Role Overview

Test Engineering Manager - Automation

I'm looking for a Test Engineering Manager to lead and scale a distributed team responsible for driving automation, performance testing, and quality engineering across the SDLC.

This is a strategic "player-coach" position that combines leadership, delivery ownership, and hands-on technical contribution in a modern CI/CD and DevOps environment.

You'll partner with engineering leadership to define the roadmap, mentor engineers, and implement test strategies that embed quality into every stage of product development.

About the Company

My client is a global fintech organisation delivering cutting-edge merchant solutions to a rapidly growing customer base. With a cloud-first architecture, product-led strategy, and commitment to engineering excellence, they are investing heavily in building a high-performance QA function to support ongoing innovation and scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement scalable test strategies across UI, API, performance, and integration layers
• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of SDETs and QA engineers
• Embed automation across the SDLC using modern frameworks and tooling
• Champion shift-left practices and advocate for testability in architecture and design
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align testing with business outcomes
• Own quality metrics, risk reporting, and test governance across product teams

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience in QA in a leadership or managerial capacity
• Proven background in automation frameworks, performance tools, and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of tools such as Playwright, K6, JMeter, Selenium, REST Assured, Azure DevOps
• Experience designing test strategies for cloud-based, microservice-driven platforms
• Confident leading remote teams and mentoring engineers of varying seniority

What They Offer

• Salary up to £75k
• Fully-remote working
• Private pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• High spec equipment provided

For more information on this opportunity, connect with Neill Ferguson on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below.

Additional Details

Skills: qa, principal, senior, manager, automation, sdet, playwright

Benefits: Work From Home, plus bonus