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Lead QA Engineer (Manchester)

Lead QA Engineer (Manchester)

Hybrid

Manchester, United kingdom

£ 65,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

12-03-2026

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Skills

Communication Leadership CI/CD Test Selenium Test Automation Security Testing Performance Testing Problem-solving Attention to detail Regression software testing Agile CI/CD Pipelines Microservices

Job Specifications

Lead QA (Automation) Engineer

Location - Manchester - Hybrid working

Salary £55,000 - £65,000

An industry-leading organisation with offices in Manchester, is looking for two Lead QA Engineers to join the company at an exciting time of transformation and change. Suitable candidates will have the following experience:

Key Skills & Experience

Essential

Practical experience in both manual and automated testing of modern web or cloud-native systems.
Proven leadership/management experience of QA Engineers
Strong understanding of software testing methods: functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and performance testing.
Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, REST API automation tools).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into deployment workflows.
Experience testing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
Awareness of secure coding, security testing basics, and data privacy considerations.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
Ability to work effectively within Agile squads and cross-functional environments.

Additionally, suitable candidates must have excellent communication skills and will want to work in an exciting and rewarding environment.

UK citizens only please.

Please apply for a confidential chat.

About the Company

Attract, recruit and retain high calibre talent with Tilo. With over 25 years' collective experience, we invest in our client relationships to provide exceptional levels of service for permanent & contract requirements within Technology & IT, Financial Services, Engineering and Business Services. As a business, we remove more carbon from the atmosphere than we produce, we remove 5kg of plastic from the ocean for every placement we make, and we are committed to donating 1% of gross profit to our charity of the year. Know more