QA Engineer: Automation, E2E Testing & Release Readiness

Epson Italia; Watford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Epson Italia is seeking a Tester to assure quality, reliability, and release readiness of software solutions. You will plan, execute, and automate tests across web-based and enterprise applications, working with Product Owners, Developers, and stakeholders to validate requirements and mitigate risk.

You will design comprehensive test strategies, maintain traceability in Jira, and drive improvements in automation coverage and testing processes, while coordinating with release teams in a

Qualifications

• 3+ Years of proven experience in software testing for web-based and enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Hands-on experience with test automation and API testing.
• Good understanding of performance testing concepts and the ability to interpret test results.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies and test management tools, including Jira.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable software.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make evidence-based decisions.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to clearly report testing outcomes, risks, and recommendations.
• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute risk-based test plans aligned with release and deployment schedules.
• Design and perform functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, exploratory, API, and UI testing.
• Validate business processes, data flows, edge cases, localisation, internationalisation, and responsive behaviour across browsers and devices.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability in Jira between requirements, test cases, results, and defects.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test suites integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify, document, prioritise, and retest defects, working closely with Product and Development teams to drive resolution.
• Lead testing for assigned releases, including scope management, defect triage, reporting, quality assessments, readiness reviews, Go/No-Go recommendations, test sign-off, and post-release validation where required.
• Coordinate testing with Product Owners, Developers, business stakeholders, and release teams.
• Continuously improve test processes, tools, assets, automation coverage, and ways of working to improve quality and reduce delivery risk.

Skills

Software testing

Functional testing

Integration testing

End-to-end testing

Exploratory testing

Automation testing

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Tools

Jira

Job description

Epson Italia is seeking a Tester to assure quality, reliability, and release readiness of software solutions. You will plan, execute, and automate tests across web-based and enterprise applications, working with Product Owners, Developers, and stakeholders to validate requirements and mitigate risk.

You will design comprehensive test strategies, maintain traceability in Jira, and drive improvements in automation coverage and testing processes, while coordinating with release teams in a