Engineering Lead (QA)

LSEG Business Services RM; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

LSEG is seeking a Test Architect to own the automation test strategy, architecture, and governance within the FTSE Russell Test Framework for the Equities Product & Operations team. The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to shape how quality is designed, automated, and measured across the delivery lifecycle.

You will set testability guidelines, drive reusable patterns, and partner with engineering and product teams to ensure robust automated testing in an AWS environment

Formación

• Experience leading test automation strategy for large-scale systems.
• Proven ability to design maintainable, scalable test frameworks.
• Strong collaboration with engineering, product, and architecture teams.

Responsabilidades

• Define and maintain the automation test strategy for FTSE Russell Test Framework.
• Establish target test architecture, reusable patterns and design principles.
• Provide guidance on test levels and approaches across functional, integration, API, data, performance, resilience, security, and regression testing.
• Partner with engineering, product and architecture early in design to ensure testability and identify quality risks.
• Identify gaps and improvements in test coverage and work with delivery teams to implement them.
• Remain hands-on in designing and reviewing framework capabilities using Python and Pytest.
• Define standards for test structure, configuration, data and results to ensure reliability.
• Guide tooling decisions for framework in AWS and GitLab delivery workflows.
• Integrate automated testing into GitLab CI/CD to provide timely feedback.

Conocimientos

Test automation

Python

Pytest

CI/CD

GitLab

AWS

Automation framework design

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Herramientas

GitLab

AWS

Python tooling

Descripción del empleo

ABOUT US:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It's how we've contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services - and our open-access model - we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG's ticker symbol is LSEG.

OUR PEOPLE:

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder - which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers!!

ROLE SUMMARY:

The Test Architect will own the automation test strategy, architecture, standards, tooling choices, and governance for the FTSE Russell Test Framework within the Equities Product & Operations team. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership across teams, shaping how quality is designed, automated, measured, and improved throughout the software delivery lifecycle. The framework operates in an AWS environment and uses Python, Pytest, CI/CD (GitLab). Testing scope covers functional, integration, API, data, performance, resilience, security, and regression testing.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define and maintain a coherent automation test strategy for the FTSE Russell Test Framework, aligning test coverage to product, operational, and delivery risks.
• Establish the target test architecture, reusable patterns, and design principles that enable teams to build consistent, maintainable, and scalable automated tests.
• Set guidance for selecting the appropriate test level and approach across functional, integration, API, data, performance, resilience, security, and regression testing.
• Partner with engineering, product, and architecture stakeholders early in design to make testability a consideration and identify quality risks before implementation.
• Identify gaps, duplication, and brittle areas in test coverage; agree practical improvements with the teams responsible for delivery.

Framework Engineering

• Remain hands-on in designing, developing, and reviewing framework capabilities and representative automated tests using Python and Pytest.
• Define standards for test structure, reusable components, configuration, test data, execution, and results so that automation is reliable and understandable across teams.
• Promote repeatable, isolated, and maintainable tests, and address sources of instability that reduce confidence in test results.
• Guide tooling decisions for the framework, assessing suitability against testing needs, maintainability, and fit with the AWS environment and GitLab delivery workflows; pilot options where appropriate before recommending adoption.

Quality Across the Delivery Lifecycle

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD workflows in GitLab to provide timely feedback during software change and delivery.
• Define proportionate validation and quality-gate principles for automated checks, making test outcomes and significant quality risks visible to delivery teams.
• Shape data-testing approaches that validate relevant data quality characteristics, including accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reconciliation where applicable.
• Establish approaches for performance, resilience, security, and regression testing that complement functional and integratio