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TEST ENGINEERING LEAD
- Salary up to £75,000
- Office-first working model to support collaboration and team development
- Senior leadership opportunity within a growing engineering function
KEY POINTS
- Strategic, hands-on Test Engineering leadership role
- Ownership of testing strategy across a modern platform
- Blend of leadership, automation, and technical delivery
- Strong focus on mentoring and team development
ABOUT THE CLIENT
We're supporting a well-established, tech-led organisation that is continuing to invest in its engineering capability. With a strong focus on quality, scalability, and modern development practices, they are looking to elevate their testing function through senior technical leadership.
THE BENEFITS
- Opportunity to influence testing strategy at a senior level
- Collaborative, office-first culture with strong team alignment
- Ongoing investment in modern tooling and best practices
- Clear focus on personal development and progression
THE TEST ENGINEERING LEAD ROLE:
You'll take ownership of the overall testing strategy, ensuring it aligns with business goals while driving best practice across engineering teams.
This role offers a balance between strategic leadership and hands-on involvement. You'll work closely with developers, architects, and stakeholders to design scalable, maintainable testing solutions, while still being involved in both automation and manual testing where needed.
You'll also play a key role in developing the QA function, mentoring engineers, identifying skill gaps, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Alongside this, you'll lead on refining processes and introducing new tools to keep the team at the forefront of modern testing practices.
TEST ENGINEERING LEAD ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Strong experience in API testing (Postman)
- Deep understanding of CI/CD
- Expertise across testing methodologies (exploratory, regression, smoke)
- Strong SQL and database querying skills
- Hands-on experience with automation tools (Selenium)
- Experience with modern frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, TypeScript)
TO BE CONSIDERED:
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KEY SKILLS
Test Engineering Lead, SDET, Automation Testing, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, TypeScript, API Testing, Postman, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, SQL
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