QA Lead, IT​/Tech, IT QA Tester ​/ Automation

QA Lead

Plymouth, Devon Hybrid (2/3 days on-site per week) Up to £50k per annum

We're exclusively partnered with a leading technology organisation based in the Plymouth area, who are looking to onboard a QA Lead to support their continued growth.

• Establish and maintain QA processes across manual, regression, UAT, and automation testing.

• Evaluate, implement, and extend automation frameworks (Playwright preferred).

• Plan and execute testing for monthly releases, ensuring coverage of critical workflows.

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer Service to define quality standards and acceptance criteria.

• Document defects, support root cause analysis, and verify fixes.

• Guide teams on QA best practices and contribute to a well-governed software development lifecycle.

• Manual testing, regression planning, and UAT support.

• Automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium).

• Web and API testing

• Defect identification, risk-based testing, and prioritization.

• Integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops preferred).

• Familiarity with accessibility, performance, security, or API contract testing is a plus.

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.

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