Staff Engineer QA

Feeld; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech company in the UK is seeking a Staff Engineer QA to lead automation efforts for mobile apps and APIs. This role involves mentoring a QA team, improving testing standards, and ensuring quality throughout the development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in automation frameworks and be proficient in TypeScript and related tools. The position offers flexible hours, unlimited paid time off, and a competitive salary ranging from £80,000 to £135,000 annually.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Unlimited paid time off

Home work station budget

Learning & development budget

Mental health support via Spill

In-person meet ups

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and scaling automation frameworks for mobile apps and APIs.
• Hands-on experience with code frameworks to support automation efforts.
• Influence cross-functional teams to establish testing standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation team to build pipelines and tooling for mobile app testing.
• Own tooling and services for QA automation and manage vendors.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure testing is integrated into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Mobile and API automation experience

Experience leading QA teams

TypeScript and/or React Native

WebdriverIO/Appium Mocha and BrowserStack

Problem-solving and process improvement

Tools

Postman

Automation tools

Job description

Description

At Feeld we are creating a world where everyone is more intimately connected to each other and themselves. We are building an inclusive human‑centred product and are looking for a Staff Engineer QA to join our remote team and help elevate the human experience of sexuality and relationships.

This is a hands‑on technical role reporting to the Head of Platform with influence across multiple teams and ownership of Feeld's automation tooling and frameworks. You will be responsible for owning the direction and implementation of Feeld's automation tooling working to improve the quality and security of the app and supporting services.

To be right for this role you should have extensive mobile and API automation experience and the ability to self‑serve by building the tooling required to support your automation efforts. You should also be an experienced leader with the abilities to provide mentorship and guidance to 3‑6 QE team members with the skills to continually analyse and review services vendors and processes ensuring strategic alignment with automation efforts.

What you will do

• Lead an automation team to build pipelines and tooling for mobile app automation e2e testing suites and API testing
• Own the tooling and services supporting the QA automation and be responsible for vendor management
• Build and maintain a toolkit for enhancing QA and developer experience. For example creating scripts to pre‑configure accounts with user state or tooling to enable the pre‑conditions for a test case
• Foster a culture of quick feedback loops and processes to catch defects with automation earlier in the product development lifecycle
• Work with Infrastructure Platform and Security teams to develop automated testing procedures for performance load and security testing
• Support product / delivery teams and key stakeholders with the metrics required to release app updates and backend deployments with confidence
• Design and architect scalable maintainable automation frameworks for mobile apps and APIs.
• Evaluate and introduce new automation tools frameworks and processes to improve quality at scale.
• Mentor and guide other QA engineers sharing best practices and raising the quality bar across the organisation.
• Partner with product platform and infrastructure teams to integrate testing into CI / CD pipelines.
• Contribute to performance load and security testing automation.
• Provide metrics and insights to help teams release app updates and backend deployments with confidence.
• Collaborate with manual QA to shift left where automation can improve efficiency and coverage.

Requirements

About you

• You have significant experience (5 years) designing and scaling automation frameworks for mobile apps and APIs e.g. postman.
• You are comfortable working hands‑on with code frameworks and infrastructure to unblock yourself and others.
• You have experience influencing cross‑functional teams and establishing testing standards.
• You know TypeScript and / or React Native.
• You are comfortable working with WebdriverIO / Appium Mocha and BrowserStack to build and run automated tests.
• You are proactive in identifying gaps solving problems and continuously improving processes.

Bonus points

• You are experienced with Appium and BrowserStack
• You able to build backend and frontend applications from source run locally and debug issues
• You know other modern testing frameworks or languages and can quickly adopt new tools.

Benefits

About us

Feeld is an independent experimental and fully remote organisation reshaping the dialogue on dating and sexuality. The company was founded in 2014 and has evolved since to become the open distributed structure it is now. We have a naturally agile and fluid culture. The whole team is fully remote which means you work where and when helps you perform at your best. We regard autonomy highly and treat our organisation as a product we iterate improve and test things internally to see what works best for everyone.

Our culture

We believe in creating a safe work environment through humanity fluidity safety transparency and progressiveness. When hiring we look for culture add rather than culture fit.

Because we are a fully remote team it's especially important that we create an environment where our colleagues feel included and connected as humans.

Diversity equity inclusion and belonging at Feeld

Feeld promotes open-mindedness inclusion diversity and kindness both in the world and among our own workforce.

We encourage and welcome applications from people with a history of marginalisation whether because of race gender expression or identity sexual orientation neurodivergence national origin disability (seen or unseen) or any confluence of intersectional identities.

Our goal is a barrier‑free application process and working environment. If you require further details or assistance or have any questions about this process please let us know at .

Compensation and perks

We are conscious of how our work and decisions impact other humans and the environment. We design our product and organisation with consideration for the wellbeing of our Members and colleagues. Feeld's way of working is designed to proactively prevent burnout and an always on culture. We believe in technology and working environments that enable people to live a meaningful fulfilled life.

Therefore we offer our staff

• Flexible working hours
• Unlimited paid time off
• A fully remote working situation
• Home work station budget
• Learning & development budget
• On demand therapy sessions and mental health support via Spill
• In‑person meet ups

Our compensation system is one of the ways we work to uphold equity and inclusion at Feeld. Just as we strive to enable honest expression on our platform we strive for openness of information within the organization. Internally we keep decision‑making transparent to keep each other accountable and make sure all voices are heard.

That is why we offer

• A compensation system that is transparent honest and equitable.
• At Feeld we believe all humans deserve to make a competitive wage. That's why we offer a Baseline Freedom Salary of 60000 GBP per year.

Estimated compensation for this role

• The total cash compensation for this role is dependent on Level and Step as well as geographic location but we estimate that the competitive market compensation for this role is between 80000 - 135000 GBP based on the requirements listed in this job description.

Our interview process

• Your first conversation with Feeld will be a screening call with our recruiter where you'll be able to ask - and receive answers - regarding any general questions you have and to confirm the role is a fit for what you're seeking.
• Your second conversation will connect you directly with the hiring manager for the role you're applying to. Here you'll have a chance to ask more questions about the work you'll be doing. This conversation will also focus on your past work experiences.
• The next step for most of our roles is a candidate challenge. This is an evaluation of the skills relevant to be successful in this role and generally takes about an hour to complete.
• Your third conversation allows you the opportunity to meet the team members you might be working with on a daily basis. Here you'll be able to ask questions about team processes workflow and the employee experience at Feeld.
• We generally make an offer within 2 weeks of our final call and offer a flexible start date that can begin as early as the next Monday after you sign our offer documentation.
• Of note: all of our interviews are conducted remotely and our interviewers will work with you to find an agreeable interview time based on mutual availability.

We understand we're asking you to invest your time and best efforts in this process and are appreciative of getting the chance to better know who you are as a person and return we're committed to offering transparent communication and prompt feedback as you navigate this application with us.

To find out more about Feeld download our app (available on iOS and Android).

Required Experience

Staff IC

Key Skills

Corporate Communications, Apache Commons, Community Support, Jira, Java

Employment Type

Full-Time

Department / Functional Area

Engineering

Experience

years

Vacancy

1

Monthly Salary

80000 – 135000