Principal Test Engineer (Hybrid) — Quality & Automation Leader

Matchtech Group; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Wellbeing program

Pension contributions

Health insurance

Life assurance

Professional development

Inclusion culture

Job summary

Matchtech Group is seeking a Principal Test Engineer for a leading technology and insurance organisation. You will provide technical leadership across complex programmes, shaping testing strategy and governance in a hybrid pattern with two days per week in London, Bournemouth or Stockport.

You will design scalable automation frameworks, drive CI/CD integration and mentor test engineers while collaborating with architects, developers and product teams to ensure launch readiness and high quality

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading testing and quality engineering across large-scale technology programmes.
• Expertise in test engineering, software testing, test automation and modern quality practices.
• Advanced experience designing automation frameworks and embedding testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong capability testing APIs, microservices and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end software testing lifecycle across large-scale programmes, including planning, estimation, execution, defect management and reporting.
• Own testing strategy, governance and delivery across multiple projects with QA excellence.
• Design and evolve scalable test automation frameworks and promote automation standards.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on testing standards and best practices.
• Drive quality across distributed systems, including microservices, APIs, cloud environments and multi-system integrations.
• Influence senior stakeholders on requirements, testability and launch readiness.
• Lead non-functional testing strategies covering performance, accessibility and security, including AI-enabled testing research.
• Coach and mentor test engineers and contribute to communities of practice.

Skills

Test engineering leadership

CI/CD integration

Automation framework design

APIs testing

Distributed systems

Tools

Automation tools

Testing frameworks

Job description

Matchtech Group is seeking a Principal Test Engineer for a leading technology and insurance organisation. You will provide technical leadership across complex programmes, shaping testing strategy and governance in a hybrid pattern with two days per week in London, Bournemouth or Stockport.

You will design scalable automation frameworks, drive CI/CD integration and mentor test engineers while collaborating with architects, developers and product teams to ensure launch readiness and high quality