Test Automation Lead

Test Automation Lead - London Insurance Market

Up to £135,000 + bonus

4/5 days per week in City of London office

We are recruiting on behalf of a high performing insurance business for a Test Automation Lead to join a growing analytics engineering function.

This is not a traditional QA role. They are looking for someone who can lead testing across multiple products, set direction and standards, and still be hands on when needed. You will act as the go to person for quality and automation, working closely with product squads in a fast moving, cloud native environment.

The role will suit someone who is comfortable switching between strategy and delivery. You will be expected to define and implement a clear automation approach, improve quality across teams and influence how testing is done across the wider engineering function. At the same time, you must be willing to get into the detail, working directly with products, writing tests and solving real problems.

You will be working across a multi product environment, partnering with engineers, product owners and delivery leads. This is a role for someone who can bring structure, challenge existing approaches and drive meaningful improvements, not just maintain what is already in place.

The ideal candidate will come from an insurance background and understand how technology supports underwriting, claims or analytics platforms. Experience with in the Lloyd's market or specialty insurance is particularly valuable.

You should have strong experience across API and UI testing, building and scaling automation frameworks and working within modern engineering environments. Exposure to cloud platforms, particularly Azure, is expected, along with experience working in Agile teams and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines. An understanding of frontend technologies such as React is beneficial.

Most importantly, they are looking for someone who can demonstrate real impact. This means influencing stakeholders, driving change across teams, defining quality metrics that matter and taking ownership of outcomes.

This role offers a salary of up to £135,000 and requires five days per week in the London office.