Head of Quality Engineering & DevSecOps (Hybrid)

International SOS; London Borough of Hounslow; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Hybrid work

Birthday holiday

Private pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

International SOS in London is seeking a Head of Quality Engineering to own software quality, application security, and production observability across all digital platforms. You will translate quality into an automated, lifecycle-embedded capability and lead enterprise SDET efforts while partnering with SRE for resilient production systems.

You will drive Shift-Left practices, establish automation-first gates, and govern AppSec integration into the pipeline, reporting to the CTO and guiding

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in software engineering, test automation, AppSec, and quality leadership.
• At least 2 years leading quality engineering or DevSecOps in complex, distributed cloud environments.
• Proven track record implementing Shift-Left testing, CI/CD security automation, and enterprise observability frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and execute the enterprise Quality Engineering strategy with automation-first quality gates across delivery pods.
• Build and scale a centralized SDET and automation framework for web, API, mobile, and data platforms.
• Lead the AppSec program within the engineering lifecycle, embedding SAST/DAST and container security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and report quality metrics and lead the global QE organization across London and offshore centers.
• Drive vendor oversight to ensure third-party partners meet International SOS quality and security standards.

Skills

Quality leadership

CI/CD automation

Test automation

Shift-Left

SDET enablement

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Rest Assured

Snyk

SonarQube

Veracode

AWS

Job description

International SOS in London is seeking a Head of Quality Engineering to own software quality, application security, and production observability across all digital platforms. You will translate quality into an automated, lifecycle-embedded capability and lead enterprise SDET efforts while partnering with SRE for resilient production systems.

You will drive Shift-Left practices, establish automation-first gates, and govern AppSec integration into the pipeline, reporting to the CTO and guiding