Quality Engineering Lead - Test Lead

Quality Engineering Lead

📌 Location: Leeds (Hybrid)

🛠️ Core Tech: Playwright, TypeScript, Jira/Zephyr

💰 Salary/Rate: £500 to £550 a day Inside IR35

6 Months Contact

A leading firm is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead for a massive, ground-up digital transformation. You will own the QA strategy for an entire application lifecycle modernization project, spanning front-end web/app channels, order processing, and complex multi-system integrations.

As the Quality Engineering Lead, you will own the testing blueprint, champion shift-left QA practices, and guide a talented pod of engineers to deliver a flawless, high-performance customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

Drive Automation Strategy: Take ownership of a modern, cutting-edge automation framework, leveraging next-gen agentic capabilities to supercharge delivery speed and coverage.
Lead & Mentor: Manage, coach, and elevate a multi-disciplinary team of quality engineers, fostering a collaborative culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
E2E Ecosystem Assurance: Design robust testing strategies covering complex integrations, from digital storefronts and secure payment paths down to warehouse logistics and real-time order tracking.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as the technical QA subject matter expert, embedding early testing into the development lifecycle and translating testing metrics into actionable insights for senior leadership.

Essential Skills

Solid background in the Retail, E-Commerce, or Grocery sector.
Proven experience as a Test Lead, QA Lead, or QA Manager in fast-paced Agile environments.
Hands-on automation skills using Playwright with TypeScript.
Experience testing complex workflows like shopping baskets, order management (OMS), or fulfilment.
Strong proficiency in Jira and Zephyr for test management and defect tracking.
Track record navigating large-scale business migrations and third-party system integrations.📌 Location: Leeds (Hybrid) | 💰 Rate: £500 to £550 a day Inside IR35 | 6 Months Contract

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