Tatton Recruitment

Lead Test Engineer

📍 Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 18, 2026
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Job Description

Lead Test Engineer

Certain Advantage are hiring for a highly skilled Lead Test Engineer to join a major digital trans-formation programme.
You will play a key role in defining and embedding a scalable, automation-first test strategy across multiple delivery teams, supporting the transition from monolithic systems to modern microservices architecture.

Your responsibilities:

Define and implement an end-to-end test strategy aligned to microservices architecture
Establish standards, patterns, and best practices across multiple teams
Assess current testing approaches and drive continuous improvement
Embed testing strategy across teams, creating scalable frameworks and exemplars
Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks
Work across different test levels: unit, integration, contract, system, and E2E
Lead automation efforts in Java-based environments
Support teams with implementation, not just direction
Partner with engineering ...

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