QA Chapter Lead

Admiral is an open, honest, low-ego culture that enables you to flourish. Not because we say it but because our people do. We’ve been recognised as a Great Place to Work for over 25 years, and it’s why people build long-term careers with us. We’re a people-first business where you can show up as yourself, grow in a way that suits you, and do work that makes a real difference for customers and colleagues alike. Wherever you’re based, you’ll be supported, trusted, and encouraged to be brilliant at Admiral. We’re seeking an experienced Chapter Lead to join our Data Tribe, contributing to the success of our award-winning insurance product. Within Data Tribe, our primary goal is to design and develop innovative technology solutions for a variety of internal stakeholders. We aim to continuously elevate the data and analytics capability to enable Admiral’s continued efforts to be a market leader in financial services. We focus on delivering efficient and effective data with simplicity, security, speed and significance.What you’ll enjoy at Admiral:

• 33 days of holiday (including bank holidays) from day one, rising to 38 days with service, plus Option to buy or sell up to five additional days of annual leave.
• Opportunities to grow and progress.
• Up to £3,600 in free shares annually after one year of service.

Essential Skills

• Extensive knowledge of customer experience (CX) interaction and integration as part of software development process (can be through scrum/ lean agile or standard SDLC)
• Extensive knowledge and experience with Line management
• Knowledge and experience in Scrum development practices, using associated tools for testing and continuous integration & deployment
• Knowledge and experience with design & Implementation of Test Automation Frameworks following the Testing Pyramid
• Knowledge working within internal organisation IT governance and architectural standards within a heavily regulated environment
• Knowledge and experience in the use of tools such as: Jira, Confluence etc.

Desirable skills

• Testing of applications on any major cloud platform and awareness of serverless technologies.
• Automated delivery of software though CICD with automated testing
• Understanding and implementing best practices for secure software development
• Deployment of applications on Kubernetes
• SQL and NoSQL database technologies
• Test driven development in Java, Kotlin, Python or Javascript

What you’ll be doing

• Providing line management duties for all Squad technical members within the relevant Chapter.
• Supporting with technical resource recruitment, retention, and overall onboarding process.
• Providing effective career development for all Squad level technical members.
• Effectively administrating Chapter member’s compensation, benefits and promotion processes
• Identifying, teaching, or championing the required software and hardware engineering skills needed to support the development of high-quality code, components, systems, and solutions.

Admiral: Where You Can We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service. We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.