Lead Test Engineer, Medefer
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Virtual healthcare provider to the NHS
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Virtual healthcare provider to the NHS
21-100 employees
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More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To be the world’s most patient-focused virtual health service.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience building and maintaining test automation in modern software delivery environments, with a bias for pragmatic outcomes over theory
- Solid understanding of testing strategy and how to balance UI, API/service, and integration testing to achieve confidence efficiently
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (ideally Azure DevOps), including test execution, reporting, and quality gates
- Comfortable testing systems built on a .NET backend and JavaScript-based frontend; able to work effectively with engineers across both stacks
- Experience testing APIs and service components (including serverless such as Azure Functions) and shaping a sensible approach for automated coverage beyond the UI
- Strong problem-solving skills: able to investigate ambiguous failures, isolate causes, and drive improvements that reduce repeat issues
- Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver with minimal direction in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts clearly and support colleagues with different levels of automation experience
- Experience coaching or leading within a QA/testing function (informal leadership is fine) and influencing quality practices across a delivery team
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Lead Test Engineer to take ownership of our automated testing capability and help drive the next phase of our quality journey
- We already have a strong foundation, including a Playwright based automation framework and a substantial automated UI test pack
- This role will focus on expanding and evolving that capability: increasing coverage, improving reliability, integrating automation into delivery workflows, and shaping how we test new functionality and new components
- You will work closely with engineers and QA colleagues, and you will provide guidance and practical support to our manual QA testers as they develop their own automation skills
- The ideal candidate is hands-on, pragmatic, and self-directed, someone who can identify what needs doing, propose sensible improvements, and deliver at pace with minimal direction
- You will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer and provide regular updates to our IT Delivery Manager
- Own and evolve the Playwright UI automation suite, expanding coverage across critical user journeys and high-risk areas
- Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable Playwright based automated tests ( .NET preferred with BDD knowledge using ReqnRoll), following best practices for reliability and maintainability
- Improve automation quality (stability, speed, diagnostics), including reducing flaky tests and strengthening reporting/observability of failures
- Define and drive the test approach for new functionality and new components, including services and integrations (e.g., Azure Functions, APIs, background processes), not just UI
- Collaborate with developers and QA to ensure testability is built into delivery (clear acceptance criteria, suitable test hooks, pragmatic test strategies)
- Integrate and optimise automated testing within CI/CD (e.g. Azure DevOps), including gating, smoke/regression strategies, and environment-aware execution
- Assist in defect triage and support timely resolution by providing clear evidence, repro steps, and technical insight into root cause patterns
- Mentor and support manual QA testers as they progress towards automation, including pairing, coaching, and creating simple patterns they can follow safely
- Create and maintain clear documentation, standards, and “how we test here” guidance that enables consistent delivery across the team
- Proactively identify gaps and propose improvements across the wider quality approach (e.g. API automation, contract testing, performance checks, data/test environment strategy)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Medefer is a virtual platform set out to reduce the wait time between GP referrals and outpatient visits. It has a large team of vetted consultants working to either reduce the waiting time or even prevent users from needing to go in to be seen at all.
We’re all aware the NHS is under an extreme amount of pressure and that load doesn’t seem to be lightening anytime soon. An immediate concern for this platform may be that there is deterrence to virtual appointments as many don’t feel they’ve actually been “seen” properly if not in person. Though, with 90% patient satisfaction maybe we’re wrong. The shorter wait time after GP referral is possibly more comforting than the average 4 month wait for a lot of current NHS referrals. After several seed funding rounds in their startup years, it may not be a surprise that with the demand for virtual services it was granted Series A funding (£10M) in 2020.
There is still a fair bit of controversy around the importance of being seen in person and whether even telephone consultations with your GP (rather than the good old appointment at your doctor's surgery) is the right choice. Though the statistics are on Medefer’s side, it may not be a perfect system but it most definitely is helping the issue of the NHS being understaffed and it is supporting smaller hospitals that do not have the man-power to see as many patients as they have being referred to them.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2020
$13.6m
SERIES A
Dec 2018
$1.5m
SEED
Total funding: $15.3m
Company benefits
- Company pension
- £500 L&D budget for everyone
- 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Private Medical Insurance
- A supportive, collaborative & inclusive culture
- Paid parental leave
- Exciting opportunities for career progression as we grow
- Flexible working hours in most departments
Company HQ
Finsbury Park, London, UK
Leadership
Dr Bahman Nedjat-Shokouhi
(CEO & Founder)Working in the various roles in the health sector over 9 yrs, they founded Medefer in 2013.
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