QA Engineer

Dexters Estate Agent Group; London; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic QA team in a forward-thinking company where you will play a vital role in ensuring high-quality software across various products. As a QA Engineer, you will analyze business requirements, develop testing strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the software development lifecycle. This exciting opportunity allows you to contribute to both manual and automated testing efforts, ensuring that quality is prioritized from the outset. If you are passionate about software quality and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and logical thinking required.
• Experience in building test strategies and manual testing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements for comprehensive test coverage.
• Develop and implement testing strategies balancing manual and automated testing.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Manual testing skills

Experience with Git

Project management tools (Jira, TargetProcess)

Web-Based Automation experience

Exposure to BDD frameworks (Cucumber)

Contributions to automation frameworks

Experience in the Property industry

Greenfield testing experience

Education

ISEB-ISQTB Foundation Certification

Tools

Git

Jira

GitHub

Job description

As a growing QA team at Dexters, we are seeking an enthusiastic skilled QA Engineer to join our growing team. You will impact across the portfolio of Dexters products that we are developing, helping shape the improvement and testing processes. We need someone to be the champion for high quality software at all times. You will help contribute to the test strategy alongside other members of the QA team.

Location: Remote working, with occasional travel to London (less than monthly)

Salary: £35,000-£45,000 DOE

Key Responsibilities

1. Analyze Business Requirements – Understand, break down, and validate complex business needs to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
2. Develop Test Strategies – Design and implement testing strategies from the ground up, balancing manual and automated testing approaches.
3. Manual & Automated Testing – Execute manual tests to supplement automation, ensuring robust software quality.
4. Collaborate Across Teams – Work closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure quality is built into the SDLC from the beginning.
5. Report & Communicate Issues – Document test results, report bugs, and provide actionable feedback to the development team.

Requirements

1. Analytical and logical thinking.
2. Understanding business situations and requirements.
3. Good Manual testing skills will be required, supplementing existing automation tests.
4. Experience building test strategies from the foundation up.
5. Good working knowledge of Git or another source control system. Familiarity with GitHub a bonus.
6. Ability to understand and break down complex requirements.

Skills

1. Excellent verbal and written English.
2. Experience of a project management tool such as Jira or TargetProcess.
3. Analytical thinking and a desire to improve software early in the SDLC.
4. Certifications (ISEB-ISQTB - Foundation or an equivalent / higher ones).
5. Web-Based Automation experience (Any Ruby / JS / Php ones such as Selenium/Capybara/Cypress/Playwright/Behat are fine).
6. Exposure to BDD style frameworks such as Cucumber.
7. Contributions to automation frameworks. Expertise in any is preferred.
8. Experience in the Property industry / Familiarity with rental & housing requirements.
9. Greenfield testing experience.