QA Lead

Proactive Appointments; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology organisation in Plymouth is seeking a QA Lead to enhance their quality assurance processes in a hybrid working environment. Responsibilities include establishing QA processes, implementing automation frameworks like Playwright, and collaborating with engineering teams to define quality standards. Candidates should have substantial experience in manual testing and automation, along with skills in web and API testing. This role offers a salary of up to £50k per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in establishing QA processes across manual, regression, UAT, and automation testing.
• Ability to evaluate and implement automation frameworks.
• Proven collaboration skills with product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish QA processes across testing methodologies.
• Evaluate and extend automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with teams to define quality standards.

Skills

Manual testing

Regression planning

UAT support

Automation frameworks

Web testing

API testing

Risk-based testing

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Azure DevOps

Job description

QA Lead

Plymouth, Devon | Hybrid (2 / 3 days on‑site per week) | Up to £50k per annum

We're exclusively partnered with a leading technology organisation based in the Plymouth area, who are looking to onboard a QA Lead to support their continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain QA processes across manual, regression, UAT, and automation testing.
• Evaluate, implement, and extend automation frameworks (Playwright preferred).
• Plan and execute testing for monthly releases, ensuring coverage of critical workflows.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer Service to define quality standards and acceptance criteria.
• Document defects, support root cause analysis, and verify fixes.
• Guide teams on QA best practices and contribute to a well‑governed software development life cycle.

Technical Skills

• Manual testing, regression planning, and UAT support.
• Automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium).
• Web and API testing.
• Defect identification, risk‑based testing, and prioritization.
• Integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Familiarity with accessibility, performance, security, or API contract testing is a plus.

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