At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality strategy and automation for impactful software features.
- Company: Join a top-rated workplace known for innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, healthcare, annual leave, and team events.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for growth in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Shape quality processes and mentor others while working with cutting-edge tech.
- Qualifications: 5-8 years in QA, expert in automation tools like Cypress and Postman.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Skimlinks, a Taboola company, is looking for a Senior QA Engineer to take a leadership role in test strategy, quality execution, and automation ownership across squads or product areas. This role is ideal for someone who's already thriving in mid-senior QA roles and is now ready to shape quality processes, mentor others, and build automation that scales. You'll operate with autonomy, partner closely with engineering and product, and help ensure we ship software that's not just functional — but reliable, fast, and user-centric.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end quality strategy for high-impact features, services, or user flows
- Design, build, and maintain test automation across UI and APIs using Cypress, Postman, Pytest, and Cucumber
- Drive cross-squad testing efforts (e.g., integration testing, data validation, shared workflows)
- Work with DevOps and engineers to optimize CI/CD quality gates and feedback loops
- Mentor engineers and conduct code/test reviews, pairing sessions, or workshops
- Analyze flakiness, test debt, or regressions — and design solutions to prevent future occurrences
- Define and track quality metrics, ensuring reliable release readiness
- Propose and lead technical initiatives to improve tooling, infrastructure, or quality processes
- Collaborate closely with Support teams to triage customer-reported issues, reproduce bugs, and ensure clear, actionable tickets are created for engineering
Requirements:
- 5-8 years of experience in quality assurance roles, with increasing technical scope and responsibility
- Expert-level experience in: Cypress, Postman, Pytest, Cucumber
- SQL-based validation and backend testing
- CI/CD tools and test integration workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Demonstrated ability to lead test strategy and delivery across multiple squads or features
- Proficient in Python or JavaScript for scripting and automation tooling
- Strong collaboration skills across QA, engineering, and product functions
Preferred Skills:
- Experience designing shared test libraries or automation frameworks
- Familiarity with test observability and monitoring (e.g. Sentry)
- Exposure to performance or chaos testing concepts
- Experience in testing within microservices, containers, and cloud-native systems (e.g. GCP)
Benefits:
Voted 'Best Places to Work,' our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, EMEA and APAC. We offer top benefits including Annual Leave Entitlement, paid holidays, competitive comp, team events and more! Healthcare insurance.
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Skimlinks, a Taboola Company, is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture in the heart of London. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we offer comprehensive benefits including healthcare insurance, a robust learning and development programme, and various social events that promote team bonding. Our hybrid work model allows for flexibility while ensuring that our employees are supported in their professional journeys, making it a rewarding place to thrive and succeed.
