Senior Test Engineer: Lead Automated Testing & Quality

TipTopJob; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension 28.97%

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Flexible working options

Job summary

TipTopJob is seeking an experienced testing leader to deliver scalable testing capability and define testing standards across the department. You will oversee gap analyses, create improvement plans, and guide test strategy from design through delivery.

The role emphasizes building quality in from the start, mentoring the QA team, and ensuring environments and data meet project needs in a hybrid-working setup.

Qualifications

• Experience testing within a large-scale ICT estate, including integrating new and legacy products.
• Familiarity with multiple programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Groovy, Scala) and front-end tech (CSS/HTML).
• Ability to mentor and coach QA/testing staff.
• Experience building test frameworks and reusable tests.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all test processes, plans, resources, costs, schedules and traceability.
• Coordinate system/acceptance test planning within projects or programmes.
• Provide authoritative guidance on test planning and execution.
• Develop tests to reusable standards for multiple usages.
• Mentor and coach the service assurance team to keep standards and tools up to date.
• Ensure test data and environments meet project requirements.

Skills

Experience in testing large ICT estate

Programming languages awareness

Front-end web development CSS/HTML

Mentoring QA/testing colleagues

Job description

TipTopJob is seeking an experienced testing leader to deliver scalable testing capability and define testing standards across the department. You will oversee gap analyses, create improvement plans, and guide test strategy from design through delivery.

The role emphasizes building quality in from the start, mentoring the QA team, and ensuring environments and data meet project needs in a hybrid-working setup.