Quality Assurance Automation Lead
Posted 4 days ago by Ipsotek, an Eviden business
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of QA Automation Lead involves enhancing testing capabilities for complex, high-performance systems that utilize microservices and messaging platforms. The position requires expertise in building automation frameworks, particularly for service-level and integration testing, while collaborating with an internal QA team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in automation within distributed environments and a partnership mindset to enable the internal team. The contract is initially for 6 months with potential for extension and is hybrid in nature.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive automation frameworks for black-box service testing.
- Conduct integration testing for microservices, including messaging and database interactions.
- Embed sustainable automation into pipelines across multi-OS platforms.
- Perform mobile application testing for iOS and Android within CI/CD pipelines.
- Provide hands-on coaching and gap assessment for the QA team.
- Ensure scalable and maintainable automation across live systems.
Key Skills:
- Strong track record in building automation in complex, distributed environments.
- Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ and Kafka.
- Familiarity with service mocking tools like WireMock and TestContainers.
- Ability to work with systems involving GPUs, microservices, and hybrid cloud setups.
- A partnership mindset to enable the internal team.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We’re looking for an experienced QA Automation Lead to help us take our testing to the next level. This isn’t your typical web app. We work with complex, high-performance systems spanning microservices, messaging platforms, GPUs, and live environments that aren’t fully cloud native. We already have a talented internal QA team, but we’re ready to accelerate our transition to structured automation, particularly around service-level and integration testing. We need someone who can bring external expertise, fast-track frameworks, and work side by side with our teams to build long-term capability.
What You’ll Be Driving
- Automation frameworks for black-box service testing
- Integration testing for microservices (messaging, database interactions, RMQ)
- Sustainable automation embedded into our pipelines
- Multi-OS platforms — Windows, Linux, embedded systems
- Mobile application testing — iOS, Android integration within CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on coaching and gap assessment with our QA team
- Scalable, maintainable automation across live systems
What We’re Looking For
- Strong track record building automation in complex, distributed environments
- Experience with message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka) and service mocking tools (such as WireMock, TestContainers)
- Ability to work across systems involving GPUs, microservices, and hybrid cloud setups
- A partnership mindset. We are looking to enable our internal team, not replace them.
Contract Type: Consultancy or Freelance
Duration: Initial 6 months with potential for extension
Location: Hybrid (Remote with occasional workshops)
Interested or know someone ideal? Please get in touch. We are ready to move quickly.