Quality Engineering Lead: AI, CI/CD & Test Automation

Bromcom Computers

Bromley

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Bromcom Computers seeks a Technical QA Manager to lead quality engineering across delivery areas. You will define and maintain the test strategy, provide technical direction to QA Champions and Test Automation Engineers, and ensure automated testing is fast, reliable and integrated into pipelines.

You will drive governance, coaching and evidence-based release readiness, aligning non-functional testing with product risk and delivery goals.

Qualifications

Strong experience in software quality assurance, test automation and quality engineering.
Experience providing technical leadership across complex software delivery environments using Kanban methodology.
Demonstrable experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
Demonstrable experience improving the reliability and feedback value of pipeline-based automated testing.
Proven ability to define, implement and govern testing strategies.
Experience supporting other quality roles in applying testing strategies within delivery teams.
Practical experience with a modern automation framework.
Preferable experience with Playwright and Selenium.
Practical coding capability in an object-oriented programming language.
Experience designing, building or significantly improving maintainable test automation frameworks.
Experience reviewing automation architecture and test-code quality.
A good understanding of functional, integration, regression and release testing.
A good understanding of software delivery lifecycle and release governance.
A good understanding of risk management, risk identification and risk-based testing.
A proactive and improvement-focused approach.
The confidence to challenge poor quality or automation practices constructively.
Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines (desirable).

Responsibilities

Define and implement comprehensive, risk-based test strategies across multiple delivery areas.
Translate organisational quality objectives into practical engineering standards.
Demonstrate practical integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Define effective pipeline execution, result visibility and failure-feedback approaches.
Provide credible technical leadership on modern test automation frameworks.
Work effectively with Playwright or equivalent test automation technology.
Review and guide maintainable automation code.
Understand automation developed using C#, Java or an equivalent object-oriented language.
Understand functional, integration, regression, API, UI and relevant non-functional testing approaches.
Assess the suitability of automation at different levels of a system.
Review automation framework design, test architecture and reusable components.
Evaluate automation maintainability, test data, environment dependencies and execution reliability.
Identify flaky, duplicated, low-value or overly expensive automated tests.
Analyse quality and automation evidence to identify systemic risks and improvement priorities.
Understand risk management, risk identification and risk-based testing.
Coach and influence QA Champions, Test Automation Engineers, developers and delivery stakeholders.
Communicate technical quality risks clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Challenge weak requirements, ineffective controls and poor automation practices constructively.
Use AI-assisted testing capabilities critically, with appropriate review, traceability and governance.