Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Luxoft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft in London is seeking a QA Automation Lead to provide overall leadership, direction, and governance for test automation within a real-time data platform modernization project. You will drive automation delivery aligned with quality goals and business priorities, leading both functional and non-functional testing across the lifecycle.

Key focus areas include defining testing strategy, improving automation coverage, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to ensure reliable,

Qualifications

• Must have 8+ years of software testing experience.
• Strong Python skills for test automation and framework development.
• Experience creating and implementing test strategies including automation, performance, and E2E testing.

Responsibilities

• Set project testing strategy and plan including environment, automation, performance, and data management.
• Lead functional and non-functional testing and E2E integrations.
• Define automation goals and drive implementation across the project.
• Follow best QA practices across the product lifecycle from define to build.
• Understand business use cases and test to ensure high-quality delivery.
• Analyze requirements and design robust test scenarios.
• Perform functional and non-functional testing.
• Resolve technical testing challenges and drive improvements.
• Communicate testing status accurately to stakeholders.

Skills

8+ years exp

Python for test automation

Test strategy & planning

RESTful API testing

Agile testing

Communication

Problem solving

SDLC / CI/CD / Git

Jira / Confluence / TestRail

Tools

Jira

Confluence

TestRail

Job description

Our client is a leading global Financial market data provider who runs a number of change programs to deliver high-quality software that connects Financial Markets across the globe in a real-time, high-frequency, and low-latency data management chain. The projects are technically challenging in an environment that is very engaging.

You will join a dedicated Testing Chapter supporting the client's real-time engineering re-platforming programme - a major modernisation of the platform that distributes real-time market data. The chapter's mission is to increase repeatable, automated test evidence, reduce manual regression effort, and give product teams the confidence to release faster.

We are looking for a QA Automation Lead (based in London) to provide overall leadership, direction, and governance for test automation - ensuring automation delivery aligns with quality objectives and business priorities.

Responsibilities

Set project testing strategy/test plan: test environment, automation, performance, test data management, testing tools etc.

Lead functional/non-functional testing and business-oriented end to end integration.

Set clear automation goals and drive automation implementation

Follow best practices and QA methodologies and processes, working across critical stages of the product lifecycle from define to build

Understand the business use cases and carry out testing to ensure top quality of delivered solutions

Understand and analyse the Requirement Specifications and design test scenarios

Carry out Functional testing and Non-functional testing

Solve technical issues and challenges in testing work

Drive continuous improvement from quality perspective

Responsible for communicating the status of ongoing work to stakeholders accurately

Skills

Must have

• 8+ years experience in Software Testing
• Strong expertise in Python for test automation
• Hands-on experience in creating and implementing test strategies/test plans, including automation, performance, E2E integration, test environment.
• Hands-on experience in RESTful API testing and complex integrations, including real-time processing (JSON, XML, HTTP, API authentication).
• In-depth knowledge of Software QA methodologies and experience of agile testing
• Good communication and influence skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of SDLC, CICD and Git (source code repository)
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and TestRail

Nice to have

• Cloud testing experience (Azure, AWS, etc) and relevant certificates are preferred
• SQL and database validation
• Knowledge of financial services is a plus