Quality, Security & Observability Lead

International SOS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Birthday holiday

Private Medical Insurance

Private Pension

Job summary

International SOS is seeking a Head of Quality Engineering in London to own software quality, AppSec, and production observability across our digital platforms. You will drive Shift-Left practices, lead enterprise automated testing, and partner with SRE for resilient operations.

The role reports to the CTO and requires leading a global quality engineering organization across London and offshore centers, with a strong emphasis on automation, security, and governance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of progressive software engineering, test automation, AppSec, and quality leadership.
• At least 2 years leading quality engineering or DevSecOps in distributed cloud environments.
• Proven track record implementing Shift-Left testing, CI/CD security automation, and observability frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise Quality Engineering strategy with automation-first gates.
• Lead SDET enablement and automation across web, API, mobile and data platforms.
• Embed AppSec into CI/CD pipelines and establish secure coding standards.
• Partner with SRE for production observability and telemetry.
• Define metrics and lead the global Quality Engineering organization.

Skills

Quality leadership

SDET enablement

AppSec expertise

CI/CD security

Shift-Left

Test automation

Automation frameworks

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Rest Assured

Snyk

SonarQube

Veracode

AWS

Job description

International SOS is seeking a Head of Quality Engineering in London to own software quality, AppSec, and production observability across our digital platforms. You will drive Shift-Left practices, lead enterprise automated testing, and partner with SRE for resilient operations.

The role reports to the CTO and requires leading a global quality engineering organization across London and offshore centers, with a strong emphasis on automation, security, and governance.