Lead QA Engineer – Data Platforms & Automation

VanRath; Belfast; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment agency is seeking a Principal QA Engineer in Belfast. This role involves defining the quality strategy for complex data-driven platforms and leading best practices in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of QA engineering experience, strong proficiency in Python, and a passion for quality automation. Competitive salary and pension contribution are offered, along with a collaborative work culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary & benefits

6% company pension contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Supportive and innovative culture

Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA engineering experience including at least 2 in principal capacity.
• Proven experience building and maintaining automation frameworks.
• Solid understanding of cloud environments preferably AWS.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive quality strategy across complex services.
• Own automation frameworks and lead QA methodologies.
• Support production teams in triaging and debugging live issues.

Skills

QA engineering experience

Automation frameworks

Strong proficiency in Python

Understanding of cloud environments

Passion for quality

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

JUnit

NUnit

Git

JIRA

Job description

A leading technology recruitment agency is seeking a Principal QA Engineer in Belfast. This role involves defining the quality strategy for complex data-driven platforms and leading best practices in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of QA engineering experience, strong proficiency in Python, and a passion for quality automation. Competitive salary and pension contribution are offered, along with a collaborative work culture.