Non Functional Test Lead

At Evri we understand that searching for your first job, your next job, or that big promotion is a huge milestone.  Here at Evri we always think about what it’s like to be in your position when making those big decisions. It takes courage to make change happen in your life, and we’re here to help you with that.

We’re here for the first step, the next step, and the big step.

You’re not just a number to us. You’ve got to know you’ll love working here. It’s as important to us as you ‘being the right fit’. We want to help you feel what it’s like to work at Evri, to see the value you can bring to any of our roles, and how we can help you grow.  We’re never one-size-fits-all. Our careers are as unique as you are. 

We are looking for a Non Functional Test Lead to be responsible for creating and overseeing test plans across various streams, taking information gathered from stakeholders, application code, monitoring metrics, policy, standards, traffic capturing, code analysis and any in-scope compliance requirement. A sizeable portion of this role is supporting other members of the performance team ensuring complex changes are delivered on-time while providing guidance and training on how to achieve our performance goals.

At Evri we carry out several types of performance testing: performance, stress, scalability, recovery, and portability testing. As a member of our team, you are expected to be an industry expert in these areas and support the development of relevant policies and standards aligned with industry best practices. You will join early in a systems lifecycle determine its performance testing needs and ensure everything required is in place. For each test, you will monitor resources, investigate discrepancies, and provide solutions to stakeholders highlighting issues and remediation work where needed. In collaboration with our development and service teams, provide feedback and guidance on scaling rules, instance sizing, and the best course of action in cases where performance degradation is identified.

Evri is leading the way in creating responsible delivery experiences for everyone, everywhere, and that’s how we approach our talent development. We’re a kind, ambitious and diverse team, always supporting and encouraging each other. Our people are extremely important to our business, without them we wouldn’t be where we are today, striving to do the best for our customers and clients. If you like what you hear, then we’d love you to apply!

You will be accountable for:

 Your main responsibility is to validate application features in production-like environments to ensure product stability from inception to release.

• Joining early in the project and product lifecycle to take complete ownership of assigned performance tasks and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive testing. Review product designs and usage patterns to validate or source non-functional requirements.
• Providing concise and reusable test packs for consistent feedback to test and dev teams.
• When problems arise, conducting a root cause analysis in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and clearly present your findings.
• When it comes to managing data, you will be responsible for either finding or generating the necessary test data.
• Regular reporting to key stakeholders (Defects Found, Work Estimations, and Test Results.)
• Mentoring of colleges across Development and Test teams so we can all learn together.
• Co-ordination of cross team testing ensuring testing is conducted at the right time.
• Contributing to the test strategy and implementing it throughout the team ensuring we have the right technology or solution for the job.

To be successful in this role you will require the following…

• 5+ years' experience in performance test, with 2+ years in a senior performance test role.
• Strong experience of working in a cloud first environment with autoscaling policies.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and dynamic working environment.
• Prior experience of working with dynamic data.
• Prior Experience with ticketing systems such as JIRA and ServiceNow.
• Excellent reporting skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Baseline understanding and appreciation for security and privacy by design and default.
• Significant knowledge of other performance tools and techniques.
• Consistent experience of using of Evri technologies, JAVA, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Oracle, and AppDynamics.
• Unparalleled experience of using our testing tools, JMeter, Tarus, Python, GIT and Bash.
• Willingness to learn and present new things, we are a rapidly growing team with ambitions to move into other areas of testing and we welcome a change first attitude.
• A Computer Science Degree or equivalent would be advantageous.

Why Work Here?

We’re constantly looking at ways to become a more inclusive and diverse employer, and our benefits package is important to us. Here’s some of what we currently offer:  

• Flexible working; This role predominantly home based with the exception of once a fortnight at our Morley Head Office for collaboration
• Bonus of up to 15% if you really push the boundaries
• 26 days + bank holidays, as well as an option to buy and sell up to 5 days holidays
• Career progression framework; map out your next steps in your career 
• Pension; 3% employer contribution on top of what you choose to commit yourself 
• A range of discounts from our clients 
• We also have a range of flexible benefits such as additional life assurance, critical life insurances and others to choose from 

In addition to this, Evri have recently launched a fantastic new benefit which allows employees to request to work from anywhere in the world for up to 90 days.

At Evri, we know we only grow if our people do too. That’s why we’re committed to building a truly inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can bring – and be – their whole authentic selves. We’re on a journey to better represent the customers we serve around the UK. We’re committed to removing barriers and ensure that each person at Evri is valued for who they are, and what they bring to our business.

We are Evri. Where everyone is welcome.

We’re excited for the future. Let’s deliver it together.

Every parcel, every person, every place – every delivery made for you.

Evri is leading the way in creating responsible delivery experiences for everyone, everywhere. And we’re doing that by offering the most convenient way to send, receive and return parcels without costing the earth.

Whether it’s a customer sending a present to a friend, a marketplace trader shipping in bulk or a major retailer such as John Lewis, asos or Next, we’ve got it covered. With our team of 30,000 couriers, thousands of local ParcelShops and a growing network of hubs and depots across the country, we safely get parcels from A to everywhere.

And it’s not just customers and retailers who trust us. We’ve won loads of industry awards over the past few years, including gongs for IT, innovation and our green fleet.

But we wouldn’t be the biggest dedicated parcel delivery company in the UK without amazing people. We’re a friendly, ambitious and diverse bunch, united by a passion for delivering the best customer experience. We have great opportunities throughout the business, so take a look to see where you might fit in. We can’t wait to hear from you.