Staff QA Engineer

Matillion

Job Location:

Manchester - UK

Monthly Salary: £ 66000 - 99000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Are you ready to shape the future of data

Matillion is the company behind Maia the AI Data Automation platform.

In the AI economy demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering cant keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco DocuSign and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact faster.

We started in Manchester and now were global - with teams across the UK US and India.

We are driven curious energetic people who move fast think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. Were here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And were looking for people who want to be part of it.

About the role

Were Matillion the company behind Maia. Maia is the first AI Data Automation platform that rethinks manual data work by autonomously creating managing and evolving data products for humans and AI agents at scale. Quality isnt an afterthought here; its embedded into everything we ship. As a Staff Quality Engineer youll take a senior position within one of our small focused engineering teams bringing advanced technical guidance deep hands-on expertise and a relentless drive to embed quality across the entire development lifecycle.

This is a leadership role as much as a technical one. Youll set the quality standard for the team champion automation-first and shift-left testing methodologies and play a pivotal role in shaping the overall quality journey across Matillions Engineering department. If you believe quality is everyones responsibility and you have the experience to prove it we want to hear from you.

Matillion operates on a hybrid basis with us coming together 2 days a week in our Manchester office to collaborate and drive our mission forward.

What you will be doing

Leading and overseeing the testing of Matillion products hands-on in the work while mentoring and guiding junior engineers to raise the bar across the team
Designing and driving robust quality frameworks that span automation security accessibility and performance testing with an automation-first mindset at the core
Championing shift-left testing across the development lifecycle embedding quality from design through to deployment via CI/CD pipelines
Taking a leadership role in cross-functional collaboration building a culture of quality excellence and elevating standards across the wider Engineering organisation
Identifying areas for improvement in the quality journey driving continuous iteration and playing an active role in talent acquisition and team development

What we are looking for

Proven expertise in end-to-end testing of SaaS applications across complex distributed systems including risk-based exploratory regression security and usability testing approaches
Deep hands-on experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks (Cypress Pact or equivalent) with strong proficiency in Java or JavaScript and a solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines
Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS GCP or Azure) and advanced knowledge of databases and SQL
A genuine QA mindset you challenge norms push back when quality is being compromised and continuously improve how the team works
Autonomy and inquisitiveness in equal measure you dig into problems independently understand causes not just effects and bring a growth mindset to everything you do

At Matillion we are committed to providing compensation in line with market standards based on the role job family job level and country. This roles estimated annual salaried pay range for this position is 66000 - 99000. The final salary will be based on your relevant skills experience and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process.

More about Matillion

We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance with benefits including:

Company Equity
30 days holiday bank holiday
5 days paid volunteering leave
Private Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Pension
Access to mental health support

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Matillion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our team. Matillion prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Matillion does not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion age sex national origin disability status genetics sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Required Experience:

Staff IC

Are you ready to shape the future of dataMatillion is the company behind Maia the AI Data Automation platform.In the AI economy demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering cant keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work tha...