Quality Assurance Lead Engineer

LGT Wealth Management UK LLP is a UK-based partnership, wholly owned by the private banking group LGT, which is in turn owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein. When we set up LGT Wealth Management in 2008, our aim was to offer a fresh approach to wealth management. Alongside the LLP we also have two other entities which focus on US and Jersey based clients.

Our head office is based in London however we have a presence in Edinburgh, Jersey, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester.

The plan was simple: put our clients first by providing a transparent service, designed around what is right for each of them. By drawing together in-depth knowledge and experience from across the industry, we provide a flexible, bespoke service adapted to each of our clients’ needs.

Our mission is to create long-term value for all stakeholders. Our culture encourages individuals to generate, develop and implement ideas which will strengthen our business.  Belonging, respect, integrity, conviction and entrepreneurship  are our core values.  As our brand recognition grows, we are fast becoming an employer of choice in our sector.  We have over 30 billion in funds under management and circa 700 staff.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Leadership and Strategy Define and lead the QA approach, automation strategy and quality objectives for assigned products, initiatives and releases, aligned to delivery priorities and risk.

Champion a risk-based, shift-left quality culture; ensure test planning starts early, and requirements, acceptance criteria and technical designs are complete, testable and traceable.

Establish and evolve QA standards, test design practices, automation principles, quality gates and reporting, ensuring they are applied consistently.

Provide clear recommendations on test scope, residual risk, release readiness and quality trade-offs to the QA Manager and delivery stakeholders.

Test Planning, Design and Execution Lead the analysis of requirements, specifications and technical designs; actively participate in three-amigos sessions and agile ceremonies.

Produce and assure comprehensive test plans covering manual, automated, functional and non-functional testing as appropriate.

Design, review and maintain high-quality test cases, test data and test scripts in the agreed test-management tool, ensuring end-to-end traceability to requirements and defects.

Lead hands-on execution of system, integration, regression, smoke, exploratory and acceptance testing across web, mobile and API-based applications.

Coordinate test activities across releases and dependencies; manage test environments, test data and blockers in partnership with engineering and Dev Ops teams.

Automation and Engineering Excellence Own and implement the team’s test automation strategy for assigned products, building and scaling the automation framework and prioritising high-value and business-critical coverage.

Evaluate, introduce and embed AI-assisted testing tools (for example test-case and script generation, self-healing automation, synthetic test data and defect analysis) to speed up testing, extend coverage and reduce manual effort, ensuring AI-generated outputs are reviewed, validated and used responsibly.

Design, develop, review and maintain robust automated tests and reusable test utilities using appropriate frameworks and coding standards.

Work with Dev Ops and engineers to embed automated tests, quality gates and actionable reporting into CI/CD pipelines.

Diagnose complex failures and defects; lead effective triage, support root-cause analysis and verify fixes.

People, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement Provide technical leadership, coaching, peer reviews and day-to-day guidance to QA engineers; support capability development and consistent ways of working.

Partner with developers, product managers, architects and stakeholders to resolve quality risks and improve product usability, performance and resilience.

Drive measurable improvements to QA processes, test efficiency, automation coverage, defect prevention and quality metrics.

Reporting and Governance Produce and present concise test status reports, including coverage,…