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Over the past few years, we've made significant investments in our data and tech capabilities, particularly within our CIO function. Our CIO team is at the forefront of driving innovation and ensuring our technology infrastructure supports our ambitious goals. We’ve nurtured our 4Cs culture, fostering collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement.\nWe’re proud of the journey we’re on as a company and know that our continued success will rely on the contribution of our talented colleagues. The CIO team plays a crucial role in this journey, working on cutting-edge projects that enhance our digital presence and improve customer engagement.\nWe provide insurance to nearly four million customers, but we know there’s even bigger opportunity out there. The fact you’re now reading this job advert means we’ve tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD - we really hope you like what you see, and you’ll join us to share in the success of the exciting chapter that lies ahead.\nWe understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure, we would love to hear from you. Our CIO team is always looking for passionate individuals who are eager to make a difference and contribute to our success.\nJob Details\nYou will leverage AI tools to accelerate test automation while maintaining high standards of quality and reliability. You will critically assess AI-generated outputs, contribute to the testing and continuous improvement of AI-enabled solutions, and apply AI in a secure, responsible and effective way.\nUse AI tools to support the development and maintenance of test automation and test cases, helping to improve productivity, quality and delivery outcomes.\nCreate clear prompts to achieve useful results from AI tools and reviews AI-generated outputs to confirm they are accurate, relevant and fit for purpose before use.\nApply AI in accordance with organisational standards for security, privacy, and responsible usage, including costs. Supports the testing of AI-enabled solutions and actively develops knowledge of emerging AI testing techniques and tools.\nYou will be working as an individual collaborator on one of many sprint teams alongside colleagues that cross multiple disciplines.\nYou will be actively taking part in sprint ceremonies; sharing updates and blockers in daily standups, estimating and committing in sprint planning or helping your team move forward in their behaviours by providing input in sprint retrospectives.\nYou will ensure user stories are captured in accordance with your teams’ definition of ready, because you know how important that is to the quality of a delivered feature.\nSkills we would love you to have\nYou will apply a curious mindset to understand systems, customer needs and technical challenges, proactively exploring new approaches and technologies that improve testing efficiency, quality and delivery outcomes.\nYou will be comfortable collaborating on an Agile sprint team in at least than one of its forms: Scrum, Kanban, Safe.\nYou will be confident and vocal in sprint ceremonies like stand-ups, planning, retrospectives, 3-amigos and backlog elaboration.\nYou will be familiar with contributing to backlog management in Jira or Octane, collaborating with colleagues to define work items, and recording your own activity in tasks.\nYou will be familiar with test case management in tools such as Octane or X-Ray, ensuring your test scenarios and test results are traceable to work items for features.\nYou can confidently collaborate in writing acceptance criteria using declarative gherkin to capture business rules that you can then run as automated tests with Cucumber. \nYou will possess strong coding skills that you can demonstrate in implementing automated tests in one or more of Java, JavaScript, Typescript, C#.\nYou will be comfortable with Source control using GitHub to collaborate with others and share your code.\nYou will be skilled with user interface automation with Selenium & Selenium Grid, Playwright or Cypress.\nYou will be able to implement tests against API either in code or via tools such as SoapUI, Postman.\nUnfortunately we are unable to progress with candidates that require sponsorship at this time.\nWhat we offer\nJoin us and you’ll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company, and community. As one of our colleagues, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. Not to mention plenty of recognition and rewards, and the scope to voice your ideas and put them into practice.\nReward\nSalary - Attractive salary based on experience (pay reviews also completed each year)\nFlexible Working - We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach so please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail, including days in the office and at home.\nCompetitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus, which is usually paid in March. The scheme is based on Hastings’ performance against our business goals and your own personal performance.\nPhysical Wellbeing - We like to help our colleagues take a proactive approach in keeping themselves well, that’s why we fund our colleagues to be able to claim against everyday health care through our healthcare cash plan.\nFinancial Wellbeing - As well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an AWARD WINNING package which includes - discounts and cashback at everyday retailers and on our own products, fee free independent mortgage advice, and free access to financial wellbeing support.\nMental Wellbeing Programme - At Hastings Direct we understand that mental health cannot not be scheduled, that’s why we have a range of support to help you keep yourself well. We have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs\nThere's more! - 25 days annual leave +bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your contracted weeks, access to private healthcare, dental plans, discounted health assessments, cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more. Most of our benefits and wellbeing resources are available to colleagues from their first day whilst some optional benefits, which involve committing to a 12-month payment schedule, are available as soon as you have completed your probationary period.\nOur 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we’ll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.\nWe deliver good outcomes for our customers every time by providing great products at the right price with our simple and straightforward service. We treat customers like we want to be treated - fairly, respectfully and with their best interests at heart.\nHastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.\nAt Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. 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