Lead QA wanted to shape a brand-new digital wealth platform from scratch, working across a major transformation and cloud-native web & mobile product.
Backed by one of the largestnames in the Asset Management space, this FinTech was created 4 years ago, and, whilst having the stability and backing of a major firm, build their own technology. Whilst their current product has been running for 4 years, the reason this hire is critical, is the firm are about to embark and build a brand-new product from scratch and are currently hiring a Lead QA engineer for the Engineering Team.
As the Lead tester, you will act as a hands-on technical leader within the team, helping shape and deliver the organisation's quality and testing strategy. You will play a key role in ensuring quality is built into the software delivery lifecycle, from requirements and technical design through to release, using modern testing practices including test automation, API and integration testing, shift-left testing, CI/CD quality gates, and AI-assisted testing tools. Working closely with engineering, product, DevOps and architecture teams, you will ensure applications are thoroughly tested, resilient, and ready for release.
You will champion quality engineering best practices and test standardisation, driving automation and continuous improvement across the technology function. You will take ownership of complex technical testing challenges, leading the implementation and scaling of automation frameworks, reusable test utilities and automated quality checks using technologies such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Postman, Python, TypeScript and C#. You will also contribute to the growth of the wider QA team through technical mentorship, peer reviews, knowledge sharing and the development of testing standards, documentation and processes, helping to establish a robust and future-proof QA capability.
Salary and Benefits:
This role is paying up to £80,000 + Bonus, Benefits
The role is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week in the office. Based near Bank station.
Responsibilities of the Engineer:
- You have a strong understanding of modern quality engineering and software testing practices, including how to build quality into the development lifecycle.
- Experienced in manual and automated testing across web, mobile and API-based applications.
- You have worked on complex systems and understand how to test them for functionality, integration, performance, resilience and reliability.
- Articulate what shift-left testing, automation and quality engineering mean to you, and how these approaches should be applied effectively.
- Experience defining and implementing test automation strategies, building automation frameworks and increasing reliable automated coverage.
- You have experience providing technical leadership and mentoring to QA engineers, raising testing standards and promoting best engineering practices.
- You retain hands-on engineering skills across some or all of our core technical stack: Playwright / Cypress / Selenium / Postman / Python / TypeScript / C# / SQL / CI/CD.
- You have an interest in using AI-assisted testing and coding tools to improve test creation, automation maintenance, test-data generation and defect analysis.
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Quality Assurance Engineer employer: VirtueTech Recruitment Group
Join a leading global energy trading business that prioritises innovation and employee development. With a collaborative work culture, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of impactful projects while benefiting from continuous learning and growth in a dynamic environment. Located in a vibrant area, this role offers unique advantages such as access to cutting-edge technology and a commitment to sustainability.
Contact Details:
VirtueTech Recruitment Group Recruitment Team
