Quality Engineering Lead

Job Description

Quality Engineering Lead - Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber

Manchester / Haywards Heath / Guernsey - x2 / x3 days in office

Up to £70,000

Are you passionate about embedding quality-first principles across cutting-edge engineering teams? My client, a leading name in the digital insurance space, is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead to drive excellence across their distributed, cloud-based development environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a team of skilled Quality Engineers, helping shape strategy, introduce best-in-class automation practices, and deliver robust, scalable solutions in a dynamic, agile setting.

What You'll Be Doing :

Lead, mentor and support Quality Engineers across multiple cross-functional squads

Champion quality engineering standards, automation, and BDD practices across the SDLC

Define and implement test strategies across UI, API, Back End, performance, and security

Embed automated testing into CI / CD pipelines and cloud- environments

Collaborate with engineering, product and delivery teams to ensure solutions meet business and user needs

Drive continuous improvement through effective quality metrics, governance, and feedback loops

Manage third-party quality partnerships and play a key role in growing internal QE capability

What You'll Bring :

Proven leadership in quality engineering within agile, DevOps-driven teams

Deep hands-on expertise with automation frameworks and tools (eg, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber)

Experience with CI / CD (eg, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)

Strong background in cloud- testing (AWS / Azure), microservices, and infrastructure-as-code environments

Knowledge of performance (eg, JMeter, Gatling) and security testing tools (eg, ZAP, SAST / DAST)

Ability to drive BDD adoption and facilitate collaboration across tech and business

Data-driven mindset with experience in defining and tracking quality KPIs

Nice to Have :

Background in insurance or financial services

Familiarity with FCA and regulatory testing frameworks

Relevant certifications (eg, ISTQB, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Certified Agile Tester)

If this sounds like the role for you, hit APPLY & a consultant will be in touch.

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