Full Description

Our client is partnering with an organisation that's creating a transformative digital experience for students entering the world of work. They're building a scalable platform to support career readiness and connect young talent with meaningful opportunities.

As an Automation QA Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the quality and reliability of this platform as part of a dynamic, cross-functional tech team working at the forefront of modern software development.

Why You’ll Want This Role Be part of a team developing tools that impact hundreds of thousands of students across the UK Work within a modern engineering environment using cloud technologies and the latest testing frameworks Collaborate with product, design, and development to build a high-quality platform that truly makes a difference Influence the quality standards of a business committed to agile delivery, continuous improvement, and technical excellence

Key Responsibilities Collaborate within an Agile squad to support development and delivery of new product features Conduct thorough exploratory testing alongside automated test execution Build, maintain, and enhance automated testing pipelines using industry-leading tools Define and validate acceptance criteria for user stories Help identify technical debt and contribute to backlog refinement and prioritisation Support non-functional testing efforts, including performance and accessibility testing Contribute to documentation and peer review processes Share QA expertise with the wider engineering community to promote best practices

Tech Stack You'll Work With

Test Automation: Cypress, Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin, Postman

DevOps & CI/CD: GitLab, Jenkins (or similar), Git, BrowserStack

Performance & Accessibility Testing: K6, JMeter

Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Snagit

AI Tools: Exposure to GitHub Copilot or similar GenAI testing support tools

About You Strong background in full-stack web application testing (manual and automated) Practical experience in Agile software development environments Proficient with modern automation frameworks and tools Knowledge of QA methodologies, accessibility, and performance testing Comfortable with REST API testing Strong communication skills and attention to detail Eager to mentor others and promote a culture of quality across the team A quick learner who stays up-to-date with emerging tools and trends

Desirable

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar
• Interest in applying AI tools to support automation
• Passionate about improving developer workflows and delivery pipelines

Working Environment Full-time, permanent role (37.5 hours/week) Hybrid working options based in the UK Background screening required as part of the recruitment process