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You will be involved from initial product idea, collaborating with the team to understand business requirements, elaborating tasks and epics by bringing the QA mindset, considering test strategies up front and executing those strategies as part of a fast-paced delivery team.\nRole Responsibilities\nAssess and recommend QA strategy based on functional and non-functional requirements\nImplement test automation strategy to reduce manual testing and improve test coverage\nWrite clear and concise tests, recognizing the need to address technical debt\nPresent information concisely to individuals within and outside of the Technology function\nParticipate in the meetings with business stakeholders to understand requirements\nEvolve as a subject matter expert with product behaviour and domain understanding\nContribute to defining and maintaining the agreed quality standards of the product\nExperienced Required\nTypescript, C#, SQL\nFamiliarity with common packages and tooling e.g. Playwright, Bruno, Jira, Zephyr\nExperience building test automation frameworks and setting up test harnesses\nExperience in agentic coding with LLMs and how this fits into the S-SDLC\nFamiliar working in Agile teams performing iterative development\nDVCS with Git using Github\nAbility to collaborate with end users, stakeholders, and team members\nComfortable working with complex data on large systems with multiple integration points.\nDemonstrate initiative and independence to solve problems\nHave a constant desire to improve knowledge and drive adoption of new tech approaches within the team\nMeasure quality and use it to drive continuous improvement\nOwn mistakes and work with your colleagues to redress them, learn from them and make improvements for the long-term\nConfidence and gravitas to challenge and offer alternative solutions, whilst also listening to other viewpoints and opinions\nBe the person standing up for quality in the first instance and pervade that attitude throughout the team and into the wider business teams\nInsight Investment is an equal opportunities employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at \nAbout Insight Investment:\nInsight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients' needs. Founded in 2002, Insight's collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities. Insight has a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. 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