Randstad Digital
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Quality Engineering Lead
📌 Location: Leeds (Hybrid)
🛠️ Core Tech: Playwright, TypeScript, Jira/Zephyr
💰 Salary/Rate: £500 to £550 a day Inside IR35
6 Months Contract
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.
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- 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
If this sounds of interest to you then please apply directly to the AD or send your CV to Iram.Shariff@randstaddigital.com
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