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Senior Business Analyst- (This role will can be performed from Northampton or Knutsford)

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Key Skills

Requirements Generation for Event-Driven Flows - Strong understanding of messaging patterns and event-driven architecture concepts.Payments and Banking Product Domain Knowledge - Solid experience working with core banking and payment products, with awareness of regulatory and operational considerations.End-to-End Requirements Ownership Across Distributed Systems - Proven ability to manage complex dependencies and ensure alignment across multiple platforms and stakeholders.

Desirable Skills

Multi-Channel Notification Strategy - Experience defining requirements for customer communications across mobile, web, email, SMS, and other channels.Application of AI in Requirements Engineering - Exposure to AI tools that enhance requirement elicitation, documentation, traceability, and validation.Experience working within large-scale, regulated financial services environments with strong governance frameworks.

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3 open vacancies- Automation Test Engineer/ Senior Automation Test Engineer/ Senior Non-Functional Test Engineer.

These roles can be performed either from Northampton or Knutsford.

Role Purpose:
To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability.

Responsibilities:
* Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
* Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues. .
* Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested.
* Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
* Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
* Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Automation Engineer Key Skills:
* Functional test execution and defect management across complex systems
* Requirements interpretation and comprehensive test coverage analysis
* API and integration testing fundamentals across distributed services

Senior Automation Engineer Key Skills:
* Hands-on experience with API Test Automation
* Expertise in Test Framework Design and Maintenance
* Experience in Testing of Authentication and Session Flows

Senior NFT Engineer Key Skills:
* Hands-on experience in Non-Functional Testing for mobile applications and strong knowledge of performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner)
* Extensive knowledge of Java to interpret application behaviour and identify test scope for new features
* Ability to design and execute load, stress, and endurance tests for mobile apps

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Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

To be successful as a Senior iOS Frontend Engineer, you should have experience with:

Proven experience in customer experience (CX) design, building the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) for iOS applications.Solid experience with Swift, Mobile architecture patterns and Test-Driven Development.Deep understanding of iOS frameworks, tools, and development best practices with background in automated mobile testing and building financial applications.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Experience in product development within agile teams.Familiarity with Agile methodologies.Demonstrated success in cross-functional team collaboration.

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Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Key Skills:

Strong Java and Spring Boot development experience in high-throughput systemsDeep understanding of event-driven and messaging architectures (Kafka, JMS, AMQP or similar)Experience engineering reliability and observability at scale (monitoring, tracing, SLIs/SLOs)

Desirable Skills:

Experience building notification delivery infrastructure (webhooks, push, SMS)Awareness of the payments domain, including processing flows and compliance considerationsExperience adopting AI-assisted development practices to improve productivity and code quality

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