Test Engineering Manager

Xpertise Recruitment; Northampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

A niche financial services provider seeks a skilled Test Engineering Manager to lead their newly formed engineering team. This critical role is responsible for the entire test automation suite and implementing a quality-first culture throughout the organization. Candidates should possess substantial experience in test leadership, developing automated test frameworks, and have familiarity with key tools. The position is full-time with a salary between £50k-£55k, requiring onsite work once a week in the West Midlands.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in test leadership and management.
• Hands-on experience developing automated test frameworks.
• Strong understanding of performance testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead all testing activities for projects and transformations.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define quality standards.

Skills

Test leadership and management

Automated test frameworks for APIs

SQL/NoSQL databases

CI/CD integration

Docker

Kubernetes

Security and performance testing

Tools

Jira

Xray

Playwright

Pytest

Pywinauto

GitHub

Job description

Test Engineering Manager – Xpertise Recruitment

We’re recruiting for a Test Engineering Manager for a newly formed Engineering team within a niche financial services organization. This high‑impact role owns the end‑to‑end test automation suite and drives a quality‑first culture across the organization. You’ll combine hands‑on test automation development with strategic leadership, shaping the overall test strategy and driving a quality‑first culture across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Lead all testing activities for projects, transformations, and BAU.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for SaaS products, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Influence tool selection and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform functional and non‑functional testing (performance, security, integration).
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and product teams to define quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and shift‑left testing practices.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in test leadership and management, including process improvements.
• Hands‑on experience developing automated test frameworks for APIs and backend services.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Xray, Playwright, Pytest, Pywinauto.
• Strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases, data validation, and CI/CD integration (GitHub).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments (GCP preferred).
• Understanding of security and performance testing methodologies.
• Bonus: Exposure to machine learning pipelines and testing data models.

Location: West Midlands (onsite once a week)

Salary: £50k-£55k + Benefits

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Information Technology