Lead Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

Company: Head Resourcing
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Location: Edinburgh
Job Description:

Edinburgh – one day per week in the office Role – Lead QA Engineer

Head Resourcing have partnered with a global transformation consultancy who are looking to recruit a Lead QA Engineer.

This is an incredible opportunity to join a well-respected organisation who are looking to scale up a whole new team in Scotland’s capital delivering digital transformation programmes across tech for good projects.

Lead the design, implementation, and execution of QA strategies across complex projects Champion automation-first testing approaches within CI/CD pipelines Collaborate closely with engineers, designers, data specialists, and delivery teams Select and implement modern testing frameworks and tools (manual & automated) Drive best practice, standards, and continuous improvement across QA capability Oversee end-to-end testing including functional and non-functional testing Manage relationships with third-party testing providers (e.g. security, accessibility) Mentor and support engineers—developing QA capability across teams Strong background in software testing within Agile / DevOps environments Proven experience leading QA across enterprise-scale applications Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Strong knowledge of testing tools such as: Performance & scalability testing Security & penetration testing Accessibility testing UAT / OAT

Salary is negotiable with benefits including private healthcare, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, and a profit share scheme.

Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated.

Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to: educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, race and ethnicity….

Posted: June 2nd, 2026