Lead Quality Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Manchester is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer. You will design automation frameworks, collaborate in Agile teams, and explore AI-powered testing. The ideal candidate has a curious mindset and strong problem-solving skills. This role offers a salary range of £90,440 - £106,400 and a comprehensive benefits package including a generous pension and 30 days' holiday.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus award based on Group performance

Share schemes including free shares

Lifestyle adaptable benefits like discounted shopping

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• A curious mindset and love for problem-solving, especially with others.
• Ability to explain ideas clearly to different audiences.
• Enjoyment of working collaboratively to find sustainable solutions.
• Interest in helping others grow and learning new things.

Responsibilities

• Design automation frameworks that are easy to maintain and scale.
• Use various testing tools and remain open to new ones.
• Embed testing into delivery pipelines.
• Apply practices around security and observability.
• Work with teams to define expectations for quality.
• Mentor and coach to support continuous improvement.
• Collaborate in Agile environments.
• Take shared responsibility for platform quality.

Skills

Problem-solving

Clear communication

Collaboration

Curiosity

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

TestNG

JUnit

Cucumber

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Harness

Chaos Monkey

OWASP ZAP

SonarQube

Dynatrace

Job description

JOB TITLE: Lead Quality Engineer

LOCATION(S): Manchester

SALARY: £90,440 - £106,400

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) a week at our Manchester office.

About the opportunity

We're building software that people rely on every day-and we care deeply about making it secure, resilient, and easy to use. As a Lead Software Quality Engineer, you'll help shape how we test and improve our products, using smart tools and thoughtful approaches. We're excited about the potential of AI-powered testing and automation, and we'd love for you to explore that with us!

We believe quality is a shared responsibility, and we're looking for someone who enjoys working closely with others, sharing ideas, and helping teams grow. If you're curious, collaborative, and keen to make a real impact-this could be a great fit!

About us

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll be doing

• Designing and evolving automation frameworks that are easy to maintain and scale.

• Using tools like Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, and Cucumber-and staying open to trying new ones.

• Embedding testing into delivery pipelines with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Harness.

• Applying modern practices around security, resilience, accessibility, and observability, using tools like Chaos Monkey, OWASP ZAP, SonarQube, and Dynatrace.

• Working with engineers and product teams to define clear, shared expectations for quality.

• Supporting continuous improvement through mentoring, coaching, and learning together.

• Collaborating in Agile environments (Scrum, SAFe) to help teams deliver thoughtfully and effectively.

• Taking shared responsibility for the quality of key platforms and working alongside engineers to build robust, clean code.

• (Bonus!) Exploring how AI tools can enhance automation and testing strategies.

What you'll bring

• A curious mindset and a love for solving problems-especially with others.

• Clear communication skills-you can explain ideas in ways that make sense to different audiences.

• A collaborative approach-you enjoy working with others to find practical, sustainable solutions.

• A genuine interest in helping people grow and in learning new things yourself.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!