Lead – Test Engineer

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviors of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward togethe r with care and integrity ; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Job Summary :

As part of this exciting transformation role, you will be a part of the Investments Engineering – QA practice and shall be responsible for implementing the Automation roadmap across various Investments Platform squads.

Knowledge & Skills :

Confidence & excellent communication : - Able to converse and interact with Product owners Delivery leads and Portfolio leads on Test activities

Able to mentor QA engineers in automation activities and assist in resolving automation related issues

Front End Automation with Selenium-C#. NET / .NET Core / Playwright using Spec flow framework

API Automation for REST APIs with Postman & Rest Assured

Automated Database / Back-end Test Automation

Integration and running of Automated Test suite within the Azure DevOps pipeline to achieve continuous delivery

Experience of Test & Defect Management tools like Jira / Zephyr / HP-ALM / ADO

Proficient in SQL

Ability to use opensource tools and off shelf tools and open to experiment new tools

Proficient in TDD and BDD processes

Understanding of Frontend and Backend systems and can-do basic debugging and configuration

Excellent analytical abilities and abilities to debug and walkthrough issues

Good to Have :

Performance testing experience, Role-Based Security Testing

Front-End Automation - Karate UI, UI Path, Cypress, Browserstack

Languages - Python, Java, JavaScript, React.js, node.js

BDD Frameworks – Cucumber, Karate

Test Runners – Junit, Nunit, TestNG

ETL

API automation using Swagger, Karate API, Playwright.

Experience :

7+ Yrs. of Experience in Test Automation which includes Automation Framework design and implementation, building test automation suites and integrating the same with DevOps pipeline.

Educational Qualification :

Graduate in any discipline.

M&G Behaviors relevant to all roles :

Tell it like it is : Respectfully speaking up to create better ways forward – both direct and empathetic

Own it now : Putting your name on things with confidence to drive progress and results quickly

Move it forward together : Forming cross functional teams to seize the right opportunities and solve real problems

• ........................................…………With CARE and INTEGRITY………………………………………………………...