QA Engineer

Comply365; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

About Comply365

Comply365 is a leading provider of Operational Content Management, Safety Management, and Training Management in the highly regulated industries of Aviation, Defense, and Rail. We provide a powerful combination of expertise and products underpinned by unified best practices, empowering airlines, rail, and defense organizations with the most comprehensive product portfolio to elevate operational excellence, and transform safety management and training, with closer integration of data across these domains. Comply365 ensures our customers' teams and assets are always geared for peak operational performance and unlocks unparalleled financial and operational gains through more streamlined, robust, and agile operations.

Our culture truly sets us apart at Comply365. In addition to our unwavering dedication to our customers and products that we offer, we are, first and foremost, a diverse team of driven, energetic, and passionate individuals who work together to make a direct impact on the future of our company. We have built, and continue to build a world-class, dynamic, and people-first culture. We believe in celebrating one another's achievements, open communication, and transparent leadership.

About The Position

QA is essential in ensuring our products are delivered with high quality, on schedule, and aligned with customer expectations. In this role, you will be a strong advocate for quality, making sure our standards, procedures, and specifications are clearly understood and consistently followed. You'll also play a key role in championing QA policies within the team, working closely with Engineers, POs, automation engineers and other QAs to deliver high quality products.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring all development tasks meet quality criteria through test planning, test execution, quality assurance, and issue tracking.
• Collaborate with the team to continuously improve our testing processes and quality standards.
• Able to analyse and assess risk of test coverage for various areas of the product, ensuring critical paths are well tested.
• Play an active part in contributing to and maintaining the overall CI/CD pipeline, ensuring smooth and automated deployments.
• Proficient in time management, capable of prioritizing tasks effectively to meet deadlines.
• Able to communicate issues clearly and explain impact on the product to the wider team, including developers, product owners, stakeholders and Quality Leads.
• Promote a "Shift Left" mentality by actively engaging in early QA preparation and execution, contributing to refinement sessions and sprint planning.
• Understanding of the role of a QA in an Agile environment, with a strong focus on collaboration, adaptability, and iterative development.
• Continuously learn and apply the best technologies to simulate relevant test types, including UI, API and performance.
• Advocate for test automation and help identify opportunities to increase test coverage while educating teams on the importance of automation.
• Actively participate in root cause analysis (RCA) of defects to identify patterns and improve future quality outcomes.
• Ensure test environments are well-maintained, and data integrity is preserved for reliable testing results.

Essential Skills:

• Strong skills in documenting test coverage and results in a clear and structured format.
• Passionate about quality and not afraid to voice opinions to advocate for best practices.
• Strong working knowledge and understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC), including how QA integrates into each phase.
• Self-motivation and drive to continuously improve quality processes.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present quality insights to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills with a detail-oriented mindset.
• Ability to understand front-end users' requirements and exhibit a problem-solving attitude.
• Experience working with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and concepts to ensure seamless integration of automated tests.
• Understanding of API testing and experience using tools such as Postman or similar.
• Experience in testing mobile applications across various platforms (iOS and Android), with a strong understanding of mobile-specific testing strategies, including UI/UX validation, performance testing, and device compatibility.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
• Knowledge of performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling).
• Understanding of cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) and their impact on testing strategies.
• ISTQB or equivalent certification is a plus.
• Experience with all types of functional and non-functional testing, including performance, security, and usability testing.

Why come aboard?

We can't promise you a bar in far Bombay, but we have a range of benefits including considerations for healthcare, private medical insurance, 27 days holiday rising with length of service, buy/sell up to 3 days holiday, work life balance, and many more! For more information on our full range of benefits, please visit our website Comply365_Benefits_UK.pdf.