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Head of Quality Engineering

London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead organizational engineering quality, drive AI integration in testing, and manage a team of Quality Engineers to embed quality across the SDLC.

Role type

Head of Quality Engineering (Managerial + Hands-on IC)

Builds

Automated testing frameworks, AI-assisted quality tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and SLO monitoring systems.

Domain

Fintech / Consumer Finance / Software Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Quality Engineering leadership, SLO definition and monitoring, AI/LLM integration for testing, CI/CD pipeline optimization, cross-functional stakeholder management, performance testing, incident management, B2C scale product experience, hands-on testing across stack (backend/frontend)

Preferred skills

Financial services domain knowledge, mobile app testing, observability tooling (Datadog/Sentry), incident management platforms

Technologies

PHP, Kotlin, GO, Python, Typescript, React, GraphQL, PHPUnit, Behat, JUnit, Kotest, Jest, Maestro, K6, Datadog, Sentry, Grafana, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Argo, GitHub Actions

Responsibilities

Monitor and report on SLO performance; Own incident follow-ups and resolutions; Manage and deploy a team of ~2 Quality Engineers; Innovate with AI tools (LLMs, agents) to improve testing efficiency; Evangelize quality mindset and shift-left practices across the organization.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with managerial responsibilities

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