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<div>Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - FTC 6 Months
Department:
Digital Viscom &ndash; Development / Product Team
Reporting to:
Systems Development Manager
Direct Reports:
Quality Assurance Engineer(s)
Location:
Delta Park / Hybrid
About The Delta Group
The Delta Group are Europe's leading visual communications specialist delivering dynamic multi-channel marketing services to brands and retailers across the globe. Our model combines insight, creative, production, execution and optimisation to provide clients with a broad range of effective and impactful point-of-purchase visual communications.
We are committed to service excellence in-store, outdoor and online. We are dedicated, knowledgeable and client-focused people who aspire to make a difference every day. We value the long-term partnerships we have with our clients and work collaboratively to lead effective change and empower our clients' strategic goals.
Our services &ndash; comprised of three units: Creative, Display and Technology &ndash; are designed to reduce the complexity of international marketing campaigns across multiple markets and languages whilst maintaining consistency, increasing localisation and responsiveness.
We're owner-managed and independent, leading small teams of influential thinkers, meaning we have the agility of a small business but the resources of a large one. Our belief is that in a changing industry, we must be a company that can change with it.
For more information about the Delta Group, please visit: https://www.thedeltagroup.co.uk/
Role Purpose
This role is a leadership opportunity within Delta's Product Team. As QA Lead, you will set the quality vision for the WorkstreamX suite of products and our broader client-facing systems &mdash; owning the end-to-end QA function, and partnering closely with the CPO, developers and product managers to embed quality at every stage of the software development lifecycle.
This is not purely a hands-on testing role. You will define and drive the QA strategy, build out our automation capability, own our quality frameworks and standards, and act as the primary quality voice in product and release decisions. You will also line-manage the Quality Assurance Engineer, providing day-to-day guidance, career development support, and workload oversight.
The right candidate will bring both the technical depth to challenge and support the engineering team and the leadership capability to influence quality thinking across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
QA Strategy &amp; Leadership<ul><li>Own and drive the overall QA strategy for the Delta Product Team, aligned to business and product goals</li><li>Define, implement and continuously improve QA standards, processes and frameworks</li><li>Act as the primary quality authority in release decisions, sprint reviews and product planning discussions</li><li>Lead the transition to a structured, specialist-led QA function &mdash; working across the business to build understanding, buy-in and enthusiasm for improved quality practices</li><li>Report on quality health, test coverage, defect trends and process improvements to the CPO and senior stakeholders</li><li>Champion a quality-first culture across the development team, influencing behaviours at all levels</li><li>Evaluate and introduce new tools, methodologies and approaches that improve the team's quality capability</li></ul>
People Leadership &amp; Mentoring<ul><li>Line-manage the QA Engineer, providing clear direction, regular 1:1s and meaningful performance feedback</li><li>Support the professional development of QA team members, identifying training needs and growth opportunities</li><li>Act as a technical mentor &mdash; reviewing test approaches, providing constructive guidance and raising the bar on quality practice</li><li>Build team capacity and resilience, planning resource allocation across workstreams and sprint cycles</li></ul>
Test Oversight &amp; Hands-On Delivery<ul><li>Oversee the full test lifecycle across all active product workstreams &mdash; functional, regression, integration, UAT and performance</li><li>Take a hands-on role in complex or high-risk test scenarios, setting the standard for thoroughness and rigour</li><li>Review and approve test plans, test cases and QA sign-off documentation produced by the team</li><li>Own and manage test environments and QA tooling &mdash; ensuring stability, access and fitness for purpose across manual and automated test runs</li><li>Verify and hold final accountability for the release of deliverable software</li><li>Manage defect triage and escalation, ensuring issues are prioritised and resolved effectively</li></ul>
Test Automation &amp; CI/CD<ul><li>Lead the evolution of Delta's automated testing capability &mdash; setting the framework strategy and driving coverage growth</li><li>Oversee integration of automated tests into the Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline and promote shift-left testing practices</li><li>Ensure automation frameworks remain maintainable, scalable and aligned with the product's architecture</li><li>Identify opportunities to extend automation into performance, load and security testing</li></ul>
Quality Assurance &amp; Governance<ul><li>Create and maintain software quality assurance plans in accordance with project and company requirements</li><li>Assess projects for compliance with development plans, internal standards and client requirements</li><li>Establish and own defect management workflows, root cause analysis processes and quality metrics reporting</li><li>Support the assessment of subcontracted or third-party development partners against required quality standards</li><li>Participate in software maturity reviews, lifecycle reviews and release governance processes</li></ul>
Cross-Team Collaboration<ul><li>Work closely with the CPO, Systems Development Manager and product managers to align quality goals with product roadmap priorities</li><li>Work collaboratively with developers, product managers and wider stakeholders to map current ad-hoc testing practices, identify gaps, and co-design a QA framework that works for the whole team</li><li>Contribute to agile sprint planning and refinement, providing quality risk assessments for new features and releases</li><li>Collaborate with developers on code review for test code and foster shared ownership of quality across the team</li><li>Engage with clients or stakeholders on quality-related matters where required</li></ul>
Knowledge, Skills &amp; Experience
Essential<ul><li>4&ndash;7 years of experience in QA, software testing or software quality engineering</li><li>Demonstrable experience leading or mentoring a QA team, or strong readiness to step into a lead role</li><li>Deep experience with both manual and automated testing approaches across complex product environments</li><li>Strong proficiency with at least one automation framework (e.g. Selenium, Playwright, Cypress) and associated scripting languages</li><li>Experience owning or significantly contributing to a QA strategy, not just executing within one</li><li>Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines &mdash; ideally Azure DevOps</li><li>Skilled in prioritising test effort based on business risk &mdash; able to make pragmatic trade-offs between coverage and delivery pace</li><li>Confident working at senior level: communicating quality risks, influencing decisions and presenting to leadership</li><li>Strong understanding of agile/scrum methodologies and how quality fits within iterative delivery</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills &mdash; able to translate technical quality issues for non-technical audiences</li></ul>
Desirable<ul><li>Experience testing SaaS, B2B or marketing technology products &mdash; familiarity with Delta's product domain is a plus</li><li>Exposure to performance, load or security testing tools (e.g. k6, JMeter, OWASP ZAP)</li><li>Knowledge of quality management standards (e.g. ISO 9001) and formal QA plan writing</li><li>ISTQB Advanced Level (Test Manager) certification or equivalent</li><li>Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber or SpecFlow</li><li>Familiarity with .NET / C# application environments</li><li>Experience contributing to or leading QA hiring processes</li></ul></div>

