Senior Test Engineer: Automation & QA Leader

Ashurst Perkins Coie Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Health and wellbeing benefits

Gym membership

Discounted corporate health plans

Career advancement programs

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie is seeking a Senior Technical Test Engineer to work within an IT product team or on business change projects in our Glasgow office with hybrid working. You will ensure the quality of products, deliver testing artifacts, coordinate testers, and design testing strategies for complex distributed applications, using both manual and automated approaches.

The role requires ISTQB/TOSCA, Agile and Waterfall experience, and proficiency with Zephyr, JIRA, Selenium, Playwright, Jenkins

Qualifications

• ISTQB accreditation and/or similar certifications.
• TOSCA certification.
• Strong manual testing expertise.
• Experience in cross‑functional product teams.
• Good knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking (Zephyr, JIRA).
• Experience leading automation testing portfolios.
• Automation of complex, multi‑platform distributed apps.
• Knowledge of automation/CICD tools (Selenium, Tosca, Playwright, Jenkins, GitHub, Maven).
• Knowledge of AI & Cloud technologies (Azure, AWS).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with testers, developers and product managers within a Product Team or supporting business and IT change projects.
• Deliver testing deliverables on change projects using testing methods and practices.
• Coordinate testing activities and mentor junior testers.
• Adhere to established testing processes across Waterfall phases.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives).
• Analyze testing inputs (business and technical requirements).
• Prepare detailed test conditions and test scripts.
• Execute test scripts and record results accurately.

Skills

ISTQB accreditation

Agile

DevOps

Automation testing

CI/CD tools

Tools

Zephyr

JIRA

Selenium

Playwright

Jenkins

GitHub

Maven

Job description

Ashurst Perkins Coie is seeking a Senior Technical Test Engineer to work within an IT product team or on business change projects in our Glasgow office with hybrid working. You will ensure the quality of products, deliver testing artifacts, coordinate testers, and design testing strategies for complex distributed applications, using both manual and automated approaches.

The role requires ISTQB/TOSCA, Agile and Waterfall experience, and proficiency with Zephyr, JIRA, Selenium, Playwright, Jenkins