Lead Test Engineer

Job Title: Lead Test Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic Lead Test Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will own and evolve the Playwright UI automation suite, expanding coverage across critical user journeys and high-risk areas. You will design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable Playwright-based automated tests, ensuring reliability and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the Playwright UI automation suite, expanding coverage across critical user journeys and high-risk areas.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable Playwright-based automated tests, following best practices for reliability and maintainability.
• Improve automation quality including reducing flaky tests and strengthening reporting/observability of failures.
• Define and drive the test approach for new functionality and components, including services and integrations.
• Collaborate with developers and QA to ensure testability is built into delivery.
• Integrate and optimise automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Assist in defect triage and support timely resolution by providing clear evidence and technical insight.
• Mentor and support manual QA testers as they progress towards automation.
• Create and maintain clear documentation and standards that enable consistent delivery across the team.
• Proactively identify gaps and propose improvements across the wider quality approach.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience building and maintaining test automation in modern software delivery environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and automated UI testing, including patterns for maintainable test suites.
• Solid understanding of testing strategy and balancing UI, API/service, and integration testing.
• experience working with CI/CD pipelines, ideally Azure DevOps.
• Comfortable testing systems built on a .NET Back End and JavaScript-based Front End.
• experience testing APIs and service components, including serverless such as Azure Functions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive improvements that reduce repeat issues.
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts clearly.
• experience coaching or leading within a QA/testing function and influencing quality practices across a delivery team.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• experience with performance testing, cross-browser strategies, test data management, and/or test reporting dashboards.
• Familiarity with test management tools and structured defect/quality metrics.
• Optional: Familiarity with leveraging AI-assisted tools to accelerate test development and improve automation capability.

Scotland, UK

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