Quality Assurance Automation Lead
2 days ago
Bromley
We are seeking a highly technical and hands‑on QA & Stability Technical Lead to join a high‑profile Global Markets programme responsible for a mission‑critical workflow and task management platform. The system processes 8–9 million emails per month, supports hundreds of concurrent users, and is being modernised to scale to thousands of users whilst incorporating AI‑driven classification and workflow automation. This role is ideal for someone who remains deeply involved in automation engineering and non‑functional testing whilst providing technical leadership across quality, stability, performance, and release assurance. The successful candidate will be expected to lead by example, actively contributing to test automation, performance testing, environment management, and defect investigation. • Lead the QA and Stability workstream whilst remaining actively involved in day‑to‑day testing activities., • Design, build and maintain automated test frameworks and regression suites using modern automation tooling., • Develop and execute automated functional, integration, API, end‑to‑end and regression tests., • Own performance, load, stress, volume and latency testing activities for a high‑throughput platform processing millions of emails each month., • Build realistic test scenarios and datasets that accurately reflect production workloads and user behaviour., • Set up, configure and manage QA, UAT and performance testing environments., • Define and implement quality gates across CI/CD pipelines., • Execute hands‑on testing of AI‑powered classification and workflow automation capabilities., • Perform root cause analysis of complex defects, performance bottlenecks and stability issues., • Work closely with Java Developers, DevOps Engineers, Architects and Business Users to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle., • Manage test planning, execution, reporting and defect triage activities., • Drive continuous improvement of automation coverage, testing processes and release quality., • Mentor and provide technical guidance to other QA Engineers within the programme., • Bachelor’s in computer science or related field, • 8‑10 years of experience, • Extensive hands‑on experience in QA Automation and Test Engineering within enterprise environments., • Proven experience acting as a Technical Lead whilst remaining actively involved in delivery., • Strong experience developing automated test frameworks using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, REST Assured, Cucumber., • Experience conducting performance, load, stress, volume and stability testing., • Strong hands‑on experience with LoadRunner, JMeter or similar enterprise performance testing tools., • Experience creating and maintaining large‑scale automated regression test packs., • Experience testing distributed systems and high‑volume transaction processing platforms., • Strong understanding of APIs, microservices and event‑driven architectures., • Experience managing test environments and supporting release activities., • Strong SQL and database testing experience., • Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models., • Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills., • Experience working within Investment Banking or Global Markets environments., • Experience testing workflow, task management or case management systems., • Exposure to AI, Machine Learning or Large Language Model solutions., • Experience validating AI‑driven classification, routing or decision‑making workflows., • Experience with Oracle, Hadoop and Elasticsearch., • Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms., • Knowledge of enterprise AI platforms and LLM integrations such as Orchestra, Llama or ChatGPT‑based solutions., • Playwright, • JMeter, • Selenium, • REST Assured, • Java‑based applications, • Oracle, • Hadoop, • Elasticsearch, • Git, • AI/LLM Platforms, • Agile Delivery, • Pay rate: £100k, • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package, • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the UK on a full‑time basis. The company will not sponsor applicants for work visas. #J-18808-Ljbffr