Manager, Test Engineering

Company: Medidata Solutions
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Location: London
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale multiple test engineering teams across projects, encouraging a culture of automation-first and shift-left testing practices.
  • Own and advance quality engineering practices for a defined set of projects, leading hands-on adoption of modern frameworks including Playwright and Cypress.
  • Architect and oversee the development of enterprise-level testing tools and platforms to improve organisational quality engineering capabilities.
  • Establish and govern test automation standards, ensuring consistent OOP implementations across all testing frameworks.
  • Guide the implementation of comprehensive CI/CD testing pipelines using GitHub Actions, enabling automated production deployments.
  • Manage AWS cloud testing infrastructure strategy, optimising cost and performance for large-scale test execution.
  • Partner with engineering leadership to influence product architecture decisions that support testability and quality goals.
  • Develop and track important quality KPIs, providing executive-level reporting on testing effectiveness and release readiness.
  • Collaborate with product management and development leadership to align quality engineering programs with goals and delivery timelines.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated leadership experience managing technical teams.
  • Leadership mindset focused on shift-left testing practices, promoting early testing integration in the development lifecycle.
  • Automation-first approach with proven ability to ship releases to production using fully automated processes.
  • Experience in creating enterprise-level tools and frameworks to elevate quality engineering practices to the next level.
  • Proven track record of developing and executing effective QA metrics to drive quality improvements.
  • Background in software testing, including expertise in test automation and performance testing.
  • Hands‑on coding experience using Python and JavaScript programming with in-depth knowledge of Object‑Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
  • Extensive experience with modern testing frameworks and tools, including Playwright and Cypress for end‑to‑end testing.
  • Proven expertise in creating comprehensive test pipelines using GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment.
  • Hands‑on experience with AWS services and cloud-based testing infrastructure.
  • Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies and continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD) processes.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab) and integrating automated tests within CI pipelines.

Benefits: Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package and includes medical, dental, family leave, life and disability insurance, a generous pension, and 25+ paid holidays per year. Eligible for annual bonuses and, for sales positions, commissions on applicable plans. Hybrid office policy – employees hired for in‑person roles are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following company policy.

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Posted: July 7th, 2026