QA Engineer
QA Engineer / Software Tester - Manual - Hybrid – Leeds (3 days onsite)
Up to £35k
We’re hiring a QA Engineer to join an in-house team building workflow driven platforms used across the business and by customers
This role is focused on hands-on testing and working closely with developers. You’ll be expected to take full ownership of quality, not just follow test scripts.
The role
* Test new features, changes and regressions across the platform
* Work directly with developers to understand functionality and resolve issues quickly
* Log clear, reproducible defects and manage them through to resolution
* Review requirements and challenge gaps or ambiguity before development and release
* Identify edge cases and risks within complex workflows
* Support releases by ensuring features are properly tested and ready to go live
* Contribute to improving test coverage and overall quality
* Get involved in automation where possible (even at a basic level)
Experience required
* Experience testing software within a digital or software delivery environment
* Strong manual testing capability
* Comfortable working closely with developers
* Able to take requirements and turn them into effective test coverage
* Clear written communication when logging defects and documenting issues
* Some exposure to automation tools or frameworks, or active learning in this area
* Experience working in agile, sprint-based teams
* Able to manage your own workload and take responsibility for quality
* Familiarity with tools like Jira or similar
* Experience testing workflow-heavy or data-driven systems (ideal)
* Understanding of risk-based or exploratory testing approaches
* Awareness of how testing supports releases in live environments
You’ll be part of a team where QA is expected to add value early, not just validate at the end. It’s a collaborative environment, but people are trusted to take ownership and drive quality.
We’re open to different backgrounds and paths into QA, if you can do the job and want to grow, we want to hear from you.
Interview process
Stage one - Initial conversation with the Hiring Manager (online)
Stage two - Face to face panel interview