Software Development Engineer in Test Lead, Mettle
Small business bank
Job no longer available
Small business bank
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide small business owners with the resources they need to effectively manage the financial side of their business.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for someone with excellent programming skills in a modern programming language. You’ll have hands on experience with Java, back-end test automation frameworks and integrating these into the continuous deployment pipeline
- Knowledge of software performance and automated security testing techniques and tooling
- An excellent understanding of various test methodologies, alongside the use of automated test frameworks, mocking, stubbing, and testing tools
- Experience leading quality engineers, defining and achieving shared goals
- Experience of delivering and testing distributed microservices as part of an agile team
What the job involves
- This key, back-end focussed role will see you helping to define and implement the testing strategy, principles, and practices across our products
- You'll work alongside customer focussed agile squads and collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to define the next iteration of NatWest Boxed
- It’s an opportunity to work with technology leadership to drive the direction of our testing chapter to ensure it maintains the highest standard of technology and process
- We’ll look to you to lead the design of our automation test strategies, making sure they’re aligned to our goals
- You’ll have the opportunity to lead our SDET chapter and collaborate with software engineers from all specialisms to define and evolve more predictive and intelligent testing approaches, based on automation and innovative testing products and solutions
- Developing clean, elegant, and reusable code that is easy to maintain and extend
- Providing technical mentoring and oversight for other engineers in the team
- Building scalable automated testing systems that enables us to deliver value to customers at pace
- Assisting other engineers to test their software and acting as an expert point of contact
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 2018 to support small business and sole traders in the changing financial services landscape, Mettle has swiftly grown to become a major player in the sector with over 50,000 business customers. As a subsidiary of Natwest, it offers account holders the security of traditional banking as well as a modern, app-based banking experience.
Mettle is Natwest’s first foray into digital-only banking, and a vital move for the bank as it faces intense competition from neobanks such as Tide and Revolut. Business customers have come to expect low fees, rapid customer support and a clean mobile interface, which Natwest and other traditional banks have struggled with in the past. Mettle has shown that Natwest can adapt and even outflank new market entrants: in contrast to its competitors its account has no fees.
Mettle’s approach has paid dividends, experiencing rapid growth since its public launch. Still in startup mode, it is aiming to capture market share and improve customer engagement. It is rapidly closing in on Tide and is hoping to become the bank of choice for Britain’s estimated 4.5 million small business owners, sole traders and gig economy workers.
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Company
Company benefits
- Retirements Savings Plan
- A range of insurance options, everyday shopping vouchers, and other benefits
- Our own online discount shopping site
- Purchasing NatWest Group shares
- Charitable giving to support your favourite causes
- Access to support services to help you with health, fitness, nutrition, family finances and work
- Partner Leave policies (open to same sex parents as well as heterosexual parents)
Company HQ
Spitalfields, London, UK
Leadership
Andrew Ellis
(CEO, not founder)Is also the Head of Digital Assets for NatWest Group. Was previously the Head of Innovation and Ventures at Natwest and the Head of Strategy, Commercial, Institutional & Private Banking with RBS.
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