Lead QA Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall test strategy for GOV.UK digital services.
• Establish best practices, standards, and quality gates across projects.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage aligned with business and user requirements.
• Act as the quality advocate across teams and stakeholders.

2. Test Planning, Execution & Governance

• Lead end-to-end test planning, estimation, and execution across multiple releases.
• Oversee functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing activities.
• Ensure robust non-functional testing (performance, security, usability).
• Monitor and report quality metrics, risks, and release readiness.
• Design and own scalable test automation frameworks using industry best practices.
• Define automation roadmap and drive shift-left testing approaches.
• Ensure high-quality automated test coverage across UI, API, and backend systems.
• Guide teams in using tools like Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, RestAssured, Postman.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.

4. Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Provide technical leadership in test automation and quality engineering.
• Mentor and coach QA engineers on framework design, coding standards, and best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure maintainability of automation assets.
• Drive adoption of modern testing practices (BDD, TDD, contract testing, etc.).

5. Defect Management & Quality Assurance

• Establish and enforce defect management processes and SLAs.
• Ensure effective tracking and resolution using tools like JIRA / Azure DevOps.
• Analyze defect trends and implement preventive quality measures.
• Communicate risks, issues, and quality insights to senior stakeholders.
• Work closely with product managers, architects, and developers to define quality strategy.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (Scrum/Kanban) and drive quality discussions.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure consistent quality practices.
• Influence stakeholders and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Technical Skills & Experience

• 8–12+ years of experience in QA, with strong focus on test automation and leadership.
• Proven experience in leading QA teams or projects.
• UI Automation: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress
• API Testing: RestAssured (BDD), Postman
• Proficiency in programming: building automation frameworks from scratch, working with microservices architecture, testing distributed systems and APIs.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Strong experience with database testing (SQL, relational databases).
• Solid understanding of Performance and security testing concepts.
• Solid understanding of Quality engineering practices and DevOps integration.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Scrumconnect Consulting, we believe that diversity drives innovation. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where every individual is respected, valued, and supported. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences, and we actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, underrepresented communities, and those seeking flexible working arrangements.

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