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About the Role
Lead quality engineering across two product teams, guiding testing strategies, building automation frameworks, and fostering a culture of quality ownership among engineers. This is a hands-on technical role with opportunities to build tooling and coach team members.
Responsibilities
- Define the test strategy across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end levels.
- Build and own the automation framework using Playwright and TypeScript for web front ends and APIs.
- Ensure CI feedback is fast and trustworthy.
- Maintain and improve the existing end-to-end test suite as the new platform evolves.
- Coach developers on writing and owning tests through pairing, code review, and examples.
- Set up realistic and safe test data and environments.
- Introduce performance and load testing for core applications.
- Collaborate with product managers to ensure acceptance criteria are testable and testing time is included in estimates.
- Track quality metrics like escaped defects, change failure rate, suite run time, and flake rate to guide future investments.
- Explain quality trade-offs to stakeholders in clear terms.
- Hold back releases when necessary and guide teams toward safe shipping.
- Document strategies, decisions, and guides for other engineers.
- Shape a quality practice from an early stage, prioritizing key initiatives.
Requirements
- Strong coding skills in TypeScript or JavaScript, with test code matching production code standards.
- Deep experience with a modern browser automation framework (Playwright ideal, Cypress experience is transferable).
- Proven track record of designing test strategy across the full testing pyramid for web products and APIs.
- Experience running automated tests in CI (GitHub Actions preferred) with Docker.
- Experience fixing slow or unreliable CI pipelines.
- Demonstrated ability to improve quality through coaching, setting standards, or leading a quality practice.
Skills
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Playwright
- Cypress
- CI/CD
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- API testing
- Web front-end testing
- Performance testing
- Load testing
- Contract testing
- Pact
- k6
- Artillery
- AI coding assistants
- Observability
- Visual regression testing
- Accessibility testing
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid Working (3 days in office)
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Lead
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Base Salary
Benefits
- Private Health Care (Bupa)
- Travel Insurance
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Paid for AI Subscription (Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini)
- Market-Leading Training Programme
- Recognition & Reward Scheme
- Annual Company Conference
- Regular Happy Hours & Team Lunches
- Free Coffee, Drinks & Snacks
About the Company
- Quantum connects global brands with high-intent consumers, turning intent into action and complexity into clarity.
- The company's mission is to help smarter, faster buying decisions, with a vision to be the world’s most used digital comparison service.
- Quantum drives growth through data-driven affiliate marketing, with measurable, optimized, and scalable campaigns.
- They offer an edge to partners through in-house tech, full-stack analytics, and a compliance-first mindset, driving confident decisions and growth in regulated and high-growth sectors.
- Quantum has a history of helping ambitious brands grow faster, smarter, and globally.