About the role

  • Director of Non-Functional Testing at ClearBank responsible for testing and chaos engineering. Driving excellence in technology systems within a leading banking infrastructure provider.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement the non-functional testing strategy, encompassing performance, scalability, security, reliability, and compliance.
  • Lead the chaos engineering programme, designing and executing experiments to proactively identify system weaknesses and failure points.
  • Establish and maintain best practices, standards, and frameworks for non-functional testing and chaos engineering across the organisation.
  • Collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to integrate non-functional requirements into the software development lifecycle.
  • Oversee the selection, deployment, and optimisation of tools and platforms for performance testing, load testing, and chaos engineering.
  • Ensure regulatory and industry compliance for non-functional aspects of systems, including operational resilience.
  • Mentor and lead a team of specialists, fostering professional growth and encouraging knowledge sharing.
  • Report on key metrics, findings, and improvements to senior stakeholders, providing recommendations for strategic investments and risk mitigation.
  • Champion a culture of experimentation, learning, and resilience throughout the technology organisation.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in non-functional testing domains, such as performance, reliability, scalability, and security.
  • Demonstrated expertise in chaos engineering principles and tools (e.g., Gremlin, Chaos Monkey, LitmusChaos).
  • Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams.
  • Deep understanding of modern software architectures, including microservices, cloud-native platforms, and distributed systems.
  • Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Track record of driving organisational change and delivering measurable improvements in system reliability and performance.
  • Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to technology resilience and data protection.

Benefits

  • Enhanced family leave policies
  • Partnership with Code First Girls
  • Increasing awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace through our partnership with the Inclusive Group

Job title

Director of Non-Functional Testing

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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