Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Role

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Division: Assessment & Qualifications Delivery

Location: Bangalore or Chennai, India

About UK Assessment & Qualifications

We are responsible for the delivery of nearly 4 million examination results per annum, including A-Level, GCSE, BTEC and T-levels for students in UK and International centres. Our in-house systems process every learner from registration to marking and certification, in a highly regulated business. We currently operate a hybrid estate of predominantly bespoke systems, with an ongoing strategic transformation programme to migrate from on-prem to cloud based, cost effective, scalable, and resilient services.

Job Description

Senior Quality Assurance Engineers at this tier are recognized for deep technical expertise and are trusted to design, implement, and optimize the most complex modules of critical business applications or back-end infrastructure. They independently drive the technical direction of high-stakes projects, provide authoritative guidance during architecture reviews, and collaborate with product owners to align solutions with business strategy. These engineers act as subject-matter mentors, reviewing the work of peers, and are frequently sought for advice during performance tuning or incident investigations. Their decisions exert measurable influence over team priorities and software design choices, but they remain focused on technical and mentoring rather than people leadership. They hold accountability for the resilience and scalability of systems that underpin essential revenue streams or user-facing platforms, and are relied upon to avert technical risks before they escalate

About you

You are expected to lead as the technical authority within their area, designing and executing advanced test approaches that anticipate and address complex system interactions.Tasked with mentoring peers, they scrutinize quality risks in high-visibility projects a...