Lead QA Engineer

://blackswansexist.com/job/lead-qa-engineer. QA Lead Engineer — Scientific SaaS / Biopharma Remote:

• EU/UK based We are supporting a search for a Senior QA Lead Engineer to join a growing scientific software organisation as it continues bringing its engineering capability fully in-house.
• This is a particularly important hire for the business.

Rather than stepping into an established QA function with mature processes already in place, this person will have the opportunity to define how quality is approached across the organisation from the ground up. The company develops a technically complex SaaS platform combining software, AI, scientific modelling, and bioprocess expertise.

As the platform and engineering organisation continue to scale, there is a need for someone who can take ownership not only of testing, but of the wider quality strategy: test architecture, release governance, CI/CD quality gates, quality metrics, scientific validation, and the behaviours that make quality a shared responsibility across engineering. This is therefore much broader than a traditional Senior QA position.

The successful person will operate across engineering, product, and science, translating complex or ambiguous requirements into measurable acceptance criteria and robust test strategies1 …