QA Engineer - Platform Reliability & AI Validation | Bristol | Perm or Contract
🚀 Early QA hire in a fast-growing AI platform
📍 Bristol (hybrid / Ideally site based | Full-time
This is not a traditional QA role. It’s a systems-level position focused on reliability, automation, and AI behaviour validation.
You’ll:
Own the testing strategy end-to-end (not just scripts)
Shift quality upstream with modern, layered testing
Build frameworks (Playwright, API, CI/CD) for stability at scale
Design Continuous Evaluation pipelines to validate AI outputs
Ensure platform integrity across workflows, billing, and data isolation
Ideal for someone who:
Thinks like an engineer, not a tester
Has built QA/SDET systems, not just test cases
Understands distributed systems + automation
Is excited by testing AI-driven products
💰 Salary: £50–60k
📄 Preference: Permanent
⚡ Also open to: Contractor (outside IR35) for ~3 months
💡 Big impact role: define quality standards from scratch in a high-growth environment.
If this sounds like you (or someone you know), drop me a message.
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