QA Engineer - #2185549

QA Engineer

Hybrid (3 days per week) - Leeds

Salary - £60,000

The Opportunity

We're working with an innovative technology business that is transforming the way financial organisations leverage automation, AI, and date-driven decision-making.

As the company continues to scale its flagship platform, they're looking for a QA Automation Lead to take ownership of testing strategy, automation frameworks, and quality engineering practices across the business.

This is a genuinely hands-on role where you'll have the autonomy to shape the automation function, influence engineering standards, and help build highly scalable software used by leading organisations in a heavily regulated environment.

The Role

You'll be responsible for defining and executing the automation roadmap while remaining close to the technology and engineering teams.

Working within a modern agile environment, you'll help ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle and champion best-in-class testing practices across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Define and drive the overall automation strategy.
• Develop automated UI, API and end-to-end testing solutions.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish testing standards, quality metrics and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers and Product teams.
• Promote a shift-left testing culture across engineering.
• Mentor and support engineers in automation best practices.
• Evaluate and implement AI-assisted testing capabilities where appropriate.
• Continuously improve test coverage, reliability and release confidence.

What We're Looking For

• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript.
• Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Proven background leading automation initiatives within software engineering teams.
• Strong API testing experience.
• Experience working CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery practices.
• Excellent understanding of software quality principles.
• Ability to influence engineering teams and drive quality improvements.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools.

What's On Offer

• Opportunity to own and shape the automation strategy across a growing engineering function
• Significant influence over testing standards, tooling decisions and quality processes
• Work on a sophisticated platform leveraging automation, AI and data-driven technology
• Collaborative, engineering-led culture with direct access to technical leadership
• Modern technology stack including Playwright, TypeScript, cloud technologies and CI/CD
• Investment in emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development and testing
• Hybrid working environment with flexible working arrangements
• Clear progression opportunities as the business continues to scale
• £60,000 and comprehensive benefits package