Interactive Investor

Interactive Investor in Manchester seeks a Principal Software Engineer to support the design, planning, and architecture across delivery teams in a hybrid work environment. The role involves providing technical direction, ensuring solutions meet business objectives, and mentoring team members. This position demands extensive experience in development, particularly within financial services. A salary starting from £75,000 comes with comprehensive benefits including a generous pension plan, private medical insurance, and 25 days of annual leave.

Title: Principal Software Engineer Location: Hybrid (3 days a week in Manchester) Salary: From £75,000 Who we are: interactive investor is an award winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We've been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We've seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We're now the UK's number one flat fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. Purpose of the Role The purpose of this role is to support the discovery, design, planning, architecture and development across one or more delivery teams acting as an expert in a defined technical domain. The role provides technical direction to deliver changes which establish new patterns and architectural designs or significant change to an existing solution in order to meet business objectives. The principal engineer reports into the Senior Manager and works within areas of technical domain of responsibility, while collaborating with different functions across the organisation on technical solutions. The principal engineer supports the Technical Engineering Manager, by taking the responsibility for change to delegated subsets of the overall technical domain. The role ensures solutions are successfully transitioned through delivery and into live where they are supported by the broader team. Responsibilities As part of the engineering team provide direct support for ensuring solutions for the team are architected in line with the strategic alignment of the technology area. Ensure the smooth transition of technical solutions and knowledge to the wider team at all levels of technical capability. Support the discovery, architecture and design of new and more complex solutions and patterns for the team. Deliver changes which establish new patterns and architectural designs, or support significant change to an existing solutions. Support architecture decisions and solution design processes to an aligned strategy outlined across all of technology disciplines where solutions integrate. Directly contribute towards enabling culture of technical development and innovation within the team, through fit for purpose solution design and R&D activities. Enable the development of the technical skills within the team through knowledge transfer of emerging technologies and modern ways of working, whilst ensuring that high standards remain at the forefront. Ensure that architectural solutions are aligned to the controls outlined by the control standards applicable to the solutions developed within team. Support the definition of change specific NFR considerations as part of any solution design or architectural decision. Ensure there is a clear alignment to assigned solutions within the change/priority pipeline. Ensure that these priorities are managed and any risks relating to the defined work are raised appropriately. Support the full development cycle of solution designs to all disciplines, including testing. Proactively seek to identify efficiencies around process, solutions and technology. Provide direct support for the (Technical Engineering Manager) by taking ownership for and management of delegated subsets of the technical domain. Ensure risk considerations are applied to any solution design/architectural decision, highlighting considerations and options as part of any documented solution. Ensure full stack security considerations are included in all architectural decisions and subsequent solutions. Perform the role of a 'code guardian', primarily ensuring that the quality of code delivered through the team is of the expected high standard, as well as supporting the development of individuals in the team to consistently meet these standards. Qualifications Extensive experience and background working within a development environment for the technology area. Proven experience working within a regulated environment. Proven experience working in Financial services or stockbroking. Previous experience delivering change to business critical, highly available customer facing platforms. A broad technical background, with proven experience supporting diverse technical integrations. Experience supporting the delivery of change across the full project lifecycle from initiation to live support. Experience delivering successful change through different methodologies including agile and waterfall. Experience delivering change onto traditional DC based change/release platforms, as well as cloud based 'DevOps' managed environments. Experienced in working in a high pressure, time critical operating environment. Experience of supporting the critical applications of a customer facing digital business. Proven experience working autonomously and owning assigned project deliverables. Experience of supporting business critical solutions and systems running on cross platform technology stacks in a production environment. Experience delivering change through Build, Dev and QA to Production, using automation. Technical Capability Expert Architecture and Design Skills. Distributed Systems and architectural experience of microservices, event driven architectures and serverless. AWS Cloud including step functions, lambda and general AWS architecture. Expertise in DevOps and containers environments including Kubernetes. Expert software development, software architecture and technical delivery skills in one or both of either Typescript / React / React Native Eco System. TypeScript and JavaScript Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development and tech training presentation skills. Client side SPA frameworks, specifically in the React ecosystem for web and mobile native (React DOM, React Native). Server side SSG and SSR (Next.js, etc). Building accessible semantic HTML. SEO and SEF. Java / JVM Eco System. Java Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development and tech training presentation skills. Kafka, Mongo, Elastic Search and Redis. The whole Spring ecosystem included Spring Boot, Spring Cloud AWS, Spring Data, Spring Cloud Streams. Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan- 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution. Life Assurance and Group Income Protection. Private Medical Insurance- Provided by Bupa. 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays. Staff Discounts on our investment products. Personal & Well being Fund- Supporting your physical and mental wellness. Retail Discounts- Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers. Voluntary Flexible Benefits- Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle. Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful. interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive.

