Lead QA Engineer

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

We're looking for a Lead QA to join the ASOS tech team to work with the Commercial Integration Platforms.

The Commercial Tech teams build, implement and support a broad range of technology solutions used by our business stakeholders across the ASOS Merchandising, Planning, Wholesale and Studio teams. A globally distributed and talented group of individuals join together to deliver ‘best in class’ technology solutions to the ASOS Commercial teams.

You’ll work with the team to shape the testing strategy for Commercial Integration, working closely with not just the QA Engineers but the Software Engineers, Platform Engineers and Architects. You’ll help make sure they have the support they need to continuously improve their testing and engineering practices. Identifying what good looks like and helping them go forward and achieve it.

What you'll be doing:

• Liaise key stakeholders to understand the needs of Engineering and Operations teams in relation to the path to live, understanding where Reliability Engineering can help improve reliability and velocity.
• Create and own a roadmap with clear milestones and dependencies
• Be point of contact for all things Quality for Commercial Integration
• Lead your team to bring out the best in all team members, seeking high engagement, performance and retention
• Manage third party engagements
• Improve the availability of Commercial Tech environment, and ensure that test coverage is constantly reviewed
• Work with projects and platforms to understand their testing requirements and collaborating with delivery QAs on test approaches
• Drive the day-to-day operations, monitoring and maintenance of the team to ensure reliable, predictable and efficient service

Who we'd like to meet:

An experienced QA with a strong interest in leadership, agile ways of working and DevOps, testing and environment management, with experience of the following:

• Working in a large and complex Tech department with a variety of technologies and ways of working
• Working with multiple and varied stakeholders, balancing complex and competing needs
• Working in teams that have leveraged use of automation – with a strong appreciation of the benefits and limitations of automation testing
• Leading both internal and external teams and working with a combination of onshore/offshore/nearshore and remote working teams
• Experience working with Azure or equivalent vendors
• Experience with Large scale integrations and is familiar with integration patterns and technology (MuleSoft, BOOMI, Azure Logic apps or similar)
• Experience with Java or similar Languages for the use of automation
• Strong coaching and mentoring experience

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary, pension, and private medical care scheme
• Performance related bonus
• Flex benefits allowance - which you can chose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra day for your birthday
• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• Tech Develops - our internal tech focussed skills development programme to focus on your personal growth as a technologist
• Opportunity to represent ASOS at industry leading events
• Opportunity to help shape and drive our DE&I initiatives in Tech (like our WIT movement and Diversity mentoring in Tech)
• Opportunity to make an impact from day one and work with the latest in cutting edge of technology

We want our people to be whoever they want to be. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at ASOS, but how we're doing it?

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We’ve also recently been placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer List too.

There are safe space employee networks and we host a monthly DEI events series to help support and celebrate all of our people. We are constantly listening to our people, evolving, changing and taking a flexible approach to how we make ASOS truly inclusive.