QA Engineer

Flutter; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports betting company is seeking a Backend QA Engineer to join a dynamic team. The role involves designing and executing tests, ensuring quality in backend services, and collaborating with developers. Candidates should have strong experience in QA for complex systems and be proficient in automation and manual testing. The position offers an excellent benefits package, flexible working, and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Uncapped holiday allowance

Enhanced pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Income protection

Hybrid working

Annual self-development learning fund

Paid volunteering days

Enhanced parental leave

Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)

Qualifications

• Strong communicator, verbally and in writing, with a proactive mindset.
• Adept in collaborating and mentoring within a fast-paced team environment.
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute both manual and automated tests.
• Ensure product requirements are testable and validated.
• Provide insights into product quality and improvements to QA processes.

Skills

Proven QA experience in complex backend systems

Strong automation and manual testing expertise

Solid understanding of service-oriented architectures and APIs (REST)

Experience with Java or similar languages

Familiarity with test-driven development (e.g. BDD, ATDD)

Experience with Git and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Experience with build/config tools (e.g. CHEF)

Job description

Overview

QA Engineer
Senior Quality Assurance Engineering 1

Flutter is a FTSE 50 global leader in sports betting and gaming, with brands including Paddy Power, Betfair, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, and FanDuel. We serve over 13 million customers and generated more than £11bn in revenue in 2024. The Global Betting Platform (gbp) is Flutter's flagship proprietary platform powering sports betting features at scale. It supports multiple brands across the group, generates 33% of total Sportsbook online revenue, and serves over 1.7 million active users.

The Role:

We are looking for a passionate Backend QA Engineer who will bring new ideas, energy, and a proactive mindset to help raise the bar for QA, both within the team and across the wider group. You will join a high-performing team of 5 Developers and 1 QA (this role). You\'ll help shape the evolution of gbp into a world-class platform, ensuring quality and stability across our fast-paced, multi-brand environment. You\'ll work closely with engineers, product teams, and stakeholders across multiple locations to deliver reliable, high-quality backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute both manual and automated tests
• Ensure product requirements are testable and validated
• Provide insights into product quality and improvements to QA processes
• Support and collaborate with developers on quality-focused practices
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle
• Offer creative and pragmatic solutions to testing challenges

What We're Looking For

Technical Skills:

• Proven QA experience in complex backend systems
• Strong automation and manual testing expertise
• Solid understanding of service-oriented architectures and APIs (REST)
• Experience with Java or similar languages
• Familiarity with test-driven development (e.g. BDD, ATDD)
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with build/config tools (e.g. CHEF) is a plus

Soft Skills & Competencies:

• Strong communicator, verbally and in writing, with a proactive mindset
• Proactively owns and drives all aspects of QA on behalf of the team
• You can establish collaborative relationships with members of the development community inside and outside of your own delivery team, underpinned by trust, integrity, and respect
• You understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue, and you are able to adapt your approach in order to achieve a successful outcome.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to mentor, coach, and support quality practices in the team
• Collaborates effectively in cross-functional, fast-paced environments
• Values clean code, pragmatic solutions, and continuous improvement
• Owns the creation and execution of comprehensive test plans that provide efficient and pragmatic test coverage in support of the overall project objectives.

Why Join Us

• Work on high-impact projects across multiple brands
• Be part of a collaborative, friendly, and forward-thinking team
• Help shape the future of sports betting technology

What\'s in it for you

We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalized to you:

• Bonus scheme
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Hybrid working
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
• Paid volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)
• Recognition programs
• Electric car scheme, gym membership, discounts, vouchers and much more!

About Flutter

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market leading position in the US and across the world.

We have an unparalleled portfolio of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet.

With our global scale and challenger attitude, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt the sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities.

We\'re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don\'t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we\'ll see how we can accommodate them.