QA Engineer (FTC until January 2028)

Platform Housing Group; Birmingham, Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Housing Group seeks a QA Test Engineer to ensure that PHG services are rigorously tested, stable, and ready for release. You will develop and execute test scripts, manage defects, and validate business scenarios within an agile environment.

The role covers functional, performance, and security testing, with some automation using Selenium and related tools. Home-based with infrequent UK travel to Solihull/Worcester offices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in QA testing and test automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test scripts for new or updated systems.
• Identify and manage defects and support smooth releases.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to integrate security best practices.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

QA testing

D365

F&O

Azure Logic Apps

Totalmobile

SQL

KQL

Scripting

Performance testing

Security testing

Stakeholder liaison

Tools

Selenium

D365

F&O

Azure Logic Apps

Totalmobile

Job description

QA Test Engineer

£42,160 - £46,844 per annum (depending on experience)

Home based (with infrequent travel to Solihull/Worcester office as required)

Fixed Term Contract until January 2028

Are you a Quality Assurance professional with vast experience in testing, who is looking for a new challenge and ready to make a difference? We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced QA Test Engineer to join our team and be responsible for ensuring that all new or updated systems for Platform Housing Group (PHG) services are rigorously tested, functional, stable, and ready for release. This includes developing and executing test scripts, identifying and managing defects, validating business scenarios, and supporting smooth service transitions.

In this varied role, you will ensure non-functional requirements such as security and performance, and, where possible, carry out automation and regression testing on internally developed tools and applications, in conjunction with the Application Development team. By collaborating with various teams as part of the agile delivery process, the tester helps integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle.

You will play a vital role in supporting and developing the quality assurance process and will be supporting the development lifecycle by planning, designing, and executing manual and automated tests as part of continuous integration and deployment practices.

Some things we need from you:

• Proven experience in a similar QA Tester/Test automation role
• Creating, updating and execution of test cases and scripts
• Strong, demonstratable experience of automated testing tools such as Selenium
• Experience in QA testing within D365, F&O, Azure Logic Apps, and ideally, Totalmobile
• Knowledge of programming languages, SQL, KQL and scripting
• Strong experience of performance and security testing, functional, usability, regression, UI and testing
• Writing support documentation
• Substantial experience of working to deadlines and prioritising work loads
• Proven experience of senior stakeholder liaison and relationship building in a collaborative working environment

While this role is home based, you should have the ability to travel to Group offices for infrequent meