Head of Quality Engineering: Automation & Transformation

RWS; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RWS is transforming its Quality Engineering practice to empower developers with self-testing and automated quality ownership. You will lead a matrixed QE team, drive testing left, and align quality with product design across distributed engineering squads.

The Head of Quality Engineering will eliminate bottlenecks, partner with Security, Privacy, and Data teams, and establish a culture of high-velocity, robust software delivery with strong governance and metrics.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, CI/CD automation, or automated quality engineering.
• Deep, hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks, contract testing, and performance/load testing tools.
• Strong understanding of modern CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Quality Engineering Transformation: shift testing left and embed quality in the development lifecycle.
• Develop end-to-end automation testing frameworks and tooling for SaaS and on-premise products.
• Scale AI-assisted test generation and partner with teams to accelerate self-testing and ensure product quality.

Skills

Engineering credibility

Test automation

DevSecOps & platform fluency

Leadership & soft skills

Job description

RWS is transforming its Quality Engineering practice to empower developers with self-testing and automated quality ownership. You will lead a matrixed QE team, drive testing left, and align quality with product design across distributed engineering squads.

The Head of Quality Engineering will eliminate bottlenecks, partner with Security, Privacy, and Data teams, and establish a culture of high-velocity, robust software delivery with strong governance and metrics.