QA Engineer
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Summary
QA Engineer performing manual and automated testing of cloud-native, AI-enhanced services, working hybrid in Manchester using tools like Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, and REST API automation frameworks.
The Quality Assurance Engineer plays a central role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software across our engineering squads. This role encompasses both manual and automated testing, covering functional, integration, regression, performance, and AI-driven behaviours as we adopt intelligent agent systems and features. Working closely with the team, you will design robust test strategies, develop automated test suites, perform exploratory testing, and ensure that qual…
What they ask for
Required
- Practical experience in both manual and automated testing of modern web or cloud-native systems
- Strong understanding of software testing methods: functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and performance testing
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, REST API automation tools)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into deployment workflows
- Experience testing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Awareness of secure coding, security testing basics, and data privacy considerations
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively within Agile squads and cross-functional environments
Preferred
- Exposure to AI testing methods (e.g., validating LLM outputs, RAG consistency, AI behaviour evaluation)
- Experience using AI-powered QA tools or test-generation frameworks
- Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and containerised applications
- Experience with performance and load testing tools (e.g. JMeter, k6, Locust)
- Understanding of contract testing (e.g., Pact)
- Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, OpenTelemetry)