Quality Assurance Lead

Job description

QA Lead (AI-enabled Testing)

London - Hybrid (3 days onsite)

£60,000 – £70,000

Team leadership (5 QA Engineers)

I’m working with a global investment software provider who are hiring a QA Lead to drive the next phase of their testing and automation capability.

This role will lead a team of 5 QA engineers and focus on building a modern testing function that leverages automation and AI-powered tooling to improve software quality and delivery speed.

You’ll work closely with engineering leadership to embed best practices across the Agile SDLC and help shape how AI is used within QA and testing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 5 QA engineers
• Drive QA automation strategy across engineering teams
• Introduce and optimise AI-enabled testing tools
• Improve test coverage, reliability, and release quality
• Work closely with engineering and product teams in an Agile environment
• Establish QA best practices and testing standards

What They’re Looking For

• Strong background in QA automation / test engineering
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks
• Exposure to AI tools within testing workflows (e.g. Copilot, AI-assisted test generation, etc.)
• Experience working within Agile software teams
• Strong stakeholder communication skills

Why This Role Is Interesting

• Opportunity to shape the future QA capability of a growing engineering organisation
• Work with modern automation and AI-enabled testing approaches
• Leadership role with genuine impact on engineering quality and delivery

Apply today - all successful candidates will be contacted within 48 hours

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

16-03-2026

Profession type

Management

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