Insight Investment is looking for a QA Engineer to join the Pathway team in Manchester. As a QA Engineer, you will be using Typescript, Playwright and .NET technology for test automation as well as performing hands on manual testing and working with developers on all aspects of the testing pyramid.
You will work closely with the business and be involved in all aspects of the secure systems development life cycle (S-SDLC), taking responsibility for the overall quality and stability of software releases. You will be involved from initial product idea, collaborating with the team to understand business requirements, elaborating tasks and epics by bringing the QA mindset, considering test strategies up front and executing those strategies as part of a fast-paced delivery team.
Role Responsibilities
- Assess and recommend QA strategy based on functional and non-functional requirements
- Implement test automation strategy to reduce manual testing and improve test coverage
- Write clear and concise tests, recognizing the need to address technical debt
- Present information concisely to individuals within and outside of the Technology function
- Participate in the meetings with business stakeholders to understand requirements
- Evolve as a subject matter expert with product behaviour and domain understanding
- Contribute to defining and maintaining the agreed quality standards of the product
Experienced Required
- Typescript, C#, SQL
- Familiarity with common packages and tooling e.g. Playwright, Bruno, Jira, Zephyr
- Experience building test automation frameworks and setting up test harnesses
- Experience in agentic coding with LLMs and how this fits into the S-SDLC
- Familiar working in Agile teams performing iterative development
- DVCS with Git using Github
- Ability to collaborate with end users, stakeholders, and team members
- Comfortable working with complex data on large systems with multiple integration points.
- Demonstrate initiative and independence to solve problems
- Have a constant desire to improve knowledge and drive adoption of new tech approaches within the team
- Measure quality and use it to drive continuous improvement
- Own mistakes and work with your colleagues to redress them, learn from them and make improvements for the long-term
- Confidence and gravitas to challenge and offer alternative solutions, whilst also listening to other viewpoints and opinions
- Be the person standing up for quality in the first instance and pervade that attitude throughout the team and into the wider business teams
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About Insight Investment:
Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients' needs. Founded in 2002, Insight's collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities. Insight has a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. More information about Insight Investment can be found at: https://www.insightinvestment.com/corporate/
Skills Required
- Experience with TypeScript, C#, and SQL
- Familiarity with Playwright, Bruno, Jira, and Zephyr
- Experience building test automation frameworks and setting up test harnesses
- Experience with agentic coding using LLMs and applying it within the secure systems development lifecycle
- Experience working in Agile teams using iterative development
- Experience using Git and GitHub for distributed version control
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or Cloudsmith
- Ability to collaborate with end users, stakeholders, and team members
- Experience programming as part of a team and performing peer code reviews
- Ability to work with complex data on large systems with multiple integration points
- Ability to independently solve problems and demonstrate initiative
- Commitment to software engineering quality principles
- Ability to communicate abstract or complex ideas and solutions effectively
- Experience triaging production issues and supporting mitigation or remediation
- Interest in technology and using AI to improve internal processes and client outcomes
What We Do
Insight* is one of Europe’s largest investment managers** responsible for £626.2bn/€757.3bn*** in assets under management (AUM) across fixed income, risk management strategies including liability-driven investment (LDI) and currency risk management, absolute return and multi-asset capabilities. Based in London, Insight is a specialist asset manager with a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. Our clients include pension funds, corporates, local authorities, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers, financial institutions and supranationals. Insight's mission is to offer investors a different approach to achieving their investment goals; one that prioritises the certainty of meeting their chosen objectives in contrast to the traditional focus on maximising return and minimising volatility. Read our mission statement here: www.insightinvestment.com/uk/introducing-insight/our-mission-statement/ We believe responsible investment means helping our clients achieve their desired outcomes and reflecting their priorities. We aim to identify, assess and manage factors that we deem to be financially material, while also reflecting our clients’ sustainability preferences. We were a founding signatory to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2006. For more on Insight’s approach to responsible investment, visit https://www.insightinvestment.com/investing-responsibly Posts are intended for UK/EU professional investors only. Capital at risk. *Insight is the corporate brand for certain companies operated by Insight Investment Management Limited (IIML). **IPE, ‘Top 500 Asset Managers’ survey, June 2024. Insight is ranked fifth out of the top 120 European institutional managers by total AUM for external Europe-domiciled institutional clients. ***As at 31 December 2024. AUM are represented by the value of cash securities and other economic exposure managed for clients.
