Senior Mobile Software Developer Engineer in Test, Hargreaves Lansdown

• Experience working in a QA or Software Testing role
• Strong manual testing skills, including exploratory and regression testing
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests
• Understanding of mobile application testing across iOS and Android platforms
• Experience testing REST APIs using tools such as Postman or similar
• Familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!

Desirable

• We are looking for a Mobile Software Developer Engineer in Test to join our cross-functional engineering team
• This is a great opportunity for a mid-level QA professional who enjoys a blend of manual testing, exploratory testing, and test automation
• You will work closely with Product Managers, Designers, React Native Mobile Developers, and QA colleagues to ensure the quality of our mobile applications and shared platform capabilities
• You'll help drive quality throughout the development lifecycle by participating in requirements discussions, creating test plans, executing functional and exploratory testing, and expanding our automated test coverage
• Perform manual testing of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes across iOS and Android applications
• Create and execute test plans, test cases, and exploratory testing activities
• Work closely with developers during feature development to identify quality risks early
• Build and maintain automated tests for critical user journeys using our existing automation frameworks
• Validate integrations with APIs and backend services
• Participate in sprint planning, refinement, and release activities
• Identify, document, and track defects through to resolution
• Support regression testing efforts before releases
• Contribute to improving testing practices, tooling, and quality processes across the team
• Help ensure accessibility, usability, and performance expectations are met
• What Success Looks Like:
• In your first few months, you'll:
• Become comfortable testing HL's mobile platform and key customer journeys
• Contribute manual and automated testing to sprint deliveries
• Develop a good understanding of our quality standards and release processes
• Work collaboratively with engineers to improve test coverage and reduce production defects
• Help build confidence in releases through effective testing and risk identification
• This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

• End Date: July 31, 2026
• Stage 1 – Screening interview (30 mins):
• A brief conversation to review your experience, understand your approach to quality, and assess overall role fit
• Stage 2 – Technical take home exercise (1 week):
• A take home technical test where you’ll be asked to implement automated tests for an existing React Native mobile application to ensure its quality
• Stage 3 – Code walkthrough and behavioural interview (90 mins):
• We will go over your submitted take home exercise to get a better understanding of how you solve problems, also we ask some behavioural questions to make sure you’re a good fit for our team and company culture