Senior Quality Engineer

At Delta Technology Hub, the Virgin Atlantic team, we're looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET). You will be a part of quality engineering efforts across our web platforms. This role goes beyond test execution; you will help improve test architecture, improve automation coverage, and influence product quality across both frontend and backend systems. You will be a part of a team playing a key role in building scalable automation frameworks, integrating quality practices into CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the delivery of highly reliable, secure, and performant web applications.
The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:
Test Architecture and Automation:
Evolve scalable, maintainable web automation frameworks.
Share your expertise in automation strategy across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing layers.
Build robust automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, and non-functional testing.
Develop reusable automation components, utilities, and libraries.
Ensure high automation coverage while optimising execution speed and reliability.
Drive test automation standards, patterns, and engineering best practices.
Technical Leadership:
Mentor junior QA Engineers and SDETs; establish coding and automation standards.
Peer code reviews for automation solutions and contribute to overall engineering quality.
Partner with development teams to improve application testability, observability, and diagnostics.
Drive adoption of Shift-Left Testing and Quality Engineering practices.
Champion quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
CI/CD and DevOps Integration:
Maintain automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.
Integrate automated tests into Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
Be a part of the quality gates and automated release validation.
Optimise test execution pipelines for speed, stability, and scalability.
Support continuous testing and continuous delivery initiatives.
Frontend and Backend Quality Assurance:
Automate testing for responsive web applications across multiple browsers and devices.
Validate frontend functionality, accessibility, usability, and cross-browser compatibility.
Develop and execute API, service-layer, and backend integration tests.
Verify microservices, REST APIs, event-driven systems, and database integrations.
Ensure data integrity and system reliability across distributed architectures.
Cross-functional Collaboration:
Work closely with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and DevOps teams.
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, technical design reviews, and release readiness activities.
Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and measure quality objectives.
Requirements:
4+ years of experience in QA Automation / SDET roles with a strong focus on web applications.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Science, Business/Management, Mathematics/Statistics, Economics, or other relevant quantitative field.
Expert-level programming skills in: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript.
Strong experience with: NET /. NET Core, Selenium WebDriver, WebdriverIO, Cucumber BDD Framework, REST API Testing.
Good understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, and design patterns.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Experience integrating automated testing into Azure DevOps pipelines.
Proficiency with Git and modern source control workflows.
Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile, Kanban and Quality Engineering practices.
Behavioural Competencies:
Lead initiatives with high accountability, create a collaborative environment with a solution-based approach.
Serve as a trusted advisor and mentor for the team, offering technical advice.
Ability to communicate with precision, engaging team and stakeholders to build trust and reliable working relationships across cross-functional teams and geographies, enabling organisational alignment.
Ability to set priorities with the team by understanding interdependence, inspiring team members with consistent focus, quality output, and timelines.
Constantly keep oneself updated on current technology and trends to drive innovative decisions through piloting forward-thinking approaches to complex problems in one's own area of work.
Inquisitive to understand customer priorities and business challenges while creating value for technical solutions.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Selenium or Playwright.
Experience with BDD frameworks such as SpecFlow or Cucumber.
Exposure to performance testing tools such as JMeter.
Experience testing microservices and distributed systems.
Knowledge of accessibility testing standards (WCAG).
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes environments.
Exposure to contract testing and service virtualisation.
Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Application Insights and Datadog.
Key Competencies:
Good understanding of system design and automation architecture.
Good debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
Strategic thinking with a continuous improvement mindset.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to influence engineering teams and drive quality initiatives.
Passion for engineering excellence and modern quality practices.
What Success Looks Like:
Highly stable, scalable, and maintainable automation frameworks adopted across teams.
Significant reduction in manual regression effort and execution time.
Increased automation coverage across UI, API, and integration layers.
Faster, more reliable releases through CI/CD quality gates.
Early defect detection and reduced production incidents.
Clear visibility of quality metrics, automation coverage, and release readiness.
Strong quality culture embedded within engineering teams.
Improved customer experience through consistent delivery of high-quality web applications.

Experience
4-7 yrs