Quality Engineer Lead- Dev Ops aligned (Tech-for-Good | Edinburgh)
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Are you a Quality Lead who cares about more than just passing tests?
Do you want to reduce real-world failures, not just catch bugs?
We’re working with a mission-led, Edinburgh-based organisation using technology to create meaningful impact—and they’re looking for a modern Quality Lead to help the Software Engineers raise the bar on reliability, performance, and confidence at scale.
This isn’t a traditional QA role. You won’t be ticking off test cases or acting as a gatekeeper. Instead, you’ll shape how quality is built into the system from day one—and how it’s proven in production.
What You’ll Do
- Proactively identify risks early across design, architecture, data flows, and integrations
- Reduce late-stage defects by embedding quality throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Define and implement metrics-driven quality gates to increase release confidence
- Ensure systems, pipelines, and integrations perform under real-world load and scale
- Embed automated quality checks into CI/CD pipelines
- Use observability (logs, metrics, traces) to validate production behaviour and catch issues early
- Partner with teams to build resilient, testable, and observable systems by design
What You Bring
- 5+ years as a Quality Engineer in modern, CI/CD environments
- Strong experience designing risk-based testing strategies (unit, integration, contract, E2E)
- A deep understanding of system behaviour under load, scale, and high data volume
- Experience in B2C, SaaS, or high-traffic environments where reliability matters
- Comfort working with metrics like MTTR, failure rates, and performance thresholds
- A mindset focused on continuous improvement, not just defect detection
Why This Role? xwzovoh
- Work in a tech-for-good environment where reliability has real impact
- Influence how quality is embedded across an entire organisation
- Join a collaborative, values-driven team in Edinburgh
- Build systems that don’t just work—but keep working when it counts
Interested?
Let’s talk about how you can help build software people truly depend on.