Senior QE Lead: Hands-on Automation & GenAI Strategy

Anson McCade; England; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

30 days annual leave

3 additional days for charitable work

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Anson McCade is seeking a Quality Engineering Associate Manager in the UK, combining hands-on QE with leadership and tooling strategy for large-scale client engagements. You will define automation frameworks, assess QE maturity and drive adoption of GenAI within the QE discipline.

You will mentor QE/automation engineers, manage stakeholder communications, and help deliver QE strategies across multiple client programs while remaining technically hands-on.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in QE and test automation.
• Experience designing, developing and assessing automation frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with GenAI and AI-assisted development tools within a QE environment.
• Experience leading or mentoring QE/automation engineers.

Responsibilities

• Remain hands-on with automation, coding, framework development and code reviews.
• Define and own tooling strategies and automation frameworks across client engagements.
• Conduct QE framework assessments and maturity evaluations, identifying improvements and creating delivery roadmaps.
• Lead, mentor and support QE and automation engineers, helping develop technical capability.
• Support the delivery of wider Quality Engineering strategies alongside senior leadership.
• Build strong client relationships and communicate technical recommendations, risks and progress to stakeholders.
• Drive the adoption of GenAI within Quality Engineering, including tools such as Playwright with MCP, GitHub Copilot and Claude.
• Contribute to internal QE communities, standards and best practices.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test Automation

Leadership

Client-facing

GenAI tools

Framework design

Tools

Playwright

GitHub Copilot

Claude

MCP

Job description

Anson McCade is seeking a Quality Engineering Associate Manager in the UK, combining hands-on QE with leadership and tooling strategy for large-scale client engagements. You will define automation frameworks, assess QE maturity and drive adoption of GenAI within the QE discipline.

You will mentor QE/automation engineers, manage stakeholder communications, and help deliver QE strategies across multiple client programs while remaining technically hands-on.