Quality Engineering Lead

Salary: £130,000 – 143,000 per year

Requirements

• Solid background in the Retail, E-Commerce, or Grocery sector.
• Proven experience as a Test Lead, QA Lead, or QA Manager in fast-paced Agile environments.
• Hands‑on automation skills using Playwright with TypeScript.
• Experience testing complex workflows such as shopping baskets, order management systems, or fulfilment.
• Strong proficiency in Jira and Zephyr for test management and defect tracking.
• Track record of navigating large‑scale business migrations and third‑party system integrations.

Responsibilities

• Own the QA strategy for a large‑scale digital transformation and application lifecycle modernization project.
• Drive the automation strategy for a modern testing framework to improve delivery speed and coverage.
• Lead, coach, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of quality engineers.
• Design robust testing strategies across digital storefronts, secure payment paths, warehouse logistics, and real‑time order tracking.
• Act as the technical QA subject matter expert and embed shift‑left testing practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Translate testing metrics into actionable insights for senior leadership.

Technologies

• JIRA
• Playwright
• TypeScript
• Web
• E2E

More:

We are a leading firm undertaking a major ground‑up digital transformation. We are looking for a Quality Engineering Lead to join us in Leeds on a hybrid basis for a 6‑month contract inside IR35, with a rate of £500 to £550 a day. This is an opportunity to shape the testing blueprint for a complex modernization programme spanning front‑end web and app channels, order processing, and multi‑system integrations. We use modern automation approaches and value collaborative leadership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

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