Quality Assurance Automation Lead

Job description

Lead QA Automation Engineer (UK Remote • Up to £85k)

Build quality into the technology powering scientific breakthroughs.

If you’re a QA leader who wants to contribute to something bigger than product releases, someone who wants their work to advance scientific discovery, accelerate research, and improve real‑world outcomes, then this is the kind of role that defines careers.

You’ll join a high‑growth science‑technology organisation building intelligent platforms that automate complex scientific workflows, accelerate data‑driven experimentation, and support critical decisions in sectors such as biotech, genomics, medical diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, climate science, and advanced R&D.

This isn’t a typical QA job. This is your chance to shape quality strategy at the heart of software used by scientists and researchers around the world.

⭐ Why this role matters

Our platform is used in environments where accuracy isn’t optional, it's essential. Whether supporting lifesaving medical research, analysing high resolution scientific datasets, or powering automated lab systems, the reliability of our software is mission critical.

As Lead QA Automation Engineer, your work directly enables breakthroughs by ensuring scientists can trust the systems they depend on to explore, test, and innovate.

What you’ll lead

As our Lead QA Automation Engineer, you will:

• Architect and evolve advanced automation frameworks that support scientific and data intensive workloads
• Define and drive quality engineering practices across multiple teams
• Own end to end test strategy, from automation to performance, integration, and resilience
• Identify automation opportunities that accelerate experiments and reduce manual validation
• Support testing across scientific data pipelines, analytical tools, and complex workflow engines
• Ensure quality for multi‑browser, cross‑region scientific web apps
• Collaborate closely with Product, Data, and Engineering teams to shift quality left
• Mentor teams and embed a strong culture of technical excellence

What you bring

We're looking for a QA leader who blends technical depth with domain awareness:

• Significant experience in automation driven QA roles
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript engineering skills (React familiarity beneficial)
• Expertise with Playwright (Cypress/Selenium a bonus)
• Solid experience designing CI/CD‑integrated automation pipelines
• Experience with Xray, JIRA, BDD frameworks (Gherkin/Cucumber)
• Background in high‑complexity, high‑integrity environments such as science, medical, R&D, healthcare, biosciences, or regulated industries
• A proactive, detail‑driven mindset with a passion for reliability and precision
• Comfort working with cross‑disciplinary teams, including scientists, data engineers, and ML specialists

If you're excited by the idea of ensuring quality in systems that drive real scientific impact, you’ll thrive here.

What’s in it for you

• Up to £85,000 salary
• Fully remote (UK)
• Work in a sector where your contribution genuinely moves scientific progress forward
• Build QA foundations for cutting edge platforms used in labs, research centres, and scientific organisations worldwide
• Join a rapidly scaling science tech company with long‑term progression
• Work with modern tooling, forward‑thinking engineering teams, and domain experts

UK right to work is required (no sponsorship available).

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

United Kingdom

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

04-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English