QA Engineer

Causeway Group; Gerrards Cross; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Causeway Group is hiring a QA Engineer to help shape software that delivers critical outcomes across our product and platform teams. This hybrid role focuses on automated testing, building scalable test frameworks, and improving quality across the development lifecycle.

You will work with software engineers, delivery leads, and product owners to embed quality early and throughout the release process, contributing to a mature automation strategy as our systems evolve.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality engineering and automated testing.
• Ability to design and maintain automated test suites.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and test automation tooling.
• Strong collaboration with software engineers and product owners.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and maintain automated tests across system and integration levels.
• Balance automation with manual testing when needed.
• Analyse user stories to identify quality risks early.
• Document and track defects with clear reproduction steps.
• Define and uphold quality standards and procedures.
• Contribute to automation coverage and testing lifecycle improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers to embed quality throughout development.

Job description

QA Engineer

Middlesbrough - Hybrid

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

QA Engineer

Middlesbrough - Hybrid

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple; to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction like industries across the entire build life cycle.

If you are looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, US, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.

We embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.

Purpose

The QA Engineer is responsible for the quality of software development and deployment across Causeway's product and platform engineering teams. Causeway is building toward a fully automated QA function, and this role sits at the heart of that transition. The QA Engineer is expected to be a practising automation engineer, writing, maintaining, and extending automated test suites as a primary output, whilst retaining the breadth to apply manual testing where appropriate. The balance will shift progressively toward automation as the team and tooling mature.

The key areas of responsibility for the QA Engineer include:

• Quality Engineering
• Technical Innovation

Key Responsibilities

Quality Engineering

• Design, write, and maintain automated test scripts across System, Integration, and Regression levels, with automated coverage as the primary measure of test delivery.
• Apply manual testing where automation is not yet in place or is not appropriate, with a clear plan to automate those areas over time.
• Analyse user stories and use cases for validity and feasibility, contributing to refinement and raising quality concerns early.
• Detect, document, and track software defects and inconsistencies, clearly documenting replication steps and relevant context.
• Determine and agree on quality procedures, standards, and specifications and ensure that they are met at all times.
• Estimate effort required to accomplish testing requirements and ensure that schedules are met.
• Ensure that technical products are tested accurately, based on best practice standards, and on time to support business objectives.
• Ensure all code is reviewed before changes are checked into the main branch.
• Make suggestions to improve and support the testing lifecycle, actively contributing to the team's automation coverage and practices.

Technical Innovation

• Contribute to the design and development of the team's automated test frameworks, helping to build a suite that is maintainable, reliable, and integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Champion automated testing practices within the squad, promoting a shift-left approach and advocating for quality throughout the development process.
• Apply quality engineering principles throughout the Agile product lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineers, Delivery Leads, and Product Owners to embed quality across the full development process.
• Provide clear testing documentation and artefacts, ensuring automated test coverage and results are visible and well-maintained.
• Communicate regular...