QA Lead - Test Automation, API & CI/CD

REPLY; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus Scheme

Private Healthcare Insurance

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Development Training

Enhanced Parental Leave

Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)

Pension Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Gym Membership

Cycle to Work

Flexible Working

Away Days

Job summary

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is seeking a Quality Engineering lead to shape testing strategies and drive automation across client delivery teams in the UK.

You will mentor QA engineers, collaborate with developers and stakeholders, and promote shift-left practices and robust CI/CD integration.

This role suits an experienced professional who thrives in agile environments and can deliver high-quality, scalable testing solutions for public and private sector projects.

Qualifications

• H Hands-on automation testing with strong QA background.
• Experience with .NET/C# or Java.
• API testing with RESTful services.
• Experience with Selenium or Playwright.
• CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
• Agile, DevSecOps mindset.
• Ability to mentor QA teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape the Quality Engineering approach across Solirius and our clients.
• Define, implement, and improve QA and test strategies.
• Provide technical leadership across delivery teams.
• Drive test automation, shift-left testing, CI/CD, and continuous testing.
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing QA engineers.
• Build scalable test automation frameworks and regression suites.

Skills

QA leadership

Automation testing

C# / Java

Selenium / Playwright

REST API testing

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Agile / DevSecOps

Stakeholder management

Team mentoring

Delivery improvement

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

REST Assured

Jenkins

Job description

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is seeking a Quality Engineering lead to shape testing strategies and drive automation across client delivery teams in the UK.

You will mentor QA engineers, collaborate with developers and stakeholders, and promote shift-left practices and robust CI/CD integration.

This role suits an experienced professional who thrives in agile environments and can deliver high-quality, scalable testing solutions for public and private sector projects.