Senior Quality Engineer: Automation & Contract Testing Lead

Hyperlayer; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Bank holidays off

Health insurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Referral bonus scheme

Nursery scheme

Job summary

Hyperlayer is seeking a hands-on Principal Quality Engineer to take technical ownership of testing the Hyperlayer platform, orchestration engine and HyperJar. The role blends building automation frameworks with elevating QE capability through code reviews and shared standards.

You will lead contract testing across services using Pact, and shape testing strategies within CI/CD. This senior IC role reports to the Head of Solution Architecture & QA and sits in Paddington, London.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in test automation and quality engineering, including leadership.
• Proven track record building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Deep API automation with REST Assured or equivalent and Postman/Newman.
• Hands-on setup of contract testing with Pact, broker and CI/CD gates.
• Strong Java or JVM language skills with production-grade framework code.
• Experience in fintech or regulated financial services is preferred.
• Able to advocate standards and drive improvements in a team.
• Willing to be in our London office four days per week.

Responsibilities

• Own test automation frameworks and tooling, ensuring speed, reliability and trust from engineers.
• Design and build new frameworks to fill gaps, including data-driven tests and non-functional tooling.
• Set up contract testing across services with Pact, including provider verification and kanban gates in CI/CD.
• Decide testing scope per pipeline stage, balancing coverage and speed.
• Establish framework standards and review designs so QE teams follow them.
• Collaborate with engineering leads on test architecture for new services.
• Align testing with product and client flows, especially payments.
• Reduce flakiness and runtime with measurable suite health metrics.
• Lead use of AI in testing, evaluate tools and roll out effective solutions.
• Mentor testers to grow into automation engineers.

Skills

Test automation

Java

REST API testing

Postman/Newman

Contract testing

CI/CD pipelines

Technical leadership

Fintech domain knowledge

Tools

REST Assured

Postman

Pact

Job description

Hyperlayer is seeking a hands-on Principal Quality Engineer to take technical ownership of testing the Hyperlayer platform, orchestration engine and HyperJar. The role blends building automation frameworks with elevating QE capability through code reviews and shared standards.

You will lead contract testing across services using Pact, and shape testing strategies within CI/CD. This senior IC role reports to the Head of Solution Architecture & QA and sits in Paddington, London.