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Overview
Waracle are looking for a Senior QA Engineer for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation. We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.
This is a hybrid role working from our Dundee or Glasgow offices 2 days a week, and is available on a Fixed Term Contract for 12 months.
The Senior QA Engineer will be a cornerstone of our project teams, owning the delivery of QA for complex features and digital products. Beyond hands-on testing, you will be a key contributor to our QA practice by mentoring peers, proposing innovative test approaches, and championing a culture of continuous improvement. If you are a proactive problem-solver who leads by example and is passionate about enabling quality, we encourage you to apply.
What you'll do
* Define and execute robust test approaches for complex features, integrating automation and risk analysis to ensure comprehensive coverage.
* Advise the team on quality, balance priorities effectively, and apply your expert knowledge of SDLC and Agile principles to mentor peers in QA best practices.
* Design, create, or extend automation frameworks for web and mobile platforms (iOS and Android), and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to provide timely feedback.
* Focus on improving framework reliability, stabilising flaky tests, and championing clean, reusable code.
* Lead defect triage sessions, driving prioritisation based on business impact and risk, ensuring clear reporting, enforce traceability standards, and proactively anticipate and resolve blockers to guide the team to deliver effectively.
* Actively mentor junior QA engineers, providing coaching on best practices, test plan creation, and tool utilisation for both web and mobile testing.
* Foster a culture of continuous learning, give constructive feedback, and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
* Proactively suggest and integrate new testing tools, experimenting with new methods to improve delivery.
Requirements
* Extensive experience as a Senior QA Engineer, ideally within a digital consultancy.
* Comprehensive expertise in QA best practices, standards, and methodologies (SDLC, Agile).
* Proven technical mastery in functional, non-functional, and white-box testing, including security testing fundamentals.
* Advanced automation skills, capable of creating and extending frameworks, with a strong focus on code quality (Playwright experience would be an advantage).
* Strong mentorship abilities with a track record of informally and formally coaching peers and junior QAs, leading by example to guide decision-making within a project.
* Strategic mindset demonstrated through defining test strategies, ensuring comprehensive test coverage for mobile applications, and driving tooling integration.
* Strong problem-solving skills, including proactive defect management, triage leadership, and risk anticipation.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical ideas simply and present confidently in team and client forums.
* Ability to quickly develop deep understanding of new project domains and client sectors.
Benefits
* Rest & Recharge: 27 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, totaling 35 days of holiday.
* Financial Future & Security: Company-matched 5% pension contribution and Death in Service benefit (2 x annual salary).
* Health & Wellness: Medicash Health Cash Plans, Employee Assistance Programme, and Group Sickness Cover.
* Flexible Working: Hybrid working with a home office setup budget.
* Learning & Development: Udemy Business access and a dedicated learning budget.
* Lifestyle Perks: Cycle to Work Scheme and exclusive gym and retail discounts.
* Family First: Enhanced parental leave policies and fertility journey support.
* Community & Connection: Regular meet-ups and Spirit of Waracle charitable initiatives.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology, Consulting, and Engineering
* Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting and Software Development
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