Quality Assurance Automation Lead

Candour; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consultancy in Leeds is seeking a QA Automation Lead to enhance quality strategies across client engagements. The successful candidate will lead testing initiatives and mentor engineers, ensuring high-quality solutions are delivered. This senior role requires expertise in QA automation, monitoring quality metrics, and designing test frameworks. The consultancy offers a hybrid working model, emphasizing a quality-first culture in delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in QA automation and best testing practices.
• Experience in mentoring team members to promote quality.
• Strong understanding of quality metrics and test coverage.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional, regression, performance, and security testing.
• Define and drive QA automation strategies across projects.
• Monitor and report on quality metrics such as defect trends.
• Mentor QA Automation Engineers and cultivate a quality-first culture.
• Design and maintain robust automated test frameworks.

Skills

QA automation

Mentoring

Quality metrics monitoring

Designing automated test frameworks

Job description

Job Description

QA Automation Lead – Leeds – Hybrid

We’re hiring an experienced QA Automation Lead to join a growing Leeds-based technology consultancy. This is a senior role where you’ll help shape quality strategies across multiple client engagements, working on high-performing digital platforms used by thousands of businesses.

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking engineering function, leading QA automation initiatives, mentoring engineers, and embedding best-in-class testing practices across delivery teams.

The role

As a QA Automation Lead, you will be responsible for driving quality across the full software delivery lifecycle. You’ll work closely with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure reliable, scalable, and high-quality solutions are delivered to our clients.

Key responsibilities include :

• Leading functional, regression, performance, and security testing activities
• Defining and driving QA automation strategy across client projects
• Monitoring and reporting on quality metrics including test coverage and defect trends
• Mentoring QA Automation Engineers and promoting a quality-first culture
• Designing and maintaining automated test frameworks

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