QA Engineer

Yolk Recruitment; London; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in London seeks an experienced QA Engineer to ensure product reliability and security. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to create and run tests, embed automation, and enhance continuous improvement. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years in software testing with strong knowledge in automation and QA methodologies. This role offers a hybrid work environment with flexible responsibilities.

Benefits

Referral scheme

Collaboration in a modern engineering environment

Qualifications

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

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 with tools such as Playwright.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Software testing experience

QA methodologies

Automation testing

Experience with Playwright

CI/CD integration

Jira

TestRail

Agile/Scrum

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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