SDET Architect

Location: Hybrid – London

Salary: £95,000 – £110,000 (depending on experience)

Are you a hands-on, automation-first QA leader ready to shape the future of intelligent testing? We’re looking for a passionate QA Architect to lead a forward-thinking team as both a technical mentor and team lead, where quality engineering meets cutting-edge automation strategy.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as a QA Architect , leading by example and working alongside your team to architect and implement robust automation solutions.
• Collaborating across multiple, isolated client projects (e.g., within telecom and enterprise environments) and helping define a shared automation platform strategy.
• Building automation frameworks from the ground up , using the language that best suits the context—Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, or Python.
• Driving early lifecycle testing (Shift-Left), continuous integration of quality, and test architecture excellence.
• Using your deep understanding of OOP principles to evaluate and mentor team members on scalable, maintainable test automation design.
• Contributing directly to code, championing best practices, and leading discovery/exploratory testing strategies.
• Participating in agile ceremonies and continuously optimising engineering processes, quality metrics, and delivery standards.

What We’re Looking For

• A proven automation-first mindset – you won’t find manual testing on your recent CV (exploratory/discovery testing preferred).
• Experience leading QA teams and acting as an automation architect , not just a hands-off manager.
• Strong experience architecting and implementing test frameworks (UI, API, integration, E2E) with tools such as Cypress, Playwright, WebdriverIO, or Selenium.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, Git workflows, and test integration into delivery pipelines.
• Language-agnostic: confident with at least two modern languages—JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C#, Python, etc.
• Skilled in using OOP principles, design patterns, SOLID practices, and dependency injection.
• Comfortable leading coding reviews and hands-on pairing sessions.
• Knowledge of non-functional testing areas including performance, compatibility, accessibility, and security.

Desirable, but not essential:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, especially AWS.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
• Contract testing (especially with Pact).
• Mobile test automation or cross-browser testing expertise.

If you're a seasoned QA leader ready to shape the future of automation, we’d love to hear from you.