Non-Functional Test Lead - API, Automation, Asset Management, Outside IR35
Posted 3 days ago by Bangura Solutions
Negotiable
Outside
Undetermined
London, UK
Summary: Proven Non-Functional Test Lead with expertise in API and automation is sought for a prestigious financial service client in London. The role involves leading non-functional testing strategies within an Asset Management environment, focusing on performance, load, and volume testing. The ideal candidate will have experience in automation initiatives and a strong understanding of non-functional testing as part of quality assurance. Specific experience with Aladdin or Charles River is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the Non-Functional Test strategy for the organisation, covering performance, load, volume, scalability, resilience, and reliability.
- Define and manage non-functional requirements (NFRs) in collaboration with business, architecture, and platform teams.
- Design and execute end-to-end NFT scenarios across Aladdin and its integrated ecosystem, including batch, data, API, and UI layers.
- Lead delivery of load, stress, volume, and peak processing tests, including month-end, quarter-end, and rebalance scenarios.
- Provide NFT go-live assurance, including risk articulation, readiness assessments, and senior stakeholder recommendations.
- Provide hands-on support to test automation activities where required, including contributing to or extending existing automation frameworks.
- Automate non-functional and cross-system test scenarios where appropriate.
- Collaborate closely with test automation engineers and architects to ensure automation supports NFT and end-to-end quality objectives.
- Advocate for intelligent use of automation to accelerate regression coverage, data setup, and repeatable testing without over-engineering.
- Support CI/CD-aligned quality practices that integrate functional, non-functional, and automated testing outputs.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience leading and executing non-functional testing for large-scale transformation programmes.
- Strong hands-on expertise in performance, load, and volume testing, including tooling such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or K6.
- Demonstrable experience contributing to automation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of automation as an enabler of NFT, regression, and end-to-end quality, not as an end in itself.
- Confidence operating across strategy, assurance, and hands-on delivery depending on programme needs.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Non-Functional Test Lead, NFT Lead, API, Automation - Asset Management, Outside IR35
Proven Non-Functional Test (NFT) Lead with strong API and automation skills within an Asset Management environment required for a prestigious financial service client in London.
Key skills required;
- Proven experience leading and executing non-functional testing for large-scale transformation programmes.
- Strong hands-on expertise in performance, load, and volume testing, including tooling such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or K6.
- Demonstrable experience contributing to automation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of automation as an enabler of NFT, regression, and end-to-end quality, not as an end in itself.
- Confidence operating across strategy, assurance, and hands-on delivery depending on programme needs.
The role will involve;
Ownership and assurance
- You will lead the Non-Functional Test strategy for the organisation, covering performance, load, volume, scalability, resilience, and reliability.
- Define and manage non-functional requirements (NFRs) in collaboration with business, architecture, and platform teams.
- Design and execute end-to-end NFT scenarios across Aladdin and its integrated ecosystem, including batch, data, API, and UI layers.
- Lead delivery of load, stress, volume, and peak processing tests, including month-end, quarter-end, and rebalance scenarios.
- Provide NFT go-live assurance, including risk articulation, readiness assessments, and senior stakeholder recommendations.
Test Automation and Delivery
Provide hands-on support to test automation activities where required, including:
- Contributing to or extending existing automation frameworks.
- Automating non-functional and cross-system test scenarios where appropriate.
- Collaborate closely with test automation engineers and architects to ensure:
- Automation supports NFT and end-to-end quality objectives.
- Tooling and frameworks are fit-for-purpose for Aladdin-centric testing.
- Advocate for intelligent use of automation to accelerate regression coverage, data setup, and repeatable testing without over-engineering.
- Support CI/CD-aligned quality practices that integrate functional, non-functional, and automated testing outputs.
The ideal candidate will have recently completed a similar NFT Lead roler for another Asset Manager and will be keen to apply lessons learnt. You will have a passion for delivering innovative technical solutions and will have a broad knowledge of Asset Management, including Equities, Cash, Fixed Income and complex Swap instruments. Specific Aladdin or Charles River experience is highly desirable.
Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Interviews will take place this week, so please apply immediately or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this contract opportunity further.