Software Test Engineer

Salary: £26,000 - 26,000 per year

Requirements:

• Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and Software Testing Life Cycle
• Enthusiasm for learning and adopting modern testing practices and cloud technologies
• Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team
• Analytical problem solving, with excellent attention to detail
• Eager to learn and adapt and grow professionally
• Degree or relevant experience in software testing or a related role (desirable)
• ISTQB Foundation Certificate or equivalent qualification in Software Testing (desirable)
• Experience with test automation tools such as Playwright or similar (desirable)
• Experience with API exploration and testing tools such as Postman or CURL (desirable)
• Familiarity with test case management software e.g. Testmo, qTest or similar (desirable)
• Experience with issue tracking software e.g. Jira, GitHub Issues or similar (desirable)
• Exposure to web and mobile application development and testing (desirable)
• Knowledge of common data formats such as JSON, XML, CSV or YAML (desirable)
• Basic programming skills in Python, JavaScript, Java or other programming language (desirable)
• Experience working with data storage technologies (desirable)
• Familiarity with cloud environments e.g. AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud Platform (desirable)

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle
• Perform requirements analysis, test planning, test design, implementation, and execution
• Create and maintain QA documentation, test cases, and processes
• Develop automated tests for web applications using tools like Playwright
• Develop API tests using Postman, including integration into CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate closely with developers to identify, report, and track defects
• Research new testing technologies and best practices to innovate and improve QA processes
• Assist in data validation, reporting, and analytics testing

Technologies:

• API
• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• GitHub
• ISTQB
• JIRA
• JSON
• Java
• JavaScript
• Mobile
• Network
• Oracle
• Playwright
• Postman
• Python
• Web
• XML
• Support

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At Crowder Consulting, we are a leading consulting firm specializing in water network management solutions, with over 30 years of experience in delivering innovative consultancy, data, and field services. We pride ourselves on our dedicated team of over 150 employees and our Investors in People accreditation, reflecting our commitment to staff development. We offer competitive salaries starting from £26,000, along with benefits such as an employer contributory pension scheme and comprehensive training opportunities. Our offices are centrally located in Birkenhead with great transport links, and we promote flexible hybrid working arrangements. We are excited to welcome an ambitious software test engineer to our development team to help shape our future cloud-based solutions.

last updated 44 week of 2026