About this role
Salary: £60,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements: Strong background in software test automationCommercial experience with Selenium or PlaywrightExperience designing and implementing automation frameworksPrevious leadership or mentoring experience, or readiness to step into a Lead roleExcellent communication and stakeholder management skillsConsultancy or client-facing software delivery experience would be advantageous Responsibilities: Lead, mentor and develop a team of QA EngineersOwn and evolve our automation testing strategyDesign and enhance automation frameworks using Selenium or PlaywrightCollaborate with Software Engineers, Product Owners and stakeholders to embed quality throughout the SDLCDrive automation maturity, CI/CD integration and continuous improvement Technologies: CI/CDSupportPlaywrightSeleniumWebAzureCloudDevOpsPostman More:
We are a growing consultancy delivering large-scale web applications and digital platforms for well-known public sector and enterprise organisations across the UK. This is a hands-on Automation Test Lead role based in Central Leeds with hybrid working, requiring three days onsite each week. We offer a salary of £60,000 to £70,000 plus an excellent benefits package, including 33 days holiday, flexible working, a dedicated training budget and certification support, health, wellbeing and financial benefits, and Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes. This is an opportunity to shape the future of QA within a business that genuinely invests in engineering, working across varied and technically interesting projects in a collaborative environment that values quality, continuous improvement and professional development.
last updated 29 week of 2026