QA Engineer Lead

October 13, 2026

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Brent, GB

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Description

A diversified multinational family-owned business is hiring a QA Engineer Lead to define and drive its quality standards and test automation strategy. The role involves building an automation-first QA practice, embedding tests into CI/CD pipelines and introducing AI tools to make testing faster and more reliable. The Group operates across wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors in the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East.

Responsibilities

Define the test strategy, quality standards and definition of done across applications, covering unit, integration, contract, API, end-to-end and non-functional testing
Design and build the automation framework and embed it in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) as quality gates with coverage targets and low-flakiness suites
Evaluate and introduce AI tools to generate test cases and test data, maintain and self-heal automated tests, analyse failures and improve coverage
Set guidelines for validating AI-generated tests so that speed does not come at the cost of trust
Work with the Lead Application Architect and developers to build testability into design and support contract testing between services
Define release-readiness criteria, regression strategy and quality metrics and report them clearly to management
Coach developers and testers on testing best practices and grow QA capability across the team, possibly including line management

Requirements

Significant experience in QA / test engineering, including owning test automation frameworks in production-grade environments
Strong hands-on automation skills with Playwright/Selenium for UI and REST Assured, Postman or similar for API
Java or TypeScript/JavaScript programming skills
Experience with contract testing (e.g. Pact) and testing microservices and event-driven systems
Solid CI/CD knowledge, with experience integrating tests into pipelines
Experience defining test strategy and quality standards at team or organisation level
Practical experience with, or strong interest in, AI-assisted testing tools
Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence developers and stakeholders and explain quality risks in business terms
Desirable: performance testing (e.g. k6, JMeter) and basic security testing experience
Desirable: experience with Azure and containerised applications
Desirable: ISTQB or similar certification
Desirable: experience leading or mentoring QA teams

Conditions

Competitive salary
Pension
22 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Onsite parking
Life assurance

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