Lead SDET: QA Strategy, Test Automation & Delivery

Scale Factory (formerly Ten10); England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days Annual Leave

Employer-matched Pension

Health Benefits

Hybrid working

Commuter benefits

Annual Rail Card

Training & Certifications support

Job summary

Scale Factory is seeking a Lead Software Developer in Test to own technical delivery, lead teams, and build lasting client relationships. You will design scalable automation solutions, mentor SDETs, and define the QA strategy across projects while engaging with clients and contributing to pre-sales activities.

The role demands leadership, hands-on testing expertise, and the ability to translate business needs into robust testing approaches across diverse industries.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in QA/testing roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable automation solutions across multiple projects and clients.
• Mentor and coach a team of SDETs, driving best practices in testing and automation.
• Own the QA strategy on projects, setting the vision for test architecture, tooling, quality metrics, and delivery excellence.
• Engage directly with clients as a trusted advisor, understanding business needs and aligning testing approaches accordingly.
• Contribute to pre-sales and project scoping, helping shape engagements from inception through delivery.

Skills

QA leadership

SDET leadership

Agile SCRUM

Test automation

CI/CD

Stakeholder comms

Mentoring

Client engagement

Pre-sales

Security clearance eligibility

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

RestAssured

JMeter

Gatling

K6

Neoload

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Job description

Scale Factory is seeking a Lead Software Developer in Test to own technical delivery, lead teams, and build lasting client relationships. You will design scalable automation solutions, mentor SDETs, and define the QA strategy across projects while engaging with clients and contributing to pre-sales activities.

The role demands leadership, hands-on testing expertise, and the ability to translate business needs into robust testing approaches across diverse industries.