Lead Quality Engineer AI Platform

Lead Quality Engineer Fully Remote | UK, Ireland & European time zones I'm working with an innovative software company that's looking to hire an experienced Lead Quality Engineer to take ownership of quality across a complex, customer facing platform. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity where you'll define quality standards, build scalable testing processes, and help shape the future of quality engineering within a growing product team.

The Role:

You'll be responsible for developing and evolving the overall quality strategy, ensuring software is released confidently and reliably while supporting a fast-paced engineering environment. Working closely with developers and product teams, you'll drive automation, improve testing practices, and establish quality as a key part of the development lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Own the quality strategy and release process.<br />Develop and enhance automated testing frameworks.<br />Strengthen end-to-end and regression testing.<br />Improve release confidence through effective quality gates.<br />Turn production issues into automated regression coverage.<br />Lead exploratory testing for business-critical functionality.<br />Mentor and develop junior QA engineers.<br />Champion best practice across quality engineering.

About You:

You'll have: 5+ years' experience in QA, Quality Engineering, or SDET roles.<br />Proven depth in frontend quality: e2e suites (Playwright, Cypress, or similar) that catch interaction-level regressions, visual regression, and real browser verification integrated into CI/CD.<br />Experience building quality gates and release processes for teams that ship continuously.<br />Active use of AI tooling in your own QA work - we will ask how it has changed your practice in the last year.<br />Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge release decisions when required.<br />The ability to work independently within a fully remote environment. Desirable Experience Testing complex web applications.<br />Experience in highly regulated, enterprise, or business-critical software.<br />Exposure to modern software delivery practices and AI-assisted development. What's on Offer Fully remote working.<br />Genuine ownership of the quality function.<br />A key leadership position within an ambitious product business.<br />The opportunity to influence engineering standards from the ground up.<br />€65k up to €95k base salary If you're passionate about building quality into software from day one and enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, I'd love to speak with you