Title: Full Stack Java & React Software Engineer (Mid-Level) Location: Hybrid, 3 days a week in Manchester, 2 day remote Salary: From £50,000 Purpose of the role The role is to design, build and support highly scalable, highly available, performant distributed applications to support our web, mobile and business platforms. We are looking for a developer who is excited at building cloud based applications to deploy small change often. You will have a proven skillset that spans OO, DDD and a passion for quality and testing. You will join our Application Engineering team who are responsible for architecting and building our web, mobile, content, trading and internal applications working closely with product and the wider business. Responsibilities As part of the engineering team provide direct support for ensuring solutions for the squads are architected in line with the strategic alignment of the technology area. Ensure the smooth transition of technical solutions and knowledge to the wider team at all levels of technical capability. Support the discovery, architecture and design of new and more complex solutions and patterns for their delivery stream. Work with the Principal Engineer to establish new pattern and architectural designs, or support significant change to an existing solutions. Support architecture decisions and solution design processes to an aligned strategy outlined across all of technology disciplines where solutions integrate. Directly contribute towards enabling culture of technical development and innovation within the team, through fit for purpose solution design and R&D activities. Enable the development of the technical skills within the squad and team through knowledge transfer of emerging technologies and modern ways of working, whilst ensuring that high standards remain at the forefront. Ensure that architectural solutions are aligned to the controls outlined by the control standards applicable to the solutions developed within team. Support the definition of change specific NFR considerations as part of any solution design or architectural decision. Ensure there is a clear alignment to assigned solutions within the change/priority pipeline. Ensure that these priorities are managed and any risks relating to the defined work are raised appropriately. Support the full development cycle of solution designs to all disciplines, including testing. Proactively seek to identify efficiencies around process, solutions and technology. Provide direct support for the Engineering Manager and Principal Engineer by taking ownership for and management of delegated subsets of the technical domain. Ensure risk considerations are applied to any solution design/architectural decision, highlighting considerations and options as part of any documented solution. Ensure full stack security considerations are included in all architectural decisions and subsequent solutions. Qualifications Proven experience and background working within a development environment for the technology area. Previous experience delivering change to business critical, highly available customer facing platforms. A broad technical background, with proven experience supporting diverse technical integrations. Experience supporting the delivery of change across the full project lifecycle from initiation to live support. Experience delivering successful change through different methodologies including agile and waterfall. Experience delivering CI/CD change into cloud-based environments. Proven experience working autonomously and owning assigned project deliverables. Excellent time management and prioritisation. Excellent communication skills, with proven ability to communicate to all levels. Technical Skills Distributed Systems and architectural experience of microservices, event driven architectures and serverless. AWS Cloud including step functions, lambda and general AWS architecture. Expertise in DevOps and containers environments including Kubernetes. Excellent software development, software architecture and technical delivery skills in: Java Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development and tech training presentation skills. Kafka, Mongo, Elastic Search and Redis. The whole Spring ecosystem included Spring Boot, Spring Cloud AWS, Spring Data, Spring Cloud Streams. Typescript / React / React Native Eco System TypeScript and JavaScript Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development and tech training presentation skills. Client-side SPA frameworks, specifically in the React ecosystem for web and mobile-native (React DOM, React Native) Server-side SSG and SSR (Next.js, etc) Building accessible semantic HTML SEO and SEF Java / JVM Eco System Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan - 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Private Medical Insurance - Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well-being Fund - Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts - Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits - Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive.

Title: Full Stack Java & React Software Engineer (Mid-Level) Location: Hybrid, 3 days a week in Manchester, 2 day remote Salary: From £50,000 Purpose of the role The role is to design, build and support highly scalable, highly available, performant distributed applications to support our web, mobile and business platforms. We are looking for a developer who is excited at building cloud based applications to deploy small change often. You will have a proven skillset that spans OO, DDD and a passion for quality and testing. You will join our Application Engineering team who are responsible for architecting and building our web, mobile, content, trading and internal applications working closely with product and the wider business. Responsibilities As part of the engineering team provide direct support for ensuring solutions for the squads are architected in line with the strategic alignment of the technology area. Ensure the smooth transition of technical solutions and knowledge to the wider team at all levels of technical capability. Support the discovery, architecture and design of new and more complex solutions and patterns for their delivery stream. Work with the Principal Engineer to establish new pattern and architectural designs, or support significant change to an existing solutions. Support architecture decisions and solution design processes to an aligned strategy outlined across all of technology disciplines where solutions integrate. Directly contribute towards enabling culture of technical development and innovation within the team, through fit for purpose solution design and R&D activities. Enable the development of the technical skills within the squad and team through knowledge transfer of emerging technologies and modern ways of working, whilst ensuring that high standards remain at the forefront. Ensure that architectural solutions are aligned to the controls outlined by the control standards applicable to the solutions developed within team. Support the definition of change specific NFR considerations as part of any solution design or architectural decision. Ensure there is a clear alignment to assigned solutions within the change/priority pipeline. Ensure that these priorities are managed and any risks relating to the defined work are raised appropriately. Support the full development cycle of solution designs to all disciplines, including testing. Proactively seek to identify efficiencies around process, solutions and technology. Provide direct support for the Engineering Manager and Principal Engineer by taking ownership for and management of delegated subsets of the technical domain. Ensure risk considerations are applied to any solution design/architectural decision, highlighting considerations and options as part of any documented solution. Ensure full stack security considerations are included in all architectural decisions and subsequent solutions. Qualifications Proven experience and background working within a development environment for the technology area. Previous experience delivering change to business critical, highly available customer facing platforms. A broad technical background, with proven experience supporting diverse technical integrations. Experience supporting the delivery of change across the full project lifecycle from initiation to live support. Experience delivering successful change through different methodologies including agile and waterfall. Experience delivering CI/CD change into cloud-based environments. Proven experience working autonomously and owning assigned project deliverables. Excellent time management and prioritisation. Excellent communication skills, with proven ability to communicate to all levels. Technical Skills Distributed Systems and architectural experience of microservices, event driven architectures and serverless. AWS Cloud including step functions, lambda and general AWS architecture. Expertise in DevOps and containers environments including Kubernetes. Excellent software development, software architecture and technical delivery skills in: Java Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development and tech training presentation skills. Kafka, Mongo, Elastic Search and Redis. The whole Spring ecosystem included Spring Boot, Spring Cloud AWS, Spring Data, Spring Cloud Streams. Typescript / React / React Native Eco System TypeScript and JavaScript Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development and tech training presentation skills. Client-side SPA frameworks, specifically in the React ecosystem for web and mobile-native (React DOM, React Native) Server-side SSG and SSR (Next.js, etc) Building accessible semantic HTML SEO and SEF Java / JVM Eco System Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan - 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Private Medical Insurance - Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well-being Fund - Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts - Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits - Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive.

Interactive Investor in Manchester is seeking a Senior UX Designer to lead user experience projects and drive the transformation towards a user-centric organization. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in UX design with a strong portfolio, guiding teams, and collaborating closely with stakeholders. This position offers a hybrid work model and a comprehensive benefits package including a pension plan, life assurance, and private medical insurance.

Job Title: Senior UX Designer Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote) Salary: From £42,000 Description Who we are: interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future.We've been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We've seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We're now the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over500,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. Purpose of the role: As a Senior User Experience Designer, you will play a critical role in creating exceptional digital experiences for our customers while driving the transformation of a traditional financial services business into a user-centric, design-led organization. This position is ideal for someone passionate about user-centered design, with the ability to lead projects, guide teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to align on shared goals. In this role, you will leverage your skills across research, strategy, and design execution to deliver innovative, accessible, and scalable solutions. You will also ensure the creation, maintenance, and evolution of our Design System to drive consistency and efficiency in our product offerings. UX Design Squad Leadership: Own the end-to-end user experience for squad projects, from ideation to final delivery, ensuring seamless, intuitive, and visually compelling designs. Design System : Play a key role in the adoption, evolution, and governance of the organisation's Design System to ensure consistency, scalability, and efficiency across all platforms and products. Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary UX representative in stakeholder meetings, building strong relationships with internal and external partners, aligning on goals, and managing expectations to ensure design solutions meet business and user needs. Communication and Presentation: Clearly articulate design concepts, strategies, and justifications through compelling visual presentations, storytelling, and persuasive communication tailored to diverse audiences, including executives, developers, and non-design stakeholders. Team Mentorship and Leadership: Mentor UX designers, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture within the design team. Provide constructive feedback, guidance, and support to ensure high-quality deliverables. User-Centered Research: Collaborate with UX researchers to work on qualitative and quantitative research, usability testing, and stakeholder workshops, translating insights into actionable design solutions. Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely and early with Product Managers, Product Owners, Developers, Analysts, and Testers to ensure alignment and cohesion between design, business objectives, and technical implementation. Accessibility and Usability Advocacy: Champion accessibility (e.g., WCAG compliance) and inclusive design principles, ensuring products are usable by all users, regardless of ability. Problem-Solving: Analyse complex user and business challenges, designing elegant solutions that meet user needs and align with organizational objectives. Responsive Design Expertise: Deliver designs optimised for multiple platforms, including responsive web, mobile applications, and emerging digital interfaces. Must Have: Proven Experience: Extensive experience as a Senior UX Designer, or readiness to step into a senior role, backed by a strong portfolio demonstrating your end-to-end design process, thought leadership, and outcomes. Design System Expertise: Hands-on experience of implementing, managing, and scaling design systems, ensuring consistency across products. Stakeholder Management Skills: Proven ability to engage with and influence stakeholders at all levels, building trust, managing expectations, and aligning diverse perspectives. Advanced Communication and Presentation Skills: Exceptional verbal, visual, and written communication skills to articulate design concepts, processes, and solutions clearly and persuasively to both technical and non-technical audiences. Collaboration and Teamwork: Experience working effectively with cross-functional teams in an Agile or Lean UX environment, balancing priorities and fostering a culture of alignment and collaboration. Research and Testing Skills: Proficient in conducting user research, usability testing, and synthesizing data to inform design decisions. Design Proficiency: Expertise in tools like Figma for creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs, with a strong understanding of user-centered design principles, usability, and accessibility standards. Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to analyze complex challenges and deliver elegant, user-centered solutions that meet business and technical requirements. Attributes: Empathy and Advocacy: Act as the voice of the user, championing their needs and experiences at every stage of the design and development process. Mentorship: Ability to guide, mentor, and inspire team members while promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and excellence. Adaptability: Thrive in dynamic environments with shifting priorities, applying a flexible approach to problem-solving. Visionary Thinking: Balance big-picture strategy with attention to detail, ensuring every design decision contributes to a cohesive and impactful user experience, based on research, insights and business needs. Passion for Learning: Stay ahead of emerging design trends, tools, and technologies to continuously elevate the team's expertise. Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan- 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Private Medical Insurance- Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well-being Fund- Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts- Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits- Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive

Interactive Investor is seeking an Agile Release Manager to oversee squad-based releases and ensure effective change delivery within a hybrid work model. You will be responsible for managing Agile release schedules, identifying interdependencies across projects, and contributing to the improvement of release management practices. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Agile methodologies, be capable of strategic process improvements, and have strong communication skills. Benefits include a competitive salary, pension plan, and various employee discounts.

Title: Agile Release MAnager Location: Hybrid - 3 days a week in Manchester Salary: From: £55,000 interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We've been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We've seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We're now the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £80 billion and over 500,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. Purpose Of Role Reporting to the Senior Scrum Master, the Agile Release Engineer is responsible for supporting all activities required to ensure oversight, management and control of squad-based releases through development, QA and live. Working closely with the Senior Scrum Master, and the delivery team (including but not limited to Engineering Managers, Programme Managers, Project Managers, Product Managers, QA managers and Scrum Masters) the Agile Release Engineer will support the planning of ii's release schedule across assigned technologies, managing inter-dependencies both from a technical perspective but also business readiness. The focus of this role is delivery of change through agile CI/CD pipeline delivery, but also works closely with the Service Management Analyst and Implementation Coordinator to ensure alignment and coordination across the entire portfolio. Key Responsibilities As directed by the Senior Scrum Master, work with Project Managers, Product Managers and Scrum Masters to support the management of ii's Agile release schedule across Programmes, Projects, Agile Delivery Squads and Infrastructure Teams. Support the identification and management of interdependencies or risks between all release types and the overall change pipeline, ensuring appropriate communication, reporting and control including escalation to the Senior Scrum Master as required. Support the identification and management of squad change concentration risk through ensuring the volume of change impacting different customer segments and internal departments over given periods of time is acceptable and consumable. Understand end enforce ii's change and release control standards and policies, ensuring that while change is released safely, it is also done in a pragmatic way that doesn't stifle our rate of change and is within the company risk appetite As assigned by the Senior Scrum Master, pro-actively manage ii's CI/CD development and test environments working with technical teams to establish best practice, address BAU issues and ensure optimal availability to support the change delivery life cycle. As assigned by the Senior Scrum Master, work with each technology team to manage the CI/CD pipelines through the identification and management of deployment backlog, risks and dependencies. As assigned by the Senior Scrum Master, co-ordinate regular deployments of ii's mobile applications across agile delivery squads. As assigned by the Senior Scrum Master, support implementation management where a change or series of changes touches on multiple platforms with a number of both technical and non-technical teams involved. Contribute to the establishment and management of best practice release management processes, tools, standards and reports Contribute to the establishment of improved processes to enhance release delivery quality and to improve visibility/performance across the portfolio of projects/activities. Contribute to a knowledge management platform and library structure to create, store, and share best practices and documentation from releases. Ensure timely notification of issues/problems and make recommendations for resolution to release & project teams and resolve and/or elevate testing issues where required. Contribute towards a release repository and manage key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists. Continuously enhance knowledge/expertise in own area and keep current with trends/developments and develop expertise in ii services, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques that can contribute to effective change delivery. Support any Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews as required. Contribute to the clear and available reporting on test environment use for agile delivery, including details of any project or workstream actively using any environment. Additionally, this includes ensuring details of code/build versions are also clearly evidenced and available to view at any time. For any test environment issues logged - working with own team, Product Analysts, IT Support areas, Development and QA testing to triage, resolve, retest and close issues in a timely manner - helping to maintain test environments as fit for purpose. This also includes being able to provide clear reporting on issues as required. Skills & Experience Required Planning and Release Management Hands-on experience with Agile/adaptive delivery models, ideally in large, complex environments. Proven knowledge of Scrum and Kanban delivery gained from experience working in and agile environment Knowledge of SAFe and implementation of agile release trains and managing release schedules across multiple squads. Ability to apply strategic improvements to process remove/manage risks and introduce efficiencies to ways of working Excellent Communicate skills at all levels of the organisation Work to tight deadlines, elevate and prioritise workloads where required Confidently deliver information to mixed audiences Conflict resolution, with the ability to successfully negotiate and influence. Stakeholder Management to senior levels Good working knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel, MS Project preferred but not essential Strong understanding and experience working with workflow collaboration tools such as Jira or Confluence Knowledge of the Financial Services industry Good understanding of technology and systems architecture Excellent understanding of development lifecycle, specifically CI/CD An understanding of release and project delivery lifecycles Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan- 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life AssuranceandGroup Income Protection Private Medical Insurance- Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well-being Fund- Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts- Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits- Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle Equal Opportunity interactive investor operates in accordance with the UKEqualityAct2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive

A leading investment platform in the UK is seeking an Automation Engineer to ensure software quality through automated and manual testing. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop testing frameworks using technologies like WebdriverIO and Selenium. Applicants should have strong experience in testing methodologies, stakeholder management, and ideally possess ISTQB certification. The position offers a hybrid work model based in Leeds and various benefits including a pension plan and private medical insurance.

