Digital Test Lead - Shirebrook

Frasers Group seeks a Digital Test Lead to join our growing Engineering team. We present an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about technology who wants to deliver the absolute best they can and keep innovation at the forefront. There is a wealth of opportunities for training as well as on-the-job learning.,

• Leading a team of Test Engineers, embedding quality practices early in the SDLC, and ensuring our digital products provide the best experience to our customers.
• Implementing a shift-left testing approach by embedding testing early in the SDLC, collaborating closely with developers and product teams to prevent defects rather than detect them, and ensuring quality is built in from the start
• Exploring, discovering and modelling complex systems with various heuristics and techniques in an efficient way
• Contributing throughout the SDLC by actively exploring and analysing - from the design, story mapping/refinement to release and monitoring
• Championing test practice within the development teams to increase the team's performance
• Developing and adapting the test strategy based on the project risks/context
This role is available on a Hybrid basis, with 2 days at home and 3 days in the office at our Shirebrook HQ.

As a Test Lead at Frasers Group, you will be part of an enthusiastic, motivated, and delivery-focused Agile Test Team. Our platform runs over 50 websites and 10 mobile applications - including some of the biggest names in Retail. You will ideally have experience working with large-scale websites and Mobile Applications.,
• 8+ years experience, ideally within web testing and leading large-scale product teams
• Passion for innovation and improving efficiencies
• Expertise in shift-left testing principles, including test-driven development (TDD), behaviour-driven development (BDD), and exploratory testing techniques
• Full SDLC, appreciation of QA, CI/CD, and the benefits of automation
• Test automation expertise with tools like WebdriverIO, Cypress, Playwright, Jest/Supertest, and hands-on experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery
• Experience in Agile and DevOps environments focusing on embedding quality and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Non-functional testing (e.g., Security, Performance, Resilience or Accessibility)
• Experience in Ecommerce industry (Desirable)
• Agile Testing certification (e.g.,ISTQB Agile testing) or attending Rapid Software Testing courses (Desirable)
• AWS, Azure or GCP (Desirable)
  
  At Frasers Group we're rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we're serving our consumers with the world's best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we're elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.
Why join us? Our mission- we are building the worlds most admired and compelling brand ecosystem Our purpose - we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world's best brands and experiences At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:
• Think without limits - Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet, Frasers Champion- Our employees are at the heart of our business and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they have thought without limits, owned it or been relevant.
Fearless 1000 - By October 2025, we want our share price to hit 10. If that happens for 30 or more consecutive trading days, all colleagues across the business will receive a bonus! The top 1000 performers in the company will receive unprecedented bonuses, worth from 50,000 to 1million! Senior leaders across the business nominate these performers twice a year for embodying our core values and delivering exceptional performance
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Frasers Festival - an event like no other! Our Frasers Festival is our celebration for Head Office and Retail Staff across the UK and Europe - hosting a MEGA brand village, guest speakers from the world's biggest brands, evening entertainment, the ultimate Frasers Fearless Fitness Challenge and much more. CEO Sessions - Once a quarter we offer 20 employees the opportunity to attend our "CEO Sessions" ran by our CEO and leadership team. Employees have the chance to connect, network and submit questions around specific topics such as our Sports or Luxury business. Retail Reconnect - In order to build the planets most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product and customers. Each financial year, Head Office employees will gain insights by spending two days in one of our stores or the Warehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline, and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work. Employee Welfare Frasers Fit - Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training, nutrition and lifestyle advice- all completely free. Retail Trust - We know that its not just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a 24 hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support.