QA Engineer — AI-Driven Quality & Automation (Hybrid)

Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity

27 days holiday

Healthcare & wellbeing

Mental health support

Family benefits

Pension plan

Discounts & perks

Job summary

Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd is seeking a QA Engineer in Birmingham to strengthen product quality and release confidence across agile squads. The role focuses on automation, API testing and end-to-end quality across digital products within Compass Digital & Technology.

You'll contribute to an AI-first strategy and support CI/CD quality gates, with a strong emphasis on regression testing, test data management and continuous improvement in a fast-paced tech environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing and QA within agile delivery.
• Knowledge of test automation, API testing, exploratory testing and defect management.
• Ability to collaborate with developers, Product Owners and platform teams.
• Strong attention to detail and evidence-based QA approach.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, test environments and non-functional testing.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Thrives in a fast-paced technology environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated tests for critical product journeys, APIs and regression scenarios.
• Review requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to identify quality risks early.
• Support exploratory, integration, end-to-end, performance and non-functional testing.
• Create release evidence, test documentation and defect analysis to support governance and delivery decisions.
• Work closely with developers to embed quality engineering practices and support CI/CD quality gates.
• Maintain test environments, test data and automation reliability alongside engineering and platform teams.
• Investigate defects, support root cause analysis and drive continuous quality improvements.
• Use AI-assisted testing techniques responsibly to improve test generation, coverage and analysis.
• Contribute to release readiness activities and help improve overall product confidence and stability.

Skills

Test automation

API testing

Exploratory testing

Defect management

CI/CD

Test data management

Non-functional testing

Collaborative teamwork

Attention to detail

Job description

Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd is seeking a QA Engineer in Birmingham to strengthen product quality and release confidence across agile squads. The role focuses on automation, API testing and end-to-end quality across digital products within Compass Digital & Technology.

You'll contribute to an AI-first strategy and support CI/CD quality gates, with a strong emphasis on regression testing, test data management and continuous improvement in a fast-paced tech environment.