Lead Product Test Engineer

AXA UK; Middlesbrough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead Test Engineer and play a key role in delivering innovative digital services. This position offers the chance to lead a dynamic team, enhance testing capabilities, and work with cutting-edge technologies like Salesforce and Azure. You'll be part of a collaborative environment that values continuous improvement and empowers you to influence significant changes. With a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, this role is perfect for those passionate about software testing and looking to make a real impact in a product-led operating model. Embrace the opportunity to shape the future of digital services in a supportive and flexible workplace.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Annual Bonus

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

28 Days Annual Leave

Employee Discounts

Gym Benefits

Extra Leave Options

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software testing and leadership roles.
• Deep understanding of testing principles and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and guide a team of test engineers in best practices.
• Lead technical design and implementation of test automation projects.

Skills

Software Testing

Test Leadership

Test Automation

Performance Testing

Manual Testing

Agile Methodologies

SDLC Knowledge

JavaScript

TypeScript

Salesforce Testing

Tools

CI/CD Tools

Test Automation Frameworks

Job description

Description

It’s an exciting time to join the Digital team here at AXA Health, with significant investment planned in all UK&I businesses to transform and deliver new digital services to our customers; and to streamline and automate our business processes. We’re looking for an experienced Lead Test Engineer to join our Engineering team, to help with the delivery of our digital roadmap, develop our people and capabilities, and support our Engineering strategy to drive improvements across all teams.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a product-led operating model. In this model, all our teams align with value streams, which means that we have the necessary resources to take an idea from conception to completion with minimal handoffs. Our current focus is on developing our Single Digital Platform, which is based on Salesforce and involves a significant .NET estate, use of Azure services, and React frontend web applications.

As a Lead Test Engineer, you will learn about recent technology trends and be able to influence the organisation to make the right choices. Our engineers are highly collaborative, they respect opinions and strive for continual improvement. You will contribute to our highly motivating atmosphere, in which people feel energized and enthusiastic about achieving common goals.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025, this could mean working from your assigned local office or travelling for business purposes. Our local office locations include Leeds, Middlesbrough, Bristol, Tunbridge Wells, and Bournemouth. We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you’ll be doing:

• As a lead, you'll act as a line manager and be responsible for supervising and guiding a team of test engineers, sharing best practices in manual test execution and prioritizing exploratory testing in complex end-to-end environments.
• Overseeing testing activities within a team responsible for frequent code deployments and delivery of business value to production environments.
• You'll be expected to uplift existing capabilities, with a focus on performance testing and test automation.
• You'll be responsible for leading the technical design, implementation and maintenance of test automation projects within a CI/CD environment.

What you’ll bring:

• Extensive experience in software testing, including proven experience in a Test Leadership or Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role.
• Deep understanding of software testing principles, methodologies (Agile, Waterfall), and the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Expertise using test automation frameworks and tools to design and implement test automation suites.
• Coding Experience is essential (JavaScript or TypeScript would be advantageous).
• Experience with Load testing / Simulating load with ability to evidence and report on results.
• Strong understanding of how to test Salesforce will be beneficial.
• Extensive experience in manual testing approaches, whilst automation is crucial to our success, your expertise in effective manual testing methods will be required.
• Proven experience implementing process improvements to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer:

At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary of up to £65,000 dependent on experience.
• Annual company & performance-based bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions).
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary).
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave.
• AXA employee discounts.
• Gym benefits.

To apply, click on the ‘apply for this job’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge.