Senior Quality Engineering Lead – Automation & CI/CD

Solirius Reply; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus Scheme

Private Healthcare Insurance

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Up to 10 days training per year

Enhanced Parental Leave

Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)

Statutory & Contributory Pension

EAP with Help@Hand

Gym Membership Benefits

Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle

Flexible Working

Annual Away Days/Company Socials

Job summary

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, seeks an experienced Quality Engineering Lead to shape testing strategies across client projects. You will lead automation, API, and end-to-end testing while collaborating with delivery teams and stakeholders.

You will mentor QA/SDET engineers, promote shift-left practices, and drive CI/CD integration in rapid, high-paced environments. Government/public sector experience is desirable.

Qualifications

• Hands-on automation testing with a strong QA background.
• Experience with .NET/C# or Java.
• Automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, or similar.
• Strong API testing experience, ideally REST Assured.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines, including Jenkins.
• Understanding of Agile, DevSecOps/SecDevOps, and shift-left practices.
• Experience working with development teams to improve testing quality.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience leading QA teams and delivering test and process improvements.
• Experience working within complex, high-paced delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape the Quality Engineering approach across Solirius and client projects.
• Define, implement, and continually improve QA strategies.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple delivery teams.
• Drive test automation, shift-left testing, CI/CD, and continuous testing.
• Work closely with developers, business stakeholders, clients, and delivery teams.
• Promote quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Maintain a hands-on testing and automation capability.
• Develop and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and regression suites.
• Lead functional, API, integration, acceptance, and end-to-end testing.
• Promote effective unit and developer-led testing practices.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Coach, mentor, and develop QA/SDET engineers.
• Manage QA resources and priorities across multiple projects.
• Drive continuous improvement and identify opportunities to improve testing processes.
• Champion Quality Engineering and industry best practices.
• Provide clear advice on quality risks, testing approaches, and delivery decisions.
• Build strong relationships with clients and teams.
• Government/public sector experience desirable.

Skills

Automation testing

C# / Java

API testing

CI/CD

Agile / DevSecOps

Stakeholder management

Leadership

QA leadership

Delivery collaboration

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

REST Assured

Jenkins

Job description

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, seeks an experienced Quality Engineering Lead to shape testing strategies across client projects. You will lead automation, API, and end-to-end testing while collaborating with delivery teams and stakeholders.

You will mentor QA/SDET engineers, promote shift-left practices, and drive CI/CD integration in rapid, high-paced environments. Government/public sector experience is desirable.