Job Description
About the Role
Our client is looking for Lead Test Engineers to join their growing team. Lead Test Engineers work within multi-disciplinary teams that build, support, and maintain user-centred digital solutions that deliver real value.
As a Lead Test Engineer, you will design and implement quality assurance processes, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services. You will be responsible for defining test parameters, creating test plans, conducting quality checks, and producing test reports. Additionally, you will support clients in continuously improving their products and services.
In this role, you will lead people and teams, manage projects, drive technical deliverables, maintain client relationships, and mentor others.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement testing parameters in collaboration with the product design team.
- Develop test plans and test cases, conducting quality assurance checks and performance tests.
- Produce test reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to explore, design, and deliver solutions to client challenges.
- Design and manage software development and deployment pipelines, proactively resolving bottlenecks.
- Continuously review and prioritize workload, ensuring alignment with operational priorities.
- Present prototypes, solutions, and progress to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
- Build strong relationships within the team and with stakeholders, addressing challenges proactively.
- Lead recruitment, onboarding, and line management of engineers.
- Support the professional development of other consultants.
- Represent our client’s engineering expertise externally through blogs, workshops, seminars, and conferences.
About You
Our client is seeking a highly skilled Lead Test Engineer with strong leadership, communication, and technical expertise.
Technical Skills:
- Proven experience in leading delivery teams to implement high-quality testing solutions.
- Ability to coach and mentor others to achieve optimal testing outcomes.
- Extensive experience in functional and non-functional automation testing.
- Deep understanding of the full testing lifecycle with a track record as a QA/Test Engineer.
- Strong skills in testing web and mobile applications, including accessibility, cross-browser/device, and usability testing.
- Hands-on experience with testing tools such as Selenium, SpecFlow, Cucumber, Gherkin Syntax, JMeter, and K6.
- Proficiency in Python, PyTest, and Playwright for test automation.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar).
- Experience with Microservices design and architecture.
- Strong background in RESTful API Services testing.
- Working knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, TDD).
- Skilled in designing and building testing frameworks for both native and web applications across different platforms.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or ARM.
- Expertise in public cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and DevOps.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps, Atlassian).
- Previous experience working on government or NHS projects (highly desirable).
Soft Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong leadership and team management experience.
- A problem-solving mindset, with the ability to anticipate challenges and proactively resolve them.
Benefits
Our client offers a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package, including:
From Day One:
- Contributory pension scheme (6% employer, 2% employee).
- 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays.
- Access to Perkbox for discounts on various services.
- Critical illness cover.
- Life assurance and death-in-service cover.
- Volunteer days.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
- Season ticket loans.
- Financial and general wellbeing sessions.
Flexible Benefits (Optional):
- Private health cover.
- Private dental cover.
- Additional company pension contributions.
- Additional holiday allowance (up to 2 extra days).
- Wellbeing contribution.
- Charity contribution.
- Tree planting initiative.
Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Our client is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. They believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and enhance problem-solving.
They actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including:
- Women
- Ethnic minorities
- LGBTQ+ individuals
- Neurodivergent individuals
- People with disabilities
As a Disability Confident Employer, our client ensures an accessible recruitment process, offering reasonable adjustments where needed.
About Our Client
Our client specializes in data-driven digital services with a focus on human-centred design. They leverage data insights, software engineering, and service design to deliver impactful solutions that truly serve end users.
Their agile approach supports continuous improvement, innovation, and real impact for their clients. The company culture is built on collaboration, authenticity, and expertise, ensuring that technology serves people—not the other way around.
Location & Remote Work
Our client is headquartered in Leeds, with additional locations in Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Bristol.
- Open to candidates across the UK, with flexible remote work options.
- A relocation package of up to £8k is available.
- Travel to client sites may be required.
If you are an experienced Lead Test Engineer looking for a leadership role in a collaborative and inclusive environment, we encourage you to apply!
