Lead Quality Engineer AI Platform

Lead Quality Engineer

Fully Remote | UK, Ireland & European time zones

I'm working with an innovative software company that's looking to hire an experienced Lead Quality Engineer to take ownership of quality across a complex, customer facing platform.

This is a hands-on leadership opportunity where you'll define quality standards, build scalable testing processes, and help shape the future of quality engineering within a growing product team.

The Role:

You'll be responsible for developing and evolving the overall quality strategy, ensuring software is released confidently and reliably while supporting a fast-paced engineering environment.

Working closely with developers and product teams, you'll drive automation, improve testing practices, and establish quality as a key part of the development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Own the quality strategy and release process.
Develop and enhance automated testing frameworks.
Strengthen end-to-end and regression testing.
Improve release confidence through effective quality gates.
Turn production issues into automated regression coverage.
Lead exploratory testing for business-critical functionality.
Mentor and develop junior QA engineers.
Champion best practice across quality engineering.

About You:

You'll have:

5+ years' experience in QA, Quality Engineering, or SDET roles.
Proven depth in frontend quality: e2e suites (Playwright, Cypress, or similar) that catch interaction-level regressions, visual regression, and real browser verification integrated into CI/CD.
Experience building quality gates and release processes for teams that ship continuously.
Active use of AI tooling in your own QA work - we will ask how it has changed your practice in the last year.
Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge release decisions when required.
The ability to work independently within a fully remote environment.

Desirable Experience

Testing complex web applications.
Experience in highly regulated, enterprise, or business-critical software.
Exposure to modern software delivery practices and AI-assisted development.

What's on Offer

Fully remote working.
Genuine ownership of the quality function.
A key leadership position within an ambitious product business.
The opportunity to influence engineering standards from the ground up.
€65k up to €95k base salary

If you're passionate about building quality into software from day one and enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, I'd love to speak with you
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed