Senior QA Automation Engineer

Board Intelligence is a technology and advisory firm that supercharges boards with the science of board effectiveness. We build better businesses and benefit society.
Through a suite of AI-powered software tools, evaluation frameworks, and advisory services that distil twenty years of boardroom experience, we improve the efficiency of board processes and the effectiveness of boards.
We are at the beginning of significant growth, and we’re looking for superb talent to join us on this journey.
We value fun: most days you’ll find a social event or learning opportunity to get involved with, including company socials, away days, and philanthropic activities.
We unleash the potential of organisations through the science of board effectiveness, building better businesses and benefiting society.
Board Intelligence are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our growing team of automation engineers and take a leadership role in driving quality excellence across Board Intelligence. You'll be embedded within a product council as the quality expert, whilst also playing a crucial role in mentoring our team, shaping QA strategy, and continuously improving our testing practices and frameworks.
This is a senior individual contributor role where you'll have significant influence and autonomy. You'll be the custodian of quality for your product council, working closely with cross-functional teams from feature conception through to delivery. Beyond your council, you'll be a driving force for quality improvements across the entire QA function championing better processes, evolving our automation frameworks, and helping establish best practices.

Quality Leadership & Strategy

• Partner with QA Leadership to help shape QA strategy, standards, and direction
• Lead initiatives to improve our TypeScript/Cypress (Web App) and Java/Appium (Mobile) automation frameworks
• Identify and drive adoption of new testing approaches, tools, and methodologies
• Establish and evolve testing standards across the QA team
• Mentor QA engineers, helping them grow their technical and strategic skills
• Testing & Automation
• Write high-quality automated tests using our TypeScript/Cypress (web) and Java/Appium (mobile) frameworks, contributing new tests regularly
• Architect and implement improvements to our existing test frameworks
• Maintain and enhance test suite reliability and effectiveness
• Debug, monitor, and resolve automation pipeline failures
• Perform manual testing: ticket verification, test case management, and regression testing
• Lead by example in testing practices, demonstrating what excellence looks like

• Act as the sole QA representative within your assigned product council for typically a year-long engagement
• Participate in refinement sessions from the earliest stages, influencing quality from the start
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate quality status clearly and confidently
• 8-10 years of QA experience with previous experience in a senior QA/SDET role
• Expertise in test automation with proven experience architecting or significantly improving test frameworks
• Strong hands-on experience with end-to-end automation frameworks (e.g., Experience mentoring and upskilling other QA engineers
• Track record of establishing testing standards and best practices within teams
• Proven ability to work autonomously and take ownership of complex quality challenges
• Experience working in Agile environments embedded within product teams
• Experience with TypeScript/Cypress or Java/Appium specifically
• API and contract testing experience
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience with performance and load testing
• Mobile app testing expertise
• Understanding of test architecture and design patterns

• Automation frameworks: TypeScript with Cypress (web portal), Java with Appium (mobile apps)
• Ruby on Rails backend, React frontend, some Clojure services
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes across cloud and on-premises datacentres