Lead QA Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking InsurTech company is seeking a strategic Lead QA Engineer to join their team. This role involves taking ownership of test infrastructure for a next-gen SaaS platform, ensuring high performance and reliability of AI/ML models in production. The ideal candidate will lead QA strategy, mentor teams, and promote a quality culture while working closely with DevOps. Benefits include a competitive bonus, private healthcare, and structured career development pathways.

Benefits

15% bonus

Private healthcare & critical illness cover

Free parking

Structured career development pathways

Qualifications

• Hands-on QA background across functional and non-functional testing.
• Experience with performance testing and chaos engineering.
• Solid experience with CI/CD, monitoring, and alerting.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA strategy focusing on production readiness.
• Develop observability tooling and security validation.
• Coach and mentor QA Engineers across scrum teams.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Performance Testing

CI/CD

Microservices

API Automation

Tools

Azure Chaos Studio

Job description

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Wedo has partnered with a forward-thinking InsurTech company hiring a strategic Lead QA Engineer to join their 60-strong QE community of practice.

Our client is building next-gen software that leverages SaaS, Cloud, Data Management, Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning. This is a Greenfield SaaS platform offering you the chance to take full ownership of the test infrastructure, tooling, and services from the ground up.

About the Role

They’re looking for a strategic Lead QA Engineer to take a central role in monitoring AI/ML models in production, ensuring they remain reliable and high-performing for a core B2B Enterprise SaaS product.

Core Responsibilities & Expectations:

• Lead QA strategy across the product vision, focusing on evolving from technical testing to driving production readiness. Responsibilities include:
• Developing observability tooling
• Security validation
• Recovery procedures
• Performance & load testing
• Disaster recovery planning
• Acting as the risk voice in the engineering organisation—assessing, articulating, and influencing testing and risk decisions. You’ll have the authority to set firm boundaries when needed.
• Promoting quality culture across teams by:
• Coaching and mentoring QA Engineers (4–6 across 2 scrum teams)
• Running workshops to promote best practices
• Influencing the wider quality and engineering mindset
• Leading improvements in non-functional test coverage

Experience Needed

• You see yourself as a leader first, manager second.
• You have a hands-on QA background across functional and non-functional testing.
• You’re confident across the QA spectrum; depth in performance testing is a plus.
• Experience with chaos engineering (especially Azure Chaos Studio) is highly desirable but not essential.
• Exposure to AI/ML-powered products is a strong plus, given Radar Vision’s nature.
• Your key skill is your ability to influence, communicate, and defend quality confidently.
• Solid experience with CI/CD, monitoring, and alerting is essential—QEs work closely with DevOps.
• You have proven experience in Microservices and API automation at scale.
• Recent hands-on experience with performance testing rounds out your skill set.

Benefits

• 15% bonus
• Private healthcare & critical illness cover
• Free parking (5 minutes from the train station)
• Structured career development pathways

Interview Process

• 30-minute initial chat with the QA Manager
• 1-hour architecture exercise
• 1-hour final interview with the Engineering Manager & Director of QA

Interested?

Apply via Quick Apply, connect with Jack Cole on LinkedIn with a message and your CV, or email [emailprotected] with a brief note on why this role suits you.

Please include your desired salary, location, right to work in the UK, and available times for a call.