Lead Quality Engineer: Strategy, Automation & CI/CD

Goaco; Dartford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Goaco, a digital transformation and technology consultancy, is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to guide testing strategy across public sector and enterprise clients. You will mentor teams, define quality metrics, and promote early testing involvement.

You will influence testing approaches across API, Web UI, ETL, Mobile, and cloud environments (AWS, Kubernetes), embed quality into SDLC, and drive CI/CD integration with automated tests using Cypress, Selenium, Playwright and Postman.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality engineering across large digital projects.
• Proven ability to define and drive test strategies and governance.
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills to uplift teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee strategic testing practices and metrics.
• Lead the adoption of automated testing, CI/CD, and performance testing.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and delivery managers to improve quality.

Skills

Quality engineering leadership

Test automation

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring teams

Agile methodologies

Tools

Cypress

Selenium

Playwright

Postman

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Goaco, a digital transformation and technology consultancy, is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to guide testing strategy across public sector and enterprise clients. You will mentor teams, define quality metrics, and promote early testing involvement.

You will influence testing approaches across API, Web UI, ETL, Mobile, and cloud environments (AWS, Kubernetes), embed quality into SDLC, and drive CI/CD integration with automated tests using Cypress, Selenium, Playwright and Postman.