Senior Software Quality Engineer - Mobile

Capital One is looking for a Senior Software Quality Engineer (SQE) to join one of our mobile engineering teams, based in our London office.

What you’ll do: 

• Lead system-level quality engineering and delivery in a cross-functional mobile engineering team to deliver high quality solutions that improve outcomes for our customers
• Lead the test strategy, identifying testing requirements, which may include scoping automation or manual testing of complex systems. 
• Coaching and mentoring engineers with respect to best practices in delivering  quality outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement including focus on stability of environments, CI/CD tooling and more
• Elevate quality within the Capital One Android and iOS mobile apps, working across multiple engineering teams
• Provide qualitative feedback to stakeholders, so that informed decisions can be made 

What we’re looking for: 

• An experienced adaptable leader with a passion for quality and a strong quality mindset. You will have a broad background in technology, strong technical awareness and problem solving skills, with the ability to be hands-on where appropriate.
• Strong experience and confidence with modern testing techniques. Understanding what, how and when they should be applied and why.
• A strategic thinker, who understands the importance of balancing the business needs alongside the technical risk. Ensuring risks are understood and mitigated appropriately.
• The primary languages of our mobile quality engineers are Kotlin and Swift - the ideal candidate will already be confident with these languages in the context of writing automated tests. However experience and knowledge of any Object Oriented language will be appropriate. 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to read the room and adapt style to situation and audience
• Collaborative team player who can take people both inside and outside the team on a journey, to solve significant problems.
• A desire to have a proactive positive impact on the engineering community and system to grow a quality culture.
• A demonstrated ability and track record for leading and delivering quality software when faced with challenging circumstances

What you’ll get to learn (any previous experience would be advantageous): 

• The cloud (AWS) and how we we use it in a highly regulated environment
• Modern languages like Kotlin and Swift
• Frameworks including Espresso, XCUITest, RestAssured and Gatling
• A strong CI/CD and test excellence culture
• Mobile Device testing 
• Progressing developed software through appropriate test stages and to final release
• Becoming a subject matter expert for our mobile applications
• Working with third party vendor systems.

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position and is based in our London office.

We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home. 

We’re big on collaboration and connection, so you’ll be based in our office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What’s in it for you

• Bring us all this - and you’ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)
• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH – Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies
• OutFront – to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates
• Mind Your Mind – signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all
• Women in Tech – promoting an inclusive environment in tech
• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact ukrecruitment@capitalone.com  All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.