QA Engineer

VanRath; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Belfast

AI automation exposure

Collaborative Agile environment

QA standards influence

Career development

Job summary

VanRath is seeking an experienced QA Engineer to join its Agile engineering team in Belfast. You will work on automation using Playwright, Selenium, Cypress or WebDriverIO, and help shape quality practices across the organisation.

The role offers a hybrid working environment in Belfast with opportunities to work on modern automation, AI-enabled tooling and complex enterprise platforms within a global technology function.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA automation within Agile environments.
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable automation frameworks.
• Strong API, functional and end-to-end testing experience.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Knowledge of performance, load and stress testing.
• Experience working with Agile or SAFe methodologies.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and quality engineering principles.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying risks and improving quality.
• Experience mentoring or supporting other QA engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute and maintain automated and functional test solutions.
• Design and evolve robust, scalable automation frameworks using modern tools such as Playwright.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive shift-left testing and API-first automation across Agile delivery teams.
• Work closely with developers, product owners and business analysts to define effective test strategies.
• Apply BDD and TDD principles to improve software quality.
• Use AI tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT to enhance testing efficiency and automation workflows.
• Identify performance issues and recommend improvements.
• Champion quality engineering practices across the wider team.
• Contribute to code reviews, unit testing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor and coach other members of the QA team.
• Take ownership of testing deliverables, risks and technical challenges.
• Communicate progress, risks and issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

QA automation

Java/JS/TS

API testing

CI/CD

BDD/Cucumber

Performance testing

Agile/SAFe

SDLC knowledge

Mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

WebDriverIO

Job description

QA Engineer

An established global organisation with a strong presence across financial markets and technology is continuing to invest in its Belfast technology function and is currently seeking an experienced QA Engineer to join its Agile engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior QA Engineer with strong automation expertise to play a key role in delivering high-quality, reliable and scalable software solutions. As a QA Engineer, you will work with modern testing technologies, AI-enabled tooling and complex enterprise platforms while helping shape quality engineering standards and best practice across the wider organisation.

Salary/Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Hybrid working environment in Belfast
• Opportunity to work with modern automation and AI technologies
• Work within a collaborative, Agile engineering environment
• Opportunity to influence QA standards and engineering best practice
• Strong career development and progression opportunities

About Your Next Employer

Your next employer is a globally recognised organisation operating across financial markets and market infrastructure, with a significant international technology presence.

The organisation is continuing to develop its technology capabilities and places a strong emphasis on engineering quality, automation, innovation and continuous improvement.

You will join a high-performing Agile team, working alongside developers, business analysts, product owners and QA professionals across multiple locations. The role offers the opportunity to work on complex systems while helping shape scalable testing frameworks and quality engineering practices.

About You

You will be an experienced QA professional with a strong background in test automation and a passion for delivering high-quality software.

Ideally, you will have:

• Extensive experience in QA automation within Agile environments
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress or WebDriverIO
• Strong programming experience in Java, JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable automation frameworks
• Strong API, functional and end-to-end testing experience
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Practical experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber
• Knowledge of performance, load and stress testing
• Experience working with Agile or SAFe methodologies
• Strong understanding of SDLC and quality engineering principles
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• A proactive approach to identifying risks and improving quality
• Experience mentoring or supporting other QA engineers

Experience within financial services, trading platforms or capital markets would be highly advantageous, as would knowledge of FIX/API, AWS, microservices or serverless environments.

What You'll Do

• Develop, execute and maintain automated and functional test solutions
• Design and evolve robust, scalable automation frameworks using modern tools such as Playwright
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Drive shift-left testing and API-first automation across Agile delivery teams
• Work closely with developers, product owners and business analysts to define effective test strategies
• Apply BDD and TDD principles to improve software quality
• Use AI tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT to enhance testing efficiency and automation workflows
• Identify performance issues and recommend improvements
• Champion quality engineering practices across the wider team
• Contribute to code reviews, unit testing and continuous improvement initiatives
• Mentor and coach other members of the QA team
• Take ownership of testing deliverables, risks and technical challenges
• Communicate progress, risks and issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders