Quality Engineering Transformation Lead

RWS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

RWS is evolving its Product & Technology organization into a high-velocity engineering ecosystem. As Head of Quality Engineering, you will empower engineers to own code quality, eliminate bottlenecks, and align quality standards across distributed teams.

You will consult with product teams to ensure secure, robust software delivered with velocity. You will lead a technical QE community, drive adoption of automation pipelines, and partner with Security, Privacy, and Data teams to operationalize

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, CI/CD automation, or automated quality engineering.
• Deep, hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks, contract testing, and performance/load testing tools.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD systems, containerization, and cloud-native architectures enabling integration of test automation into pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute a comprehensive Quality strategy shifting testing left.
• Establish end-to-end automation testing frameworks and tooling for SaaS and on-premise products.
• Lead a team of Quality Engineers and mentor them in testing design and risk-based strategies.

Skills

Quality Engineering leadership

Test automation

CI/CD & DevSecOps

Cloud & containerization

Tools

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

RWS is evolving its Product & Technology organization into a high-velocity engineering ecosystem. As Head of Quality Engineering, you will empower engineers to own code quality, eliminate bottlenecks, and align quality standards across distributed teams.

You will consult with product teams to ensure secure, robust software delivered with velocity. You will lead a technical QE community, drive adoption of automation pipelines, and partner with Security, Privacy, and Data teams to operationalize