Senior QA Automation Engineer – AI Applications UK

## Senior QA Automation Engineer – AI Applications UKApplylocations: London, GBR: United Kingdom – Remote: EMEA – United Kingdom – Newbury – Oxford House: EMEA – United Kingdom – Birmingham: EMEA – United Kingdom – Offsite/Hometime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: 26WD99665**Job Requisition ID #**26WD99665**Position Overview****Senior QA Automation Engineer – AI Applications UK**We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of AI-powered applications. The ideal candidate has expertise in automated testing and software quality engineering, with experience building scalable testing frameworks and leveraging AI-powered testing tools to improve test development, maintenance, and coverage. They combine deep QA automation expertise with practical experience using AI to enhance testing workflows. Experience testing AI/ML applications or validating machine learning models is an asset.**Responsibilities*** Design and maintain automated test suites, evaluation scenarios, metrics, and test datasets for AI-powered features* Automate QA workflows using Python and CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), leveraging AI-powered testing tools to improve test development, maintenance, and coverage* Create and maintain test harnesses for AI services, applications, and APIs* Perform API testing for AI services and backend systems* Define quality strategy and acceptance criteria for AI-powered applications across functional, API, integration, and AI/ML features* Test AI/ML applications and machine learning models from a product and user perspective* Evaluate AI/ML model outputs for correctness, consistency, and expected application behavior* Define structured rubrics that translate qualitative findings into measurable evaluation gates* Build quality gates for CI/CD and deployment pipelines, including automated regression and integration testing* Mentor teams on QA automation best practices and consistent quality standards for AI-powered applications* Contribute to multi-team projects and codebases, ensuring code quality and consistency* Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers* Document and present findings and ideas across the company**Minimum Qualifications*** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience* 5+ years of professional experience in software quality assurance, test automation, or software engineering* Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in test automation* Hands-on experience using AI-powered testing tools or AI coding assistants to improve test automation, productivity, and quality* Experience with CI/CD tools and processes* Familiarity with popular CAD environments and tooling* Proficient in automation and UAT test suites/frameworks* Experience designing QA frameworks or platforms used by multiple teams* Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail* Strong communication and collaboration skills* Understanding of software architecture and design patterns* Ability to work in an Agile development environment**Preferred Qualifications*** Experience testing AI/ML applications or validating machine learning models* Experience with data validation tooling (e.g., Great Expectations) or labeling workflows* Familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)* Experience with data pipelines and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Metaflow)* Knowledge of MLOps practices (e.g., model monitoring, drift detection, deployment validation)* Knowledge of ML evaluation methods, metrics, and benchmarking* Passion for learning new technologies and improving existing systems* Experience with cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)* Experience testing AI/ML services in production environments* Knowledge of experiment tracking tools (e.g., Comet, MLflow, Weights & Biases)**The Ideal Candidate*** You demonstrate initiative to provide solutions and to learn and develop new technologies* Comfortable building QA systems from scratch and writing maintainable automation* You enjoy learning and collaborating across global locations* You are comfortable working in newly forming ambiguous areas* You are comfortable building scalable and maintainable QA automation frameworks that will be relied on by others* You effectively leverage AI-powered tools to improve testing workflows and engineering productivity* You can communicate well with others#LI-JK3#J-18808-Ljbffr…