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - FTC 6 Months

<div>Junior Quality Assurance Engineer - 6 Month FTC
Department:
Digital Viscom - Development / Product Team
Reporting to:
Systems Development Manager
Location:
Delta Park / Hybrid
About The Delta Group
The Delta Group are Europe's leading visual communications specialist delivering dynamic multi-channel marketing services to brands and retailers across the globe. Our model combines insight, creative, production, execution and optimisation to provide clients with a broad range of effective and impactful point-of-purchase visual communications.
We are committed to service excellence in-store, outdoor and online. We are dedicated, knowledgeable and client-focused people who aspire to make a difference every day. We value the long-term partnerships we have with our clients and work collaboratively to lead effective change and empower our clients' strategic goals.
Our services &ndash; comprised of three units: Creative, Display and Technology &ndash; are designed to reduce the complexity of international marketing campaigns across multiple markets and languages whilst maintaining consistency, increasing localisation and responsiveness.
We're owner-managed and independent, leading small teams of influential thinkers, meaning we have the agility of a small business but the resources of a large one. Our belief is that in a changing industry, we must be a company that can change with it.
For more information about the Delta Group, please visit: https://www.thedeltagroup.co.uk/
Role Purpose
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Delta Group's Product Team as a Software Quality Engineer, playing a central role in maintaining the quality, integrity, and reliability of the WorkstreamX suite of products and other client-facing systems. Working alongside Developers, Product Managers, and the CPO, you will own the quality assurance function &mdash; combining manual and automated testing to support the delivery of high-performance, fault-tolerant applications to our clients.
You will bring structure and rigour to our testing processes, help establish formal QA standards and plans, and champion quality throughout the software development lifecycle &mdash; from requirements through to release.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Assurance &amp; Independent Assurance<ul><li>Identify, analyse and document product and contractual requirements to define appropriate quality criteria</li><li>Provide independent software quality assurance across development, verification, validation and release phases</li><li>Assess projects for compliance with software development plans and internal standards</li><li>Create and maintain software quality assurance plans in accordance with project and company requirements</li><li>Monitor product quality validation and the proper execution of product verification and testing activities</li><li>Participate in software maturity reviews and lifecycle reviews</li><li>Verify and sign off the release of deliverable software</li></ul>
Test Design &amp; Execution<ul><li>Design, write, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases and test scripts for new features and regression cycles</li><li>Perform functional, integration, regression and exploratory testing across Delta's web-based applications</li><li>Conduct API testing to validate service integrations and data flows</li><li>Identify, document and track defects with clear reproduction steps, severity ratings and resolution follow-up</li></ul>
Execution &amp; Oversight<ul><li>Oversee manual and automated testing, regression testing, UAT (User Acceptance Testing), and performance testing.</li></ul>
Test Automation &amp; CI/CD<ul><li>Build and maintain automated test suites using frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or similar</li><li>Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline (Azure DevOps), supporting Delta's move toward continuous delivery</li><li>Contribute to reviewing and expanding tooling for functional and load/performance testing</li><li>Maintain and improve automation frameworks as the product evolves</li></ul>
Defect Management<ul><li>Establish bug tracking workflows, review test cases, and analyse defect data to identify root causes</li></ul>
Process, Standards &amp; Collaboration<ul><li>Introduce and manage formal QA policies, procedures and standards across the development team</li><li>Work closely with developers and product managers in agile sprints, contributing to planning and refinement</li><li>Support the assessment of subcontracted companies' ability to develop software to required standards</li><li>Estimate QA resources required to support individual projects and workstreams</li><li>Participate in code reviews for test code and raise quality risks early and clearly</li><li>Ensure consistency of QA approach and share best practice across the team</li></ul>
Knowledge, Skills &amp; Experience
Essential<ul><li>2&ndash;4 years of experience in a QA, software testing or software quality engineering role</li><li>Strong experience with both manual and automated testing approaches</li><li>Proficiency with at least one test automation framework (Playwright preferred)</li><li>Comfortable writing test scripts in at least one language &mdash; Python, JavaScript, TypeScript or C#</li><li>Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or REST Assured</li><li>Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines &mdash; ideally Azure DevOps &mdash; and integrating automated tests into build processes</li><li>Good understanding of agile/scrum methodologies</li><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels</li><li>Methodical, detail-oriented mindset with a pragmatic approach to quality</li></ul>
Desirable<ul><li>Experience testing SaaS, B2B or marketing technology products</li><li>Exposure to performance or load testing tools (e.g. k6, JMeter, Gatling)</li><li>Knowledge of quality management standards (e.g. ISO 9001 principles)</li><li>ISTQB Foundation Level certification or equivalent</li><li>Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber or SpecFlow</li><li>Familiarity with .NET / C# application environments</li></ul></div>

Junior Quality Assurance Engineer - 6 Month FTC

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