Lead Quality Engineer

About the Role

We’re looking for a Lead Quality Engineer to shape and lead quality engineering across a major transformation programme within our Manheim Vehicle Services (MVS) platform.

This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll guide teams through the evolution from a legacy .NET monolith to a modern, cloud-native AWS architecture
—while redefining how quality works in an AI-assisted development world
.

You’ll combine hands-on engineering expertise
, strategic thinking
, and people leadership to ensure we build software that is reliable, secure, and built to last.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Test Engineers and Analysts
• Set the vision and standards for quality engineering
• Act as a champion for quality across engineering and product

• Define quality guardrails for AI-generated and AI-assisted code
• Evolve practices for testing, validation, and review
• Shape how we maintain confidence in increasingly automated delivery

• Own and deliver the QA strategy and roadmap
• Define approaches across:
• Functional and exploratory testing
• Performance, security, and resilience
• Lead automation strategy and tooling decisions
• Provide clear, risk-based input into release decisions

• Work across both legacy and modern platforms
• Embed BDD and spec-driven development practices
• Drive measurable improvements via metrics and KPIs

You’ll operate across a modern, evolving stack:

• Cloud: AWS
• Frontend: React
• Containers: Docker, EKS, ECS
• Data: Aurora, Dynamo
  
  DB, Document DB
• Messaging: Kafka, SNS/SQS, Event Bridge
• CI/CD: Git Hub Actions
• Testing: Playwright, Cypress, Postman, K6

• Strong leadership experience in Quality Engineering / QA
• Proven success delivering QA strategies with measurable outcomes
• Deep knowledge of:
• Agile, CI/CD, modern SDLC
• Test automation at scale
• Hands-on experience with:
• Modern and legacy systems
• API and performance testing
• Cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Experience working with AI-assisted or agentic development
• Background in large-scale transformation or migration programmes
• Familiarity with Docker, Terraform, observability tooling
• Data testing and quality experience
• Value-driven: Focused on outcomes, not activity
• Pragmatic: Able to balance speed, risk, and quality
• Empathetic leader: Supporting teams through change
• Collaborative: Partnering across engineering, product, and architecture
• Play a key role in a large-scale digital transformation
• Help define quality engineering in an AI-enabled future
• Work with modern cloud technologies and practices
• Shape the direction of quality across a complex, high-volume platform
• Lead and grow a team in a supportive, forward-thinking environment

If you’re passionate about building quality into modern software delivery and want to lead through one of the most exciting engineering transformations in the industry, we’d love to hear from you.