At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a cutting-edge Quality Engineering team and drive innovation with AI technologies.
- Company: Join NTT DATA, a global leader in tech and digital solutions.
- Benefits: Flexible work options, tailored benefits, and continuous learning opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to equity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in software development and automation frameworks is essential.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
As a QE AI Engineer & QE Architect, you will have the opportunity of joining an award-winning Quality Engineering team that is working on cutting-edge technologies, embracing new innovations such as built-in quality checks that utilise AI/GenAI & agentic AI across the full SDLC.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and inspiring a team, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Hands-on product building experience that cuts across the full SDLC, not just test automation and QE.
- Expanding our existing portfolio of Quality Engineering assets and services.
- Ensuring Shift-Left Testing, emphasising early testing in the development lifecycle.
- Acting as an AI mentor and training your team on the latest testing tools and methodologies.
- Driving SDLC efficiencies and improving the quality engineering approach.
- Capturing the value created through defining and tracking quality metrics.
Experience required:
- Extensive experience as a Senior QE SDET Engineer or Senior Developer.
- Experience building AI Tools, Agents and Agentic workflows (LangGraph, CrwAI).
- Hands-on product building experience across the full SDLC.
- Experience in building RAG systems with a nice-to-have on fine-tuning LLMs.
- Comfortable with Infrastructure as Code (IAS).
- Fully understands test automation across platforms and functional/non-functional testing.
- Strong presentation skills for C-Suite clients and in-house innovation.
- Familiarity with databases: SqlServer, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, H2.
- Performance testing experience with tools like Gatling, JMeter, WebPageTest, LightHouse.
- Hands-on software test automation experience, ideally with a background as a senior developer.
- Experience in building a strategy covering all aspects of the SDLC process, development, automation, CI, and metrics.
- Experience in helping teams evolve an Agile ‘Shift Left’ way of working.
- Experience in building advanced and feature-rich test automation frameworks from scratch using Object-oriented and scripted languages.
- Depth of knowledge in the Object-oriented Programming paradigm (OOP).
- Comfortable working with Git repositories and workflows on multiple tasks concurrently.
- Ability to manage and lead code review processes, mitigate conflicts within the team, and ensure quality work is merged into the main branch.
- Proactively collaborate with the Front-end development team to understand design and discuss issues with developers.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their importance in the Automation Testing process.
- Understanding of non-functional requirements and testing, focusing on performance, accessibility, compatibility, and security.
Nice to have:
- MCP, Django, and experience with Entra/Gunicorn.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab pipelines, Azure DevOps pipelines, Jenkins.
- AWS experience.
- Experience with tools like Cypress, Playwright, Webdriver.io, with strong experience in Selenium.
- Understanding of Contract Testing frameworks (preferably PACT).
- Experience setting up E2E testing frameworks with automation in mind, covering all aspects of the SDLC.
At NTT DATA, you have endless opportunities to think big, act bold, and take ownership. We co-innovate solutions with clients and partners globally for business and societal impact. We encourage experimentation and recognise great work. Proudly a Global Top Employer, NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion annually in R&D.
We offer a range of tailored benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing, along with continuous growth and development opportunities. We also provide flexible work options.
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to promoting equity and diversity in our employment practices. We guarantee an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Quality Engineering AI Lead Engineer in London employer: NTT DATA Europe & Latam
At NTT DATA, we pride ourselves on being a Global Top Employer, offering an innovative and collaborative work culture that empowers our employees to think big and act boldly. With a strong focus on continuous learning and development, we provide tailored benefits that support your overall wellbeing, alongside flexible work options to ensure a healthy work-life balance. Join us in a dynamic environment where you can lead cutting-edge AI initiatives and grow your career while making a meaningful impact.
Contact Details:
NTT DATA Europe & Latam Recruitment Team