Title: Automation Engineer Location: Hybrid - Leeds - 3 days on site per week, 2 days remote Salary: £40,000-£48,000 About Us interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We've been helping investors for nearly 30 years, and are now the UK's number one flat fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for pensions, ISAs and investments, along with a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award winning financial journalists, a highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. Purpose of Role The Automation Engineer will work as part of a dynamic delivery team reporting into the QA Test Team Lead. In this role, the Automation Engineer will ensure the quality and reliability of our software by planning, executing, and reporting on testing across a range of projects-from small enhancements to multi million pound initiatives. Working closely with cross functional teams, they will play a key role in both manual and automated testing across the full software development lifecycle, including design, execution, and maintenance of test cases and scripts. Manual testing will focus on functional, exploratory, usability, and complex scenarios where human judgement adds value, while automation will be applied to regression, integration, and other repeatable test activities to accelerate delivery, improve coverage, and reduce risk. Key Responsibilities Test Planning & Execution Represent QA in Agile and Waterfall delivery models Attend Agile Ceremonies, provide input into test estimates, test approaches, and test completion reports Create, maintain, and execute both manual and automated test cases aligned to project requirements and user stories Conduct risk based testing in line with the overall test strategy Define and input test data into the test environment ensuring accuracy before use Participation in Analysis / Design Review / Solution Design meetings to inform test strategies Work closely with all areas of the business to complete testing on behalf of internal and external customers Support test activities post implementation and during warranty periods Communicate progress to all interested parties within the agreed timescales Quality Assurance & Governance Ensure functional and non functional testing meets both business and technical quality standards Adhere to test governance and use of approved tools (e.g., BrowserStack for test case management, JIRA for defect tracking) Own defect management: logging, tracking, prioritising, and retesting Participate in reviews of requirements, design, and analysis documentation, and coding peer reviews Ensure all code is performant and adheres to security best practices and control standards Tooling & Automation Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts using WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, with JavaScript (Typescript) Develop reusable test components, support CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and generate automated reports Execute automated regression packs as part of continuous testing pipelines Maintain subject matter expertise in BrowserStack, Postman, Bruno and other core testing tools, supporting colleagues with system usage Conduct performance and load testing and support the testing of other non functional requirements Continuous Improvement & Collaboration Identify enhancements to testing processes, tooling, and standards Collaborate with internal teams and third parties (e.g., executing brokers, service providers) to ensure quality outcomes Contribute to cross squad or breakaway squad initiatives as required Support internal compliance by ensuring adherence to regulatory standards (e.g., FCA) Mentor and coach manual testers in automation best practices to grow team capability and promote a culture of continuous learning Provide input to solution design, analysis reviews & technical decision making Capabilities Testing Expertise Demonstrable experience of manual testing & software delivery methodologies Demonstrable experience of test strategies, planning, scripting, execution, and reporting Proven hands on experience designing, developing, and maintaining automation frameworks with WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium (JavaScript/TypeScript) Experience with API testing automation using Postman, Bruno, and REST Assured Technical Proficiency Proficient using test tools such as JIRA, BrowserStack, Confluence, Postman Proficient in Microsoft Office applications Solid understanding of systems architecture, microservices, and cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) Demonstrable experience of the software development lifecycle Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines Collaboration & Communication Confident communicator across technical and non technical audiences Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills Team player with the ability to work independently under minimal supervision Industry Knowledge Understanding of financial products and services, especially investment and execution only stockbroking Familiarity with regulatory requirements (FCA) and operational risk management Understand current and emerging IT technologies Professional Attributes Resilient under pressure and ability to manage conflicting demands Ability to prioritise effectively and be committed to project implementation Ability to set an example of professionalism through personal attitude Offering a flexible approach to working ISTQB/ISEB certified (Foundation or Advanced level) Extensive testing experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies Background in the Financial Services industry Experience of Web and Mobile testing Proven experience managing testing across small and large scale projects Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities Proven Extensive experience in automated testing with WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, including framework development with JavaScript/TypeScript Experience in test data management and mocking services CI/CD & DevOps: Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes Cloud & Microservices: Understanding of AWS, GCP, Azure, containerised testing Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan - 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Private Medical Insurance - Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well being Fund - Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts - Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits - Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive.