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Principal QA Test Engineer
Pharmacy2U LtdPrincipal QA Engineer developing automation frameworks across Pharmacy2U's technology landscape. Leading technical quality initiatives and mentoring engineering teams for high-quality service delivery.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCypressDistributed SystemsJavaScriptTypeScript
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Designing and implementing automation frameworks across web, mobile, app, and API layers, including the architecture, tooling, and patterns squads build upon
- Building and evolving performance testing practices using k6 to help teams understand system behaviour under load
- Defining coding standards, contribution guidelines, and reusable patterns that make automated tests easier to write and maintain
- Integrating automation and quality checks into CI/CD pipelines and embedding quality practices into day‑to‑day squad workflows
- Exploring and introducing AI‑assisted testing and development approaches (such as Copilot or AI agents) where they meaningfully improve test development, debugging, or engineering productivity
- Partnering with engineering teams to support strong unit and integration testing practices, while ensuring end‑to‑end journeys and critical patient flows are well covered
- Introducing accessibility testing practices and automated accessibility checks into testing workflows
- Influencing how quality is measured in production through observability, monitoring, and meaningful release health signals
- Investigating complex issues across services, integrations, and environments using logs, monitoring, and debugging tools
- Providing technical mentorship to QA Engineers and developers adopting modern testing practices
- Helping shape quality gates and automated feedback loops that provide fast, reliable confidence without slowing delivery
- Contributing actively to the QA Guild and Communities of Practice, sharing knowledge and supporting growth across the wider engineering function
- Translating complex technical context into clear, accessible language for non‑technical leadership and contributing to capability and investment discussions alongside QA leadership
Requirements
What you’ll need- Comfortable working with large codebases or monolithic repositories
- Enjoys mentoring engineers and QA Engineers, with impact measured by how much the wider team improves
- Comfortable influencing technical direction across multiple teams without direct authority and translating technical complexity for non‑technical leadership
- Stays curious about industry direction and brings informed perspectives on emerging tools, frameworks, and approaches
- Explored or implemented AI‑assisted testing and development approaches and can articulate what worked well and what did not
- Cares about the end users of what is built, with a clear understanding that this means patients in this context
- Brings extensive experience building automation frameworks for modern web, mobile, and API platforms
- Deep coding experience, ideally in TypeScript or JavaScript
- Hands‑on experience with Playwright, Cypress, or similar modern automation frameworks
- Experience designing automation architecture for complex systems, not just writing automated tests
- Experience implementing performance testing strategies using k6 or similar tooling
- Experience testing systems with multiple services, APIs, and third‑party integrations
- Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery workflows
- Strong understanding of modern testing strategies, including unit, integration, and end‑to‑end approaches
- Strong understanding of service‑based architectures, distributed systems, and modern web platforms
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive contributory pension
- Occupational sick pay
- Long-service awards and refer-a-friend bonuses
- Professional registration fees covered (GPhC, NMC, CIPD and more)
- Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes (subject to eligibility)
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Flexible hybrid working to help balance work and home life
- Private healthcare insurance at discounted rates (Aviva)
- Employee Assistance Programme and in-house mental health support
- Access to discounted gym memberships via Blue Light Card and benefits schemes
- Regular health and wellbeing initiatives
- Strong commitment to CPD, training and professional development
- 25 days’ annual leave, increasing with service
- Buy and sell holiday scheme
- Blue Light Card and employee discount platform
- Exclusive discounts at The Springs, Leeds
- 25% off health & beauty purchases
- 25% off Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor services
- Regular social events throughout the year
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Hard Skills & Tools
automation frameworksperformance testingk6coding standardsunit testingintegration testingend-to-end testingTypeScriptJavaScriptPlaywright
Soft Skills
mentoringinfluencingcommunicationcuriositycollaborationtechnical translationproblem-solvingleadershipknowledge sharingadaptability