Quality Assurance Engineer, Mindera
3+ days a week in office (Paddington, London)
Bespoke software engineering consultancy
Job no longer available
Bespoke software engineering consultancy
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
3+ days a week in office (Paddington, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To partner with software developers to provide cutting-edge DevOps consultation, and build products that make them proud.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive experience in QA Engineering, Test Management, or Quality Engineering leadership roles
- Proven experience designing and implementing testing strategies across complex programmes involving multiple systems and teams
- Strong experience with test automation frameworks and automation strategy
- Experience leading or coordinating offshore QA teams
- Experience working in large-scale transformation or technology programmes
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across engineering, product, and programme teams
- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
What the job involves
- Please note: this is an initial six month contract that sits outside IR35
- We are seeking an experienced QAE Engineer / Senior Test Manager to join the Move Programme team, playing a key role in shaping and delivering the testing strategy across our Automated Warehouse programme
- This role will focus on defining and implementing a robust end-to-end testing strategy across a complex ecosystem with multiple interdependent systems and teams
- The successful candidate will ensure quality across programme delivery while driving improvements in our testing maturity
- A key part of the role will be leading the transition from manual testing toward a scalable automated testing approach across the wider Move portfolio
- You will also manage and guide a small team of 3–4 offshore QA engineers, ensuring alignment with programme priorities and quality standards
- Define and implement the end-to-end testing strategy across the Automated Warehouse programme
- Ensure effective testing coverage across multiple systems, integrations, and interdependent teams
- Establish and maintain testing standards, governance, and best practices across the programme
- Provide leadership and direction to 3–4 offshore QA engineers, ensuring delivery of high-quality testing outputs
- Coordinate testing activities across multiple delivery teams to ensure alignment with programme timelines
- Act as the central point of accountability for testing quality within the Move programme
- Drive the automation-first testing strategy across the Move portfolio
- Identify opportunities to replace manual testing with automated approaches to improve efficiency, scalability, and reliability
- Work with engineering teams to embed automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows
- Work closely with engineering, product, programme, and delivery teams to ensure testing is integrated into delivery plans
- Manage testing dependencies across the programme to minimise risk and avoid delivery bottlenecks
- Provide clear reporting on testing progress, risks, and quality metrics to programme stakeholders
- Champion modern QA practices, tooling, and processes
- Introduce improvements that enhance testing efficiency, coverage, and speed of delivery
- Promote a quality-first mindset across the Move programme
Salary benchmarks
Our take
It has never been easier to develop simple software products such as apps and custom plugins, but developing complex projects is just as difficult as it has ever been. It requires software engineers with an understanding of the latest innovations and workflows, a kind of talent that can be difficult to find.
Mindera provides bespoke software engineering consultancy, working with clients to support them with the software engineers, development consultation, and education necessary for them to develop innovative products. The company offers its services for a variety of cutting-edge technologies including AI, IoT, VR, UX, and cloud computing.
While the company faces competition from many other software development consultancies, Mindera has shown great growth. With its strong market stance, wide portfolio of expertise and strong investment, the company continues to help its clients compete in today’s innovative technology landscape.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Health and wellness
- Conferences and talks
- Training and learning opportunities
- Inspiring offices or work from anywhere
- Top technology and other resources
- Community and personal development
- Financial wellbeing
- Flexibility and time off
- Family support and care
- Team meetings and company trips
Company HQ
Leicester City Centre, Leicester, UK
Leadership
Guilherme Almeida
(Co-Founder)Experience as Software Engineer and Senior Delivery Manager for Blip.pt from 2012 to 2014. CTO of HOLD Platform Limited from 2018 to 2022.
Bruno Lopes
(Co-Founder)Experience as Software Engineer for WIT-Software. Senior Developer for Blip.pt from 2011 to 2014.
Paul Evans
(Co-Founder)Experience as Business Unit Director for Sword Group. Acting Director of Gaming for Betfair from 2008 to 2014, and for Blip.pt from 2012 to 2014.
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