. Regular feedback will guide your growth.

Contact us to discuss this role further. We value inclusivity in our hiring practices.

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