Senior QA Automation Tech Lead - Testing Strategy & Frameworks

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; London Borough of Southwark; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

41 Days holiday

CARE pension

Cycle to work scheme

Relocation scheme

On-site nursery

On-site gym

Family leave enhancements

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Technical Lead (QA Automation) to drive testing strategy and modern automation practices across multiple software products. You will champion test-driven development, risk-based quality approaches, and build scalable automation frameworks using Playwright and Selenium, integrating with CI/CD.

You will collaborate with product teams and stakeholders to raise quality and deliver reliable digital services for staff and

Qualifications

• recognised technical expert in QA Automation responsible for driving best practices across functional, end-to-end, performance, load and security testing.
• ability to leverage modern testing tools to build scalable automation capabilities and support CI/CD pipelines.
• ability to establish testing standards, governance and architectural consistency across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of modern test automation frameworks.
• Champion test-driven development, behaviour-driven development and risk-based quality approaches.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Agile Delivery Managers, Developers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure and high-performing digital services.

Skills

QA Automation

Playwright

Selenium

CI/CD

BDD

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Job description

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Technical Lead (QA Automation) to drive testing strategy and modern automation practices across multiple software products. You will champion test-driven development, risk-based quality approaches, and build scalable automation frameworks using Playwright and Selenium, integrating with CI/CD.

You will collaborate with product teams and stakeholders to raise quality and deliver reliable digital services for staff and