Contract QA Engineer

Hitachi, Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalLogic is hiring a Quality Automation Specialist to enhance testing quality across the stack using automation and modern testing tools. The role involves shaping how quality is embedded in the SDLC, collaborating with product groups and engineers to deliver reliable, scalable test strategies.

The position emphasizes end-to-end automation, data-driven decisions on quality, and cross-skilling colleagues in automation practices, within a global, hybrid-working environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Continuous Deployment practices in production environments.
• Comfort using Dev Containers, Playwright and K6 to assure quality across the stack.
• Shaping approach to quality by embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking and enabling automated testing activities in all delivery models.
• Support teams to develop quality solutions and enable CI and defect-free deployment of customer value.
• Work in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD practices

Mentoring

Quality engineering

REST testing

Tools

Dev Containers

Playwright

K6

Job description

Job Description

As a Quality Automation Specialist, you’ll be contributing to the transformation of testing using quality processes, tools and methodologies, significantly improving control, accuracy and integrity. You’ll make sure repeatable, constant and consistent quality is built into all phases of the idea to value life cycle at reduced cost or reduced time to market, to guarantee that any defects are identified as early as possible.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Evolving more predictive and intelligent testing approaches based on automation and innovative testing products and solutions
• Collaborating with your team to define and refine the scope of manual and automated testing, the creation of automated test scripts, user documentation and artefacts
• Making sure decisions are based on robust data, return on investment and value measures that demonstrate thoughtful and intelligent cost management
• Enabling the cross skilling of colleagues with the skills and benefits of end-to-end automation testing

Requirements

You’ll bring strong experience of working with Continuous Deployment practices in production environments. You’ll have a solid grounding in modern quality engineering practices and be comfortable using tools such as Dev Containers, Playwright and K6 to assure quality across the stack.

You’ll play a key role in shaping our approach to quality, working closely with the product group to understand business outcomes and partnering with engineers to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle through scalable, fully automated test strategies. Exposure to agentic coding practices where it adds value, would be hugely beneficial

• The ability to coach and mentor, with a passion for supporting and developing more junior colleagues
• Strong experience in end to end and automation testing using modern tooling covering UI and API, service level testing such as REST, messaging, and contract testing
• A working knowledge of Kafka and event driven architectures, including orchestrated and choreographed patterns, would be advantageous
• Experience operating in distributed, cloud native environments with complex failure modes, requiring a thoughtful and proactive approach to quality and assurance

Job Responsibilities

• In this key role, you’ll be undertaking and enabling automated testing activities in all delivery models
• We’ll look to you to support teams to develop quality solutions and enable continuous integration and assurance of defect free deployment of customer value
• Working in a fast paced environment

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What we offer

Why work at GlobalLogic

Our goal is to build an inclusive positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering our people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences - providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region also supports a hybrid model which can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by our business, customer and individual needs.

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), and discounted gym memberships. We offer a fantastic benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives. Colleagues are entitled to an annual volunteering day - so you can take time to support a cause close to your heart.

We also love to stay social at our trips to the zoo, quiz nights, sports events, theatre trips and much more.

We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic is a full-lifecycle product development services leader that combines chip-to-cloud software engineering expertise and vertical industry experience to help our customers design, build, and deliver their next-generation products and digital experiences. We expertly integrate design, complex engineering, and agile delivery capabilities to deliver superior business outcomes for global brands in telecom, automotive, healthcare, technology, media and entertainment, manufacturing, and semiconductor industries.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic employs over 25,000 designers and engineers across the globe. Analysts like NASSCOM and Zinnov have recognized us for being a top company in our field, and we are consistently nominated as a preferred employer by both global HR consultative firms and local job boards. By creating a work environment that is exciting and flexible, and by fostering growth through ongoing learning and development programs, we empower our employees to achieve both their professional and personal goals.

At GlobalLogic, we make amazing products - and careers.