Quality Assurance Architect

QE Architect – Technology Transformation York – 3 days on-site per week £400 per day 12-month contract Inside IR35 We're looking for an experienced QE Architect to lead Quality Engineering strategy and architecture across a large-scale Technology Transformation portfolio. The role:

• Define and govern enterprise-wide QE architecture and strategy
• Drive automation-first, continuous testing and shift-left practices
• Design and scale automation frameworks across UI, API, Data, Integration, AI and Non-Functional testing
• Establish quality standards, governance, quality gates and release assurance
• Lead the adoption of AI-assisted and Agentic Testing
• Work across platforms including D365, Power Platform, GCP, Power BI, Azure APIM and APIs
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to QE Leads, SDETs and Automation Engineers
• Build reusable QE frameworks, standards and accelerators Key technical experience:
• Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Python, PyTest and SQL
• Enterprise automation frameworks
• Playwright, BrowserStack, Applitools
• API testing with tools such as RestAssured, Postman/Newman or RESTSharp
• Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Jira/Xray
• Performance, accessibility and security testing
• Cloud, APIs, enterprise integration and data platform testing
• AI-assisted testing tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude Experience required:
• 12+ years in Quality Engineering, Software Engineering or Test Automation
• 5+ years at QE Architect, Principal QE or Enterprise QE Lead level
• Experience designing and scaling enterprise automation frameworks
• Strong Agile, Product-led and DevOps experience
• Experience with TDD, BDD and Continuous Testing
• Financial Services, Insurance or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous If you're a senior QE professional with strong architecture, automation and transformation experience, apply today!