Quality Assurance Engineer- AI Products
Added 26 Aug · still live
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Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2136 (90% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and Xpansiv is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
Xpansiv is the leading infrastructure provider for the energy transition markets.
Our comprehensive platform includes registries, online marketplaces, market execution services, wholesale power solutions, and market data for energy and environmental commodity markets. Trusted worldwide, Xpansiv enables stakeholders to deliver transparent, credible, and auditable environmental claims to address the growing global demand for assurance and accountability on climate action and sustainability performance.
From our founding in 2009 through more than 10 acquisitions, Xpansiv has become a global leader in environmental commodity markets. We are backed by Blackstone and other leading investors.
Position Summary:
Seeking a QA AI Engineer to perform testing and quality assurance for systems, applications, and AI-enabled products developed by Xpansiv. This role is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, accuracy, and safety of Xpansiv’s AI-driven products and proprietary LLM infrastructure. The QA AI Engineer will create test plans, document and execute test cases, build automated and semi-automated evaluation frameworks, and validate both deterministic software behavior and non-deterministic AI outputs. This role works closely with AI Engineering, Product, Operations, Engineering, business analysts, business owners, and subject matter experts to build quality into AI products from the start and provide the human-in-the-loop assurance required by Xpansiv’s AI governance standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Our comprehensive platform includes registries, online marketplaces, market execution services, wholesale power solutions, and market data for energy and environmental commodity markets. Trusted worldwide, Xpansiv enables stakeholders to deliver transparent, credible, and auditable environmental claims to address the growing global demand for assurance and accountability on climate action and sustainability performance.
From our founding in 2009 through more than 10 acquisitions, Xpansiv has become a global leader in environmental commodity markets. We are backed by Blackstone and other leading investors.
Position Summary:
Seeking a QA AI Engineer to perform testing and quality assurance for systems, applications, and AI-enabled products developed by Xpansiv. This role is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, accuracy, and safety of Xpansiv’s AI-driven products and proprietary LLM infrastructure. The QA AI Engineer will create test plans, document and execute test cases, build automated and semi-automated evaluation frameworks, and validate both deterministic software behavior and non-deterministic AI outputs. This role works closely with AI Engineering, Product, Operations, Engineering, business analysts, business owners, and subject matter experts to build quality into AI products from the start and provide the human-in-the-loop assurance required by Xpansiv’s AI governance standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create test plans for AI-powered and traditional software applications, including manual testing, automated testing, performance testing, regression testing, security testing, and end-to-end testing
- Formulate and document test cases based on product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, AI governance standards, and business workflow expectations
- Execute test cases through targeted manual testing, automated testing, exploratory testing, and AI-specific evaluation methods
- 10+ years of experience in software quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing
- Experience creating test plans, documenting test cases, executing test cases, validating defects, and supporting release-readiness decisions across multiple projects
- Experience with functional testing, end-to-end testing, cross-browser testing, regression testing, security testing, performance testing, API testing, and integration testing
- Experience testing or evaluating AI, ML, or LLM-powered systems, such as chatbots, copilots, agents, classifiers, RAG applications, document-processing workflows, or decision-support tools
- Familiarity with generative AI evaluation methods, including golden datasets, model-graded evaluations, prompt regression testing, hallucination detection, red-teaming, and quality-drift monitoring
- Working knowledge of prompt engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation, agent-based systems, structured outputs, and AI guardrails sufficient to test these systems effectively
- Experience with automated software testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Rest Assured, or similar frameworks
- Experience testing microservices, APIs, and web services using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Rest Assured, or similar API testing tools
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language used for test automation, data validation, or evaluation tooling
- Experience with source version control tools such as Git
- Experience working in agile software development process models
- Experience interacting with developers, product managers, business analysts, business owners, and subject matter experts to review and validate test plans, test cases, test results, and defects
- Understanding of AI governance, responsible AI principles, data-handling guardrails, privacy considerations, and human-in-the-loop review practices
Skills / Abilities:
Step 1- Take-home assessment
Step 2- Recruiter screening
Step 3- Technical Interview with the team
Step 4- Key Stakeholder + Final hiring manager interview
Base Salary
Compensation for this role will vary among specific regions due to geographic differentials in the labor market, actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, knowledge, education and training. However, compensation range for this role is expected to be as follows:
£60,000-£70,000
Here at Xpansiv, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in building trust and transparency in global efforts toward net-zero future. Xpansiv is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Note to Recruiters: Xpansiv does not accept unsolicited resumes or referrals from placement agencies, staffing vendors or other external parties seeking recruiting fees without a signed formal agreement.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with clients, developers, business analysts, product managers, business owners, management, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and failure-mode thinking, with the ability to translate ambiguous requirements and AI behavior into concrete test scenarios
- Exceptional attention to detail, time management, and documentation quality
- Proven ability to work independently as a self-starter and collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team
- Ability to quickly absorb business and technical concepts, including unfamiliar AI workflows, data flows, and domain-specific business rules
- Proven ability to work calmly under tight deadlines, production-readiness pressure, or critical quality situations
- Curiosity and sound judgment when evaluating emerging AI capabilities, limitations, risks, and quality tradeoffs
Step 1- Take-home assessment
Step 2- Recruiter screening
Step 3- Technical Interview with the team
Step 4- Key Stakeholder + Final hiring manager interview
Base Salary
Compensation for this role will vary among specific regions due to geographic differentials in the labor market, actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, knowledge, education and training. However, compensation range for this role is expected to be as follows:
£60,000-£70,000
Here at Xpansiv, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in building trust and transparency in global efforts toward net-zero future. Xpansiv is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Note to Recruiters: Xpansiv does not accept unsolicited resumes or referrals from placement agencies, staffing vendors or other external parties seeking recruiting fees without a signed formal agreement.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Xpansiv, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2136 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~21k in sampleP25 £37kP75 £55k
£31kmedian £46kgoing rate £42k£55k
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