SDET Architect

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Slough, UK, is seeking a passionate QA Architect to lead a forward-thinking team in intelligent testing. In this role, you'll spearhead automation strategies and mentor developers, ensuring exceptional quality in software products. Ideal candidates should bring an automation-first mindset and extensive experience with various testing frameworks, contributing directly to code and improving engineering processes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading QA teams and acting as an automation architect.
• Strong experience architecting test frameworks (UI, API, integration, E2E).
• Knowledge of non-functional testing areas including performance, accessibility, and security.

Responsibilities

• Leading by example and implementing robust automation solutions.
• Driving continuous integration and test architecture excellence.
• Participating in agile ceremonies and optimising engineering processes.

Skills

Automation-first mindset

OOP principles

CI/CD

Test architecture design

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

WebdriverIO

Selenium

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Are you a hands-on, automation-first QA leader ready to shape the future of intelligent testing? We’re looking for a passionate QA Architect to lead a forward-thinking team as both a technical mentor and team lead, where quality engineering meets cutting-edge automation strategy.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as a QA Architect, leading by example and working alongside your team to architect and implement robust automation solutions.
• Collaborating across multiple, isolated client projects (e.g., within telecom and enterprise environments) and helping define a shared automation platform strategy.
• Driving early lifecycle testing (Shift-Left), continuous integration of quality, and test architecture excellence.
• Using your deep understanding of OOP principles to evaluate and mentor team members on scalable, maintainable test automation design.
• Contributing directly to code, championing best practices, and leading discovery/exploratory testing strategies.
• Participating in agile ceremonies and continuously optimising engineering processes, quality metrics, and delivery standards.

What We’re Looking For

• A proven automation-first mindset – you won’t find manual testing on your recent CV (exploratory/discovery testing preferred).
• Experience leading QA teams and acting as an automation architect, not just a hands-off manager.
• Strong experience architecting and implementing test frameworks (UI, API, integration, E2E) with tools such as Cypress, Playwright, WebdriverIO, or Selenium.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, Git workflows, and test integration into delivery pipelines.
• Skilled in using OOP principles, design patterns, SOLID practices, and dependency injection.
• Comfortable leading coding reviews and hands-on pairing sessions.
• Knowledge of non-functional testing areas including performance, compatibility, accessibility, and security.

If you're a seasoned QA leader ready to shape the future of automation, we’d love to hear from you.