Job Description

Introduction

The Economist is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services.

We are looking for a Principal Quality Engineer to lead quality within the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) business unit.

The successful candidate will support the business unit in setting up, approving and monitoring:

• engineering practices
• engineering principles
• testing standards
• quality standards

You\xe2\x80\x99ll be supported by a friendly and inclusive team who have the autonomy to define and improve processes and care deeply about developing each other\'s capabilities.

Accountabilities

• You will be responsible for managing and maintaining all quality & test activities within EIU
• You will work closely with the Head of Quality Engineering to ensure the Quality Engineering Strategy is followed in EIU
• You will collaborate with stakeholders to define functional and non-functional test requirements
• You will collaborate with stakeholders to ensure all testing phases are reliable and effective
• You will coach teams in best practices & principles
• You will apply and uphold industry standards for testing tools and techniques and advise on their application
• You will help to define ways to always improve testing and quality processes that will enable a shift left approach
• You will help coordinate test execution and test reporting across teams to stakeholders
• You will line manage existing quality engineers within the business unit

Experience, skills and professional attributes

• You have at least 8 years of industry experience
• You have significant programming experience
• You have significant experience in building automation frameworks for all types of testing
• You have significant experience in integrating tests into CI/CD
• You have significant experience in improving unit testing standards
• You have significant experience in coaching/mentoring colleagues to support development of automation practices
• You have solid understanding of cloud technologies
• You have a solid understanding of the test pyramid
• You are a solid communicator
• You have an understanding and appreciate the benefits of TDD

The Economist Group