QA Lead, Quality Assurance - QA​/QC, IT QA Tester ​/ Automation

Location: Swindon

## QA Lead Apply locations:
United Kingdom - Swindontime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR018816

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** Quality Assurance Lead
**** Edenred Pay Tech
**** Hybrid (London / Swindon)
** At Edenred Pay Tech, we power the payments that move people and businesses every day. As a global emoney institution processing over €100bn annually across 30+ countries, we are the engine behind Edenred’s most innovative solutions across Benefits, Fleet & Mobility, and Payments.

We are now looking for a
** Quality Assurance Lead
** who will elevate our testing capability, champion best practice, and ensure we continue delivering secure, reliable, high performing products at scale.
** Your Mission
** As our Quality Assurance Lead, you will own the QA strategy end-to-end. You’ll define robust testing processes, drive continuous improvement, and ensure that every release meets the high standards expected of a global payments leader. You’ll collaborate across engineering, product, compliance, and operations becoming the voice of quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.

This is a role for someone who thrives on curiosity, challenges assumptions, and asks the all-important question: *“How do I break this?”
**
* What You’ll Do:

*** Build and implement comprehensive testing processes, including full end-to-end and exploratory testing.
* Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure clarity, alignment, and shared ownership of quality.
* Develop and embed QA best practices across teams.
* Support the definition of functional and nonfunctional testing requirements.
* Maintain and optimise test environments to ensure reliability.
* Produce clear, detailed test reports for stakeholders.
* Take full accountability for test activities throughout the lifecycle.
* Communicate testing outcomes with clarity, confidence, and impact.
** What You Bring
*** Essential
* * Proven experience in test management within microservices and data driven environments.
* Strong background in functional and nonfunctional testing.
* Hands-on experience with:
* Leading QA teams
* Test development, performance monitoring, reporting
* Java (Cucumber), Python (Spark)
* REST and Playwright frameworks
* Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS), APIs, event driven architectures, and databases.
* Desirable
* * AWS/Azure cloud services
* Low latency, high throughput systems
* Large scale databases
* Deployment pipelines
* Jira & Confluence
* Docker* Git, Maven
** Who You’ll Work With** :
* Engineering Domains - drive cross functional quality
* Product - Ensure clear requirements and shared expectations
* Service Operations - Support smooth transitions into production
* Compliance (EU & UK) ensure regulatory alignment

You’ll also collaborate with external partners and vendors where required.
** What Success Looks Like
*** Seamless integration across teams
* Effective, scalable test strategies
* Continuous improvement of QA processes
* Clear communication of testing outcomes
* High performing, stable test environments
** Why Join Us?
** We are a subsidiary of the Edenred group and leaders in prepaid solutions including banking, virtual cards, debit, credit, and prepaid processing.

As an Edenred Pay Tech employee you will get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing…