QA Test Lead

QA Test Lead
Location- London City (Hybrid - 2 days/week)
Salary- £95k - £110k

About the Role
Head Resourcing are recruiting for an experienced QA Test Lead with deep expertise in Playwright, C#, TypeScript, and ReadyAPI. In this role, you will lead testing across multiple products, drive automation strategy, and guide a growing QA team of around 5. You'll work for a consultancy with a client involved in sectors such as energy, commodity trading, and technology.

Unfortunately, this role does not offer sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead QA delivery and test strategy across multiple projects and teams
• Develop and maintain robust automation frameworks (Playwright - TypeScript, C#)
• Oversee API and UI test automation using tools like ReadyAPI and Playwright
• Ensure full scenario coverage, edge case testing, and strong regression validation
• Create and manage detailed test plans, test cases, and test reports (e.g. Allure, QMetry)
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and DevOps in Agile environments
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Mentor junior QA team members and promote testing best practices
• Track QA metrics, maintain quality heatmaps, and support release readiness

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience in manual and automated testing, with extensive leadership experience
• Strong proficiency in Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript and C#
• Experience with ReadyAPI, Postman, and REST Assured for API testing
• Solid understanding of Agile testing, test case design, and Jira-based workflows
• Familiarity with test management tools (e.g. QMetery) and reporting frameworks (e.g. Allure)
• CI/CD knowledge (Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Experience mentoring QA staff and collaborating across teams