QA Automation Lead | AI-Driven Testing & Quality

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

Job summary

Annapurna in London seeks a QA Lead to drive automation and AI-powered testing, leading a team of 5 QA engineers to elevate software quality across our investment software platform.

You will embed best practices across the Agile SDLC, partner with engineering leadership, and help shape how AI is used within QA workflows to accelerate delivery and enable smarter testing decisions. This leadership role offers significant impact on release quality and the broader testing strategy.

Qualifications

• Strong background in QA automation / test engineering.
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks.
• Exposure to AI tools within testing workflows (e.g. Copilot, AI-assisted test generation)

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5 QA engineers
• Drive QA automation strategy across engineering teams
• Introduce and optimise AI-enabled testing tools
• Improve test coverage, reliability, and release quality
• Work closely with engineering and product teams in an Agile environment
• Establish QA best practices and testing standards

Skills

QA automation

Automation frameworks

AI in testing

Job description

Annapurna in London seeks a QA Lead to drive automation and AI-powered testing, leading a team of 5 QA engineers to elevate software quality across our investment software platform.

You will embed best practices across the Agile SDLC, partner with engineering leadership, and help shape how AI is used within QA workflows to accelerate delivery and enable smarter testing decisions. This leadership role offers significant impact on release quality and the broader testing strategy.