QA Engineer (auto)

Principal QA Engineer

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh or Witham (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time )

Salary: £70,800 - £106,200 (depending on the experience you can bring)

Closing date: 23rd October 2026

We're Aegon. We're a company of ambitious, positive problem-solvers who get things done. We're a team, not a group of individuals. Collaboration is our life force and we believe it's our duty to leave things better than we find them.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

We are now looking for a Principal QA Engineer to join us in Edinburgh or Witham. This is a senior Technical Testing/Quality Engineering leadership role responsible for the QA Engineering strategic shift to DevOps and AI Augmented delivery model.

Operating at strategic level, you will provide end-to-end quality engineering leadership across multiple delivery teams, products and technology domains. You will be accountable for establishing quality strategies, driving and implementing said strategies, governing and measuring the implementation and adoption of them and ensuring adherence to the Quality Engineering & DevOps (QEDO) operating model.

The role combines the responsibilities with modern Quality Engineering, DevOps, Performance Engineering and AI-enabled delivery practices.

You will work with Solution Architects and Engineers to ensure that robust Quality Engineering DevOps solutions are embedded within the delivery teams and will oversee the implementation into the delivery teams from inception through to production operation.

• Proven experience in defining and driving Quality Engineering strategies across large-scale technology environments.
• Experience influencing and leading cross-functional teams without direct line management authority.
• Delivered automation-first testing approaches, CI/CD pipelines and modern Quality Engineering practices.
• Established quality standards, technical quality gates, assurance frameworks and managed technology delivery risks.
• Proven experience evaluating, implementing and governing AI-enabled testing solutions.
• Transformed testing and quality assurance practices within complex organisations.
• Lead QA, Testing, or Quality Engineering teams and built high-performing functions.
• Designed and implemented test automation frameworks, cloud-based testing tools and continuous testing solutions.
• Experience in performance testing, security testing, observability and non-functional assurance.
• Proven experience in applying AI-driven, predictive, or intelligent testing capabilities.
• Worked within Agile, DevOps, Continuous Delivery, TDD and BDD environments.
• Influenced stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, to embed quality-first principles.
• Lead QA Engineering functions across large-scale business and technology transformation programmes.
• Managed third-party suppliers and outsourced delivery partners.
• Experience in operating within regulated industries, particularly Financial Services.
• Experience in building, mentoring, developing and scaling QA Engineering teams.
• Worked with enterprise architecture principles and end-to-end software delivery lifecycles.

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.  To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.

We serve a diverse, ever-changing world. It's tough, but we work tirelessly to leave things better than we find them. If that sounds like the sort of place you'd like to work, hit the «Apply» button.