QA Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic recruitment agency is seeking an experienced QA Engineer in London. This role offers a hybrid work model (3 days in office) with a salary up to £70,000. You will be responsible for ensuring product reliability, scalability, and security while collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in software testing, with a strong background in automation and familiarity with tools like Playwright and CI/CD integration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' software testing experience, including 2+ years in automation.
• Strong background in QA methodologies and test planning.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright and CI/CD integration.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategies and create test plans with your scrum team.
• Design, document, and run functional, integration, security, and performance tests.
• Build and maintain automated tests using Playwright.

Skills

Software testing experience

Automation testing experience

QA methodologies

Test planning

Experience with Playwright

CI/CD integration

Jira

TestRail

Agile/Scrum environments

Interest in AI/ML

Tools

Postman

SQL

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

Position: QA Engineer
Location: Central London (Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office)
Salary: Up to £70,000 + benefits

We're looking for experienced QA Engineers to join a growing sustainability-focused SaaS division within a global organisation. This is a chance to work on meaningful products that help businesses reduce their impact on the planet, while developing your own skills in a collaborative, modern engineering environment.

The Role

As a QA Engineer, you\'ll be responsible for making sure our products are reliable, scalable, and secure. You\'ll work closely with developers, DevOps, and stakeholders to design and run tests, embed automation into CI/CD pipelines, and contribute to continuous improvement across the engineering function.

You\'ll be hands-on across manual, automated, and performance testing, and will have the chance to explore how AI/ML can support smarter testing and better coverage. This is a role where your input will directly influence the quality of the solutions delivered to customers.

What you'll be doing

• Define test strategies and create test plans with your scrum team.

• Design, document, and run functional, integration, security, and performance tests.

• Build and maintain automated tests with tools such as Playwright.

• Validate APIs and data flows using Postman and SQL.

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).

• Apply AI/ML-driven approaches for test generation, prioritisation, and anomaly detection.

• Run load, stress, and scalability testing to identify performance bottlenecks.

• Support UAT sessions with stakeholders.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years\' software testing experience, including 2+ years in automation.

• Strong background in QA methodologies and test planning.

• Hands-on experience with Playwright, plus CI/CD integration.

• Comfortable with Jira, TestRail, and Agile/Scrum environments.

• Analytical, detail-oriented, and collaborative, with a growth mindset.

• Interest in AI/ML approaches for testing is a plus.

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