QA Engineer

Package: £55,000 - £65,000 + 10% bonus + 9% Pension Contribution + Private Medical

Location: London (hybrid working)

My client is a rapidly growing FTSE250 international organisation offering a range of solutions to the global Professional Services sector. As part of their exciting growth there is an opportunity to join the Group as they seek to expand the QA resource within their Software Engineering team. The QA Engineer will focus primarily on test automation, while also performing manual testing where required.

The Role

* Reporting to the Lead QA, you will contribute to the improvement and maintenance of their automated testing setup and assist in general application testing of their key products

* Write, maintain, and extend automation scripts to cover regression, integration, and end-to-end scenarios

* Ensure automation tests are integrated into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps) for continuous testing

* Troubleshoot, optimise, and improve the reliability of automated test suites

* Provide automation coverage across multiple projects

* Design, write, and execute manual test cases when automation is not applicable (e.g. exploratory testing, UI validation, one-off business scenarios)

* Perform regression and functional testing manually where automation is not feasible

* Working across multiple projects and collaborating closely with Developers, Product Managers, QAs and other stakeholders

The Person

* Ideally with 5 years+ relevant experience:

* Developing, maintaining, and enhancing automation frameworks using Playwright (TypeScript & C#)

* Designing, writing and executing manual test cases when automation is not applicable

* Professional services exposure would be advantageous, however they open on sector experience and company size

* A related degree or ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing would be welcome, but not deemed essential

* This role is ideal for a Tester who brings strong automation skills (framework enhancement, maintenance, and test execution), but also understands the value of manual testing in delivering high quality software

* Strong understanding of software testing principles, QA methodologies and SDLC

* Exposure to Cloud environments (Azure, AWS)

* Agile environment experience (Scrum/Kanban)

* Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical detail clearly

* Proven experience balancing multiple projects simultaneously and working independently with initiative

Based at their London HQ, the role supports hybrid working with 2 days per week home-based post probation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading organisation at an exciting time with genuine opportunities for career development and progression. Alongside their attractive salary, they also offer a very generous pension contribution, private medical, the ability to ‘buy and sell’ holidays and a share incentive plan.

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