Lead Quality Engineer, Aberdeen
+ Discretionary performance-based bonus for eligible roles
Savings & investment company
Job no longer available
Savings & investment company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Discretionary performance-based bonus for eligible roles
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable its clients to be better investors.
Role
Who you are
- Strong engineering skills in one or more of JavaScript/TypeScript or Python, Java or C#; deep experience designing maintainable frameworks (e.g., Playwright/Cypress/Selenium, REST Assured/Pact for API & contract testing)
- Confident with Git, trunk‑based development, and build pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins). Familiar with containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) and cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP) in service of test execution at scale
- Proven at setting automation strategies for multi‑team programmes; influencing engineering leaders; balancing velocity, risk and compliance
- Practical experience with performance testing (e.g., k6, JMeter) and integrating results into release decisions
- Track record of line management (hiring, performance, growth) and coaching developers and testers alike; strong communicator across technical and non‑technical audiences
- Nice to have - ISTQB Advanced Test Automation Engineer or equivalent experience; exposure to contract‑testing at scale, service virtualisation, IaC (Terraform), and quality in data/ML pipelines
What the job involves
- At Aberdeen Adviser, we are building a modern, scalable technology platform that empowers financial advisers to serve their clients more efficiently
- Our engineering teams work in cross-functional squads to develop innovative, high-quality software solutions that make a real impact
- We foster a culture of collaboration, experimentation, and continuous learning, where every engineer can shape the future of our platform
- We’re creating a modern, automation‑first test function. As Lead Quality Engineer you’ll operate in a Principal/Developer‑in‑Test capacity, setting automation strategy and standards across product squads and large programmes
- You’ll line‑manage a combination of quality engineers and coaches, coach engineers across disciplines, and partner with fellow Test Leads to raise the bar for quality at speed
- Your mission: build the systems, practices and people that make reliable software delivery the default
- Define and govern coding standards, test design patterns, and automation architecture (UI, API, contract, component, and integration layers). Select and evolve toolchains that fit our stack and delivery model
- Embed shift‑left quality, risk‑based testing, and CI/CD‑driven quality gates (including static analysis, unit coverage thresholds, contract verification, performance smoke). Establish reliable test data and environments practices
- Grow capability through 1:1s, pairing, code reviews, clinics, and communities of practice. Develop learning roadmaps for automation engineers and side‑skill with the other Test Lead to cross‑pollinate practices across chapters
- Objectives, performance, progression frameworks, hiring/assessment, and wellbeing for the automation team
- Work across multiple squads/initiatives, shaping test strategies, assuring delivery plans, unblocking teams, and communicating risks and trade‑offs to senior stakeholders
- Champion performance, reliability and accessibility testing; integrate checks into pipelines and partner with SRE/Platform/Security to automate NFR evidence
- Define leading/lagging indicators (e.g., change fail rate, MTTD/MTTR, flake rate, escape rate), run experiments, and iterate on tooling and process based on data
Application process
- End Date: November 26, 2025
Our take
Aberdeen, formerly known as Standard Life Aberdeen and Abrdn, is a global investment company helping its clients to save and invest for their futures. It operates three businesses - Investments, Adviser and Personal - and has been operating since way back in 1825.
Nowadays, atop its investment and advice services, the company delivers two platforms for financial advisers. The first, Wrap, enables users to build and manage portfolios for each client. The second, Elevate, encompasses a suite of tools for advisers to save time and make sure their clients are informed.
Over the years, the company has continued to improve its offering, for example by making it simpler, more data-led and to require less admin. This suggests that Aberdeen is keen to keep pace with tech developments across the investment space and position itself as an innovator.
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Company benefits
- Salary sacrifice pension arrangement
- Private health insurance
- Life Assurance
- 40 days holiday if you work full time
- Dental insurance
- Health assessments
- Critical illness cover
- Will writing
- Power of attorney
- Financial Guidance and Advice
- Holiday buy
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to work
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Electric car lease scheme
- Travel insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Share Plans
- Give As You Earn (GAYE)
- Volunteering
- Long service awards
- Subscription to Interactive Investor
- Subscription to Finimize
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Supportive parental leave policies , delivered regionally (e.g. 26 weeks paid leave in UK for primary and secondary caregivers)
- Employee discount site
- Discounted parking
Company HQ
Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh, UK
Leadership
Jason Windsor
(CEO)Previously CFO at Persimmon Homes, Group CFO at Aviva and was the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.
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