The QA/Test Engineer will work within an agile team to support clients in achieving business transformation through effective test strategy, automation, and quality assurance. The role includes both manual and automated testing activities and requires close collaboration with development teams to ensure software quality.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with an agile team to help clients meet business transformation objectives
- Identify testing requirements, create solutions, and provide ongoing testing guidance
- Develop and carry out test strategies, plans, and test scripts
- Accurately log, track, and monitor defects and issues
- Support scrum teams by implementing automated testing to influence development practices
- Evaluate test environments and processes to drive continuous improvement
- Ensure adherence to established quality standards
- Provide reliable test effort estimates
Requirements
- Proven experience in automated quality assurance, including overnight cross-browser, functional, non-functional, API, integration, and acceptance testing
- Experience conducting front-end cross-browser functional testing, device testing, exploratory testing, systems integration, and user acceptance testing
- Proficient in building and maintaining test frameworks using Java
- Hands-on experience with open-source testing tools such as Cypress, Karate, PlayWright, Selenium, or similar
- Experience working in an agile development environment
- Must be a UK resident for at least five years with no more than 30 days spent outside the UK annually, or currently hold Security Clearance (SC)
Nice to Have
- Experience in performance testing or other forms of non-functional testing is advantageous
Tech Stack
Java, Cypress, Karate, PlayWright, Selenium
Benefits
- Participate in a Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees share in company profits
- Access strong career progression and leadership development through mentorship and coaching programs
- Engage in a dedicated quarterly Career Development Pathways programme
- Flexible and remote working options available
- Supportive approach to work-life balance, accommodating personal circumstances and life events
- Pension scheme
- Private healthcare coverage
- Life assurance benefit
- Access to financial advice services
- Employee discount program
- Gym membership discounts
- Bike to Work scheme participation
- On-site or virtual fitness classes
- Mindfulness workshops
- Employee Assistance Programme for personal support
- Generous holiday allowance
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policies
- Marriage or civil partnership leave entitlement
- Special leave policies for unique circumstances
- Educational assistance opportunities
- Incentives for obtaining certifications and accreditations from AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
- Recognition through Annual Excellence Awards and the ‘Call-Out’ rewards platform
- Opportunities to engage in environmental, social, and community development initiatives
- Active diversity, inclusion, and belonging programs
Work Arrangement
Hybrid – flexible and remote working available; accommodations for personal circumstances to support work-life balance
Team
Part of an agile team that collaborates with scrum and development teams
- Driven by core values
- Commitment to mutual investment: 'Invest in us and we’ll invest in you'
- Recognized as an award-winning employer
- Certified as a Great Place to Work in Ireland and the UK for over ten years
- Named Best Workplace for Women in the UK and Ireland by Great Place to Work
- Recognized as Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by Great Place to Work
Additional Information
- Applicant must have been a UK resident for at least five years with no more than 30 days spent outside the UK per year to meet Security Clearance (SC) eligibility, or currently hold SC
