Principal Test Engineer: Automation & Quality Leader Hybrid

Vitality; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Pension up to 12%

Vitality health insurance

Life Assurance 4x salary

Job summary

Vitality in the UK is seeking a Principal Test Engineer to shape the quality, reliability and scalability of technology solutions. You will act as a recognised authority on testing, guiding strategy and delivery across large programmes, and drive modern automation, CI/CD and engineering practices with senior stakeholders.

You will lead testing across microservices, APIs and multi-system integrations, mentor teams and influence product readiness while advancing Vitality’s test engineering

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading testing and quality engineering across large-scale technology programmes.
• Expertise in test automation, modern testing practices and CI/CD.
• Strong programming capability and experience testing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end software test lifecycle across large-scale programmes with robust planning and defect management.
• Own testing strategy, governance and delivery across multiple projects.
• Design scalable test automation frameworks and promote CI/CD practices.
• Provide technical leadership and establish testing standards and best practices.
• Drive quality across complex distributed systems including microservices and APIs.
• Influence stakeholders to ensure testability and readiness for product launches.
• Define enterprise-wide testing standards and continuous quality improvement.
• Guide non-functional testing (performance, accessibility, security).
• Research new testing technologies and AI-enabled testing opportunities.
• Mentor and develop test engineering talent across teams.

Skills

Recognised Test Engineering Authority

Expert Automation Framework Design

Advanced Quality Strategy Leadership

Job description

Vitality in the UK is seeking a Principal Test Engineer to shape the quality, reliability and scalability of technology solutions. You will act as a recognised authority on testing, guiding strategy and delivery across large programmes, and drive modern automation, CI/CD and engineering practices with senior stakeholders.

You will lead testing across microservices, APIs and multi-system integrations, mentor teams and influence product readiness while advancing Vitality’s test engineering