Small World Financial Services is a provider of payment services with a clear vision to be our customer's favourite choice for their global payment needs.
We put our customers at the heart of everything we do, reflecting their diversity in our teams, and empower our teams to deliver the best value and service through our branded global network and digital solutions.
Our network of over 250,000 pick up locations, and our global team of 800 people are collectively on a journey to make a big world small for the 15 million, and counting, worldwide transactions that customers make each year.
For over 15 years we have been ensuring that customers can: Transfer money securely and easily Deliver money instantly to bank accounts in over 90 countries Benefit from competitive exchange rates and promotions Enjoy a global service with local language support We are recruiting a Head of Quality Assurance who will oversee the systems' testing end to end and will own the quality strategy across the board in an ambition to become a technology company.
We need a person who wants to be part of a transformation, who will create a QA centre of knowledge and will drive the innovation in QA in the next years actively collaborating with the head of engineering, security officer, architecture and development leads in defining the quality strategy.
In the short term we need support in tactical decisions, a "hands on" person that can help us to deliver our backlogs in the legacy systems while the new architecture is being delivered.
About You We would like to bring you to the next level in your professional career.
We look for a leader.
A person that is flexible and adaptable.
Good team player keen to support other team members and build non-authoritative organisations to support technology.
The following points summarize your personal skills: You are a strong communicator, able to work at a detailed level but also communicate effectively with senior stakeholders You are a dynamic leader with a strong and authentic style, able to inspire a team behind a compelling vision You are commercially focused; you work well with suppliers and partners as well as your own development teams You are proficient in challenging leadership; collaborative and supportive, whilst also setting clear expectations of performance And, as an orientation, the following points summarize the technical skills we are looking for.
We know they are a lot, so we are flexible with people missing some of them and willing to learn: Deep experience (10 yrs +) in Quality Assurance and a track record of successful QA practice Will have led QA teams, both manual testers and test automators and SDETs, and defined QA policy and practice Technically adept and a hands-on practitioner Experience of driving modern software delivery practices, DevOps Experience with modern software architecture(s), preferably including cloud-hosted microservices Experience in working with outsourced engineering capability, as well as permanent teams Ability to define a vision for QA practice that aligns with Small World's delivery approach and will yield high-quality results Keen to work governed by KPIs and able to create those KPIs in the QA space Provide leadership on Quality practice for engineering teams working across all domains of Small World's technology environment, including the core transactional system, the web and mobile apps, the reporting architecture, and the 3rd party integration infrastructure As a member of the Technology team, foster strong working relationships between technology teams, as well as between technology teams and other parts of the business Develop and maintain a good understanding of business priorities and be active in shaping the QA team to ensure they support the future direction of the business Work closely with the Group Information Security Officer and security experts within Technology, ensure that QA practices are optimised for delivering robust and secure solutions Understand the technical details behind testing frameworks and testing strategies.
Specific knowledge on CI/CD and specific testing frameworks is very valuable.
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