Job description
Waracle are looking for a Lead Automation QA for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.
We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.
This is a hybrid working role from any Waracle office (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee or London) and is available on a contract (Inside IR35) basis.
We are seeking an experienced Lead Automation QA to drive the technical execution of quality engineering within a high-profile project. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role for a professional who embodies technical mastery in C# and Playwright.
As a Lead QA, you will be accountable for project-level quality outcomes, defining automation strategies that optimise for speed and reliability, and ensuring the seamless integration of quality gates within the delivery pipeline. You will act as the technical authority for QA within the project squad, ensuring best practices are implemented from day one,including UI, API, and integration testing strategies.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Technical QA Strategy: Shape and execute comprehensive test strategies across squads, ensuring robust coverage for functional requirements and key non-functional aspects (performance, accessibility, and security), with clear coverage across UI, API, and service integration layers.
- Automation Framework Development: Define and implement the automation strategy using C# and Playwright. You will be responsible for creating, extending, and maintaining highly efficient, reusable automation frameworks covering both UI and API test automation.
- API & Integration Testing: Lead the design and implementation of automated API tests for RESTful services, validating business logic, data integrity, and integration points across distributed systems. Ensure API contracts and schemas are validated as part of the automation strategy.
- CI/CD Integration: Define and integrate quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, reliable feedback loops including automated execution of API and integration test suites.
- Quality Assurance Excellence: Lead best practices in defect management, lead triage efforts, and enforce traceability standards. Proactively anticipate and resolve technical blockers to maintain delivery velocity.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Drive technical collaboration with client stakeholders and multidisciplinary delivery teams to ensure a shared understanding of quality standards and project milestones.
What you'll bring
- Technical QA Strategy: Shape and execute comprehensive test strategies across squads, ensuring robust coverage for functional requirements and key non-functional aspects (performance, accessibility, and security), with clear coverage across UI, API, and service integration layers.
- Automation Framework Development: Define and implement the automation strategy using C# and Playwright. You will be responsible for creating, extending, and maintaining highly efficient, reusable automation frameworks covering both UI and API test automation.
- API & Integration Testing: Lead the design and implementation of automated API tests for RESTful services, validating business logic, data integrity, and integration points across distributed systems. Ensure API contracts and schemas are validated as part of the automation strategy.
- CI/CD Integration: Define and integrate quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, reliable feedback loops including automated execution of API and integration test suites.
- Quality Assurance Excellence: Lead best practices in defect management, lead triage efforts, and enforce traceability standards. Proactively anticipate and resolve technical blockers to maintain delivery velocity.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Drive technical collaboration with client stakeholders and multidisciplinary delivery teams to ensure a shared understanding of quality standards and project milestones.
Recruitment process
The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!).
After that, you’ll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your skills and experience. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.
Our values
To make the world a better place through impactful software
We take pride in delivering high quality work and seeing the impact it has. We are curious, proactive, and always learning; continuously improving ourselves and our skills. We strive for excellence in everything we do. We see every opportunity as a chance to raise the bar - for Waracle, our clients, and for our own professional growth.
We succeed together: whether we’re leading, supporting or learning. We lead with empathy, working as a unified team to understand and appreciate other people’s perspectives and experiences. This commitment to one another empowers everyone to do their best work and reach their full potential. We build trust, celebrate every contribution, and create a space where everyone has the opportunity to shine.
We have big goals, but we don’t try to do everything. We know there are a limited number of hours in a day, so we make every one of them count. We accomplish this by regularly pausing to assess the potential impact of our work, prioritising what matters most and then acting with purpose.
We are transparent in how we think and act. We seek and share context, give and accept feedback, and communicate openly. We take full ownership of what we deliver as individuals and as a team, and hold ourselves accountable. This openness and accountability gives us the clarity and purpose to deliver at our best.
We love what we do and find the fun in each day, celebrating our shared successes and the satisfaction of doing hard work well. We’re in this together, creating space for connection, laughter, and fun. When we look after our clients and each other, and do work we’re proud of, we go home happy.
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Absolutely! At Waracle, we welcome both permanent and contract applicants. Each job posting indicates if it's open to contract applications. We offer a diverse range of projects, both within and outside IR35 regulations, catering to various preferences and expertise levels.
We work on a Hybrid working model and offer flexible working hours. We're spread across 4 vibrant UK offices, but our teamwork isn't confined to those spaces, it's all about collaboration! While using the office is encouraged for our teams to work together, each of us has a home office setup, relishing the freedom of hybrid workstyles. As of now, remote work outside the UK isn't part of our standard practice.
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Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
