Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Alphasights; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join their team. This role involves designing automated testing solutions while mentoring junior engineers and maintaining quality standards. The ideal candidate has a degree in a STEM field and experience with tools like Cypress or Playwright. Strong technical skills in modern programming languages and CI/CD integration are required, alongside the ability to ensure high-quality releases and drive QA initiatives successfully.

Qualifications

• Experience in scaling automated test frameworks using modern tools.
• Demonstrated ability in CI/CD integration and distributed systems.
• Proven track record of driving quality standards and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of automated test plans and suites.
• Mentor junior QA engineers to enhance their skills.
• Maintain test automation infrastructure supporting fast feedback loops.
• Perform manual testing including exploratory and UI/UX validation.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams on testing strategies.

Skills

Automation test development

Mentoring junior QA engineers

CI/CD pipelines

Exploratory testing

Performance testing

Education

Degree in a STEM subject

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Job description

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The role of the QA Automation Engineer therefore represents a visible and valued opportunity to have an immediate impact. Working alongside Software Engineering and Product Management, you will lead the design and implementation of automated testing solutions that scale across our platform, ensuring our applications are reliable, scalable, and meet the highest standards across frontend, backend, and APIs.You must be proactive, creative, and collaborative, always looking for ways to improve your own work while supporting the wider team’s success. This is a hands-on, leadership-oriented role: while you will continue developing and maintaining automated tests, you will also drive QA strategy, set technical standards, mentor QA and engineering team members, and help define best practices for testing, quality, and reliability. In this fast-paced environment, you will maintain a positive, problem-solving mindset and embrace the challenge of delivering seamless user experiences through robust test automation.Working largely with the teams based in London/Portugal, you will also have the opportunity to work with teams based in other offices across EMEA, US and Asia.**What you’ll do:*** **Lead the design and development**of automated test plans, suites, and frameworks across multiple projects to ensure comprehensive test coverage and high-quality releases* **Mentor and guide junior QA engineers**, helping them develop their automation skills and fostering a culture of quality and best practices* **Maintain and scale**test automation infrastructure, ensuring it supports CI/CD pipelines, cross-platform validation, and fast feedback loops* **Perform targeted** **manual testing**, including exploratory testing, edge-case validation, and UI/UX verification where required* **Collaborate** **closely**with Engineering and Product teams to define test strategies, acceptance criteria, and testing priorities for complex features* **Drive** **cross-team initiatives** to improve QA processes, testing tools, and overall engineering quality standards* **Monitor, triage, and investigate**test failures, raising clear and actionable bugs while working with engineering teams to ensure timely resolution* **Provide feedback**on UI/UX enhancements and ensure that automated tests reflect real user flows and edge-case scenarios* **Influence technical strategy**related to performance, load, and security testing, and advocate for automation best practices across the organization**Who you are:*** You probably have**a degree in a STEM subject**, but we’re happy to work with people who perfected their craft via a different route.* **Experience working at a similar level in a mature Engineering team**, and looking to take your career to the next level. We’re looking for people who have incredible potential.* **Technical expertise** in designing, building, and scaling automated test frameworks using modern tools (ideally Cypress or Playwright), and proficiency in at least one programming language such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Java. Demonstrated ability to architect automation solutions across frontend, backend, and APIs, ensuring maintainability, scalability, and fast feedback in CI/CD pipelines, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, data validation (SQL/NoSQL), and test integration within microservice-based architectures.* **Proven track record**– you’ve made a demonstrable impact in your previous roles, standing out from your peers. Highly driven and proactive – you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes.* **Meticulous** – you hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail.**Bonus points if you have:*** Experience setting up or scaling automation frameworks from scratch.* Experience with performance, load, or security testing tools.* Track record of mentoring or leading QA teams.* Experience with native mobile application testing, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, or cloud-based infrastructure.! Don’t worry if your experience or background doesn’t match all of these areas, we believe a broad spectrum of experience provides great perspective on solving problems in new and innovative ways and we’d love to hear from you.AlphaSights is an equal opportunity employer.This field is required.*Options are provided in accordance to the CEFR Framework. 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