Senior QA Automation Engineer – AI Applications UK

Job Requisition ID #

26WD99665

Position Overview

Senior QA Automation Engineer – AI Applications UK

We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of AI-powered applications. The ideal candidate has expertise in automated testing and software quality engineering, with experience building scalable testing frameworks and leveraging AI-powered testing tools to improve test development, maintenance, and coverage. They combine deep QA automation expertise with practical experience using AI to enhance testing workflows. Experience testing AI/ML applications or validating machine learning models is an asset.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain automated test suites, evaluation scenarios, metrics, and test datasets for AI-powered features

Automate QA workflows using Python and CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), leveraging AI-powered testing tools to improve test development, maintenance, and coverage

Create and maintain test harnesses for AI services, applications, and APIs

Perform API testing for AI services and backend systems

Define quality strategy and acceptance criteria for AI-powered applications across functional, API, integration, and AI/ML features

Test AI/ML applications and machine learning models from a product and user perspective

Evaluate AI/ML model outputs for correctness, consistency, and expected application behavior

Define structured rubrics that translate qualitative findings into measurable evaluation gates

Build quality gates for CI/CD and deployment pipelines, including automated regression and integration testing

Mentor teams on QA automation best practices and consistent quality standards for AI-powered applications

Contribute to multi-team projects and codebases, ensuring code quality and consistency

Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

Document and present findings and ideas across the company

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

5+ years of professional experience in software quality assurance, test automation, or software engineering

Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in test automation

Hands-on experience using AI-powered testing tools or AI coding assistants to improve test automation, productivity, and quality

Experience with CI/CD tools and processes

Familiarity with popular CAD environments and tooling

Proficient in automation and UAT test suites/frameworks

Experience designing QA frameworks or platforms used by multiple teams

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Understanding of software architecture and design patterns

Ability to work in an Agile development environment

Preferred Qualifications

Experience testing AI/ML applications or validating machine learning models

Experience with data validation tooling (e.g., Great Expectations) or labeling workflows

Familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Experience with data pipelines and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Metaflow)

Knowledge of MLOps practices (e.g., model monitoring, drift detection, deployment validation)

Knowledge of ML evaluation methods, metrics, and benchmarking

Passion for learning new technologies and improving existing systems

Experience with cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)

Experience testing AI/ML services in production environments

Knowledge of experiment tracking tools (e.g., Comet, MLflow, Weights & Biases)

The Ideal Candidate

You demonstrate initiative to provide solutions and to learn and develop new technologies

Comfortable building QA systems from scratch and writing maintainable automation

You enjoy learning and collaborating across global locations

You are comfortable working in newly forming ambiguous areas

You are comfortable building scalable and maintainable QA automation frameworks that will be relied on by others

You effectively leverage AI-powered tools to improve testing workflows and engineering productivity

You can communicate well with others

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