Lead QA Engineer (12 month contract)

Define and implement the organisation’s quality assurance strategy and roadmap.

Design and execute comprehensive test strategies across the software development lifecycle.

Assess and triage the impact and scope of issues identified during testing, and report on the coverage and effectiveness of test strategies.

Architect and develop scalable, maintainable automation frameworks for functional, regression and performance testing.

Integrate automated tests and testing frameworks into CI workflows.

Evaluate and select testing tools and technologies, and build reusable frameworks, dashboards and AI agents that make quality increasingly self-serve for product teams.

Collaborate with Product, Development, Operations and technical stakeholders to align quality standards with business goals.

Provide technical guidance to QA engineers and act as a quality assurance subject matter expert across the organisation.

Improve QA processes through automation, optimisation and emerging practices, including AI-enabled tools where they demonstrably improve quality and efficiency.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field. A master’s degree is a plus.

6+ years of Quality Assurance experience, including 2+ years as a Senior QA Engineer, with a focus on test automation.

Demonstrated success designing and implementing scalable test automation frameworks for complex software projects.