QA Engineer

Betfred Group Holdings Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Pension contribution

Bonuses

Annual leave

Online GP 24/7

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay

Long service recognition

Wagestream pay access

Job summary

Betfred Group Holdings Limited is seeking a collaborative QA Engineer to support quality practices within a delivery team in Manchester. You will work with Software Developers, Product, and Tech Leads to ensure tests are applied across the testing pyramid, focusing on coverage, risk mitigation, and exploratory testing to catch issues that automated tests may miss.

You will contribute to observability-led quality using monitoring, metrics, and logging to understand reliability and user experience

Qualifications

• Shift left testing
• Testability
• Shift right testing
• Agile ways of working
• Exploratory testing
• SQL
• API testing
• Automation
• Open API

Responsibilities

• Apply QA processes within a delivery team to ensure quality outcomes.
• Balance unit, integration, and end-to-end testing across the pyramid.
• Support shift-left testing by validating testability early in designs and features.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover defects and validate real-world usage.
• Contribute to observability-led quality using monitoring, metrics, and logs.
• Identify and report risks, issues, and defects to inform team decisions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and practices.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, Tech Leads, and Engineers to ensure QA practices are applied.
• Support automation efforts and knowledge of test automation tools and strategies.
• Track and report quality metrics, defects, and risks to support delivery.
• Balance risk, speed, and coverage for timely releases.

Skills

Shift left testing

Testability

Shift right testing

Agile ways of working

Exploratory testing

SQL

API testing

Job description

About Us

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.

With our proprietary platform powering everything we do, it's an exciting time to join us. We're pioneering new products and driving more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.

Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, it's time to join us.

Job Purpose

We are seeking a collaborative QA Engineer to support quality practices within a delivery team. This role reports directly to the team’s Engineering Manager.

You will work closely with Software Developers, Product, and Tech Leads to ensure tests are applied at the right level of the testing pyramid, focusing on effective coverage, risk mitigation, and exploratory testing to uncover issues that automated or scripted tests may miss. You will support shift-left testing by considering testability early in designs and features and helping the team validate functionality before it reaches production.

You will contribute to observability-led quality, using monitoring, metrics, and logging to understand system reliability, performance, and user experience in production. By leveraging these insights, you will help the team identify risks early, report issues effectively, and support continuous improvement of delivery outcomes.

You will exercise sound judgment in balancing risk, speed, and coverage, collaborate with QA colleagues and engineers, and follow established processes and practices to maintain quality, consistency, and effectiveness within the team. Your work will help ensure confident releases and support a culture of quality-first engineering.

Job Duties

• Expertise in applying QA processes and best practices within a delivery team to ensure quality outcomes.
• Expertise in executing tests at the right level of the testing pyramid, balancing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Expertise in supporting shift-left testing by validating testability early in designs and features.
• Expertise in performing exploratory testing to uncover defects and validate real-world usage scenarios.
• Expertise in contributing to observability-led quality, leveraging monitoring, metrics, logging, and alerts to understand system reliability and performance.
• Experience of identifying and reporting risks, issues, and defects to support informed team decisions.
• Experience of participating in continuous improvement by suggesting refinements to QA processes and practices.
• Experience of collaborating with Product, UX, Tech Leads, and Engineers to ensure QA practices are consistently applied.
• Knowledge of test automation tools and strategies, supporting automation efforts as guided by senior team members.
• Knowledge of tracking and reporting quality metrics, defects, and risks to support team delivery.
• Knowledge of balancing risk, speed, and coverage to support timely and reliable releases.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Shift left testing
• Testability
• Shift right testing
• Agile ways of working
• Exploratory testing
• SQL
• API testing

Desirable

• Automation
• Open API

What is in it for me?

We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you’re recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:

A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ( £37,000-£46,500)

Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions

An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service

Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.

Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay

Long Service Recognition

Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.

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