Automation Quality Assurance Engineer in Preston, Lancashire

Energy Jobline CVL; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Holiday buy-sell scheme

Volunteer day

Pension 5% employee + 8% employer

Life assurance x4 salary

Health cashback plan

Job summary

Key Group is seeking an Automation Quality Assurance Engineer to join our technology team in the UK. The role focuses on test automation for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, ensuring new features are tested to a high standard.

You will collaborate with developers, analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements, build automated tests and improve system quality in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing or QA with automation focus.
• Experience writing or maintaining automated test scripts.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Power Platform.
• Understanding of regression, integration and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts for business systems.
• Work with developers and business analysts to understand requirements and testing approaches.
• Carry out functional, regression, integration and performance testing.
• Identify, log and track defects, supporting resolution with development teams.
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps).
• Develop and improve automation frameworks, particularly in low-code environments.
• Monitor and report on test coverage and quality metrics.
• Keep up to date with best practices across Dynamics 365, Power Platform and testing tools.

Skills

Automation testing

Test scripting

Dynamics 365 familiarity

Power Platform familiarity

Regression testing

Tools

Azure DevOps

Low-code platforms

Job description

Key Group is one of the most exciting, forward-thinking brands in financial services, focused on helping people unlock a better retirement since 1998. We are later life lending experts, with a market leading specialism in equity release. We offer later life lending advice and solutions to help homeowners across the UK unlock a better retirement by accessing some of the wealth tied up in their properties. Or as we like to say, retirement finances, unlocked. Our portfolio of brands comprises of Key (the Adviser) More2Life (the Lender) and Air (Adviser software service).

We are looking for an Automation Quality Assurance Engineer to join our technology team and play a key role in ensuring the quality, stability and performance of our systems.

This role is focused on test automation, primarily across Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, helping to ensure that new features and updates are thoroughly tested and delivered to a high standard.

You will work closely with developers, analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements, build automated tests, and improve overall system quality within a fast paced, regulated environment.

Main role & responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts for business systems
• Work closely with developers and business analysts to understand requirements and define testing approaches
• Carry out functional, regression, integration and performance testing
• Identify, log and track defects, supporting resolution with development teams
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps)
• Develop and improve automation frameworks, particularly in low code environments
• Monitor and report on test coverage and quality metrics
• Keep up to date with best practice across Dynamics 365, Power Platform and testing tools

Skills & experience we look for

• Experience in software testing or QA, with a focus on automation
• Experience writing or maintaining automated test scripts
• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Power Platform
• Understanding of testing types such as regression, integration and performance
• Experience using tools such as Azure DevOps or similar
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Most of all we look for people who display and work around the core values of our business:

• Ambitious - to break ground to help our customers enjoy a better retirement.
• Supportive - relationships are key to everything we do.
• Personal - going above and beyond to offer exceptional service.
• Integrity - honest, true and transparent in all of our relationships.
• Responsive - whatever the challenge we'll deliver the right result.
• Expert - experts in our field, our thirst for knowledge never stops.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays. Rising to 28 days based on length of service
• Additional holiday purchase scheme
• 1 extra day to carry out charity work, and another day for your choice of wellbeing activity
• Pension: 5% Employee and 8% Employer
• AXA Exec (self) OR Simply health cashback plan
• Life Assurance x4 salary
• Plus so much more