Vetted on a call by a Wave consultant, not scraped. Up to £65,000.
Builds QA functions where there weren't any. Risk-based testing, test case design and process setup for web apps, working across product managers, developers and UX rather than sitting apart from them. Unusual combination on top of that, a Google-certified UX designer who has held joint test and design titles and tests to WCAG accessibility standards.
Looking forThe move is about geography more than work. They were doing 3 days a week in London and want that commute gone.
How they came acrossConfident challenging a decision and clear when they do it, which is the useful half of a QA lead. Works closely with product and is comfortable being the person who says the thing nobody wants to hear.
Cypress, Appium, Postman, TestComplete, JMeter · JavaScript, SQL, Cucumber, BDD · Azure DevOps, JIRA, Figma
Test analyst and QA roles across healthcare technology, energy data, identity verification and education, then a food media business. 12 employers, average stint 1 year 9 months, though the longest was 7 years 9 months and several of the early ones were retail jobs rather than testing.
Recent hands-on automation depth is thinner than the tool list suggests, which our consultant flagged at the time. This is a manual-first hire. Notes date from November 2025.
Masters in biological photography and imaging from a Russell Group university. ISTQB Foundation and a Google UX Design certificate.
Sole QA at a cyber security company, and before that roughly 15 years inside HR and payroll SaaS where they ran a test team and doubled as Scrum Master. Methodical, documentation-first, and equally at home on web, mobile, desktop and API testing. Tooling is Selenium, Playwright, TestComplete and Provar with Cucumber and Gherkin for the BDD side.
Looking forWasn't hunting when we spoke. What would move them is a clear path to being the go-to QA voice in a business, with people to mentor as the team grows.
How they came acrossSteady and self-directed, the sort who writes the runbook nobody asked for and then everyone uses. Describes themselves as able to step into any role and it reads as accurate rather than boastful given the 15-year stint.
Selenium, Playwright, TestComplete, Provar, Cucumber · Python, TestRail, JIRA · Jenkins, Azure, BDD and TDD practice
A long run at an HR and payroll software business, then an HR technology firm and now a cyber security company. 4 employers, average stint 5 years 7 months, with a longest of 15 years 9 months.
Won't do 5 days in an office and won't be micromanaged. They weren't actively looking in November 2025, so this needs a real growth story rather than a job spec.
Studied computer software engineering. Certified Scrum Master.
Cypress and TypeScript for the automation, exploratory and usability testing for everything the automation misses. Has built QA functions from nothing for enterprise-grade SaaS platforms serving more than 3 million users, and has been using Cursor and frontier models inside the testing workflow itself rather than talking about doing so.
Looking forLeft a design tooling startup through redundancy after roughly 3 years. What they asked for was a small senior QA team to learn from, having been the solo tester too often.
How they came acrossProduct-minded and happy to be the voice of the user in a room full of engineers. Challenges assumptions with evidence rather than opinion, and has mentored a junior through it.
Cypress, Playwright, TypeScript, JavaScript, Cucumber · React, Next.js · CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Cursor
QA at an advertising industry body, a design prototyping startup, a user research startup and now a recruitment technology business. 4 employers, average stint 1 year 10 months.
Our notes are from November 2025 when they were between roles, and the file shows them in post since January 2026. Confirm availability before you build a plan around them.
Degree in illustration.
Tell me which came closest and I recalibrate, then come back with 10 to 15 more inside 24 hours.
Show me the wider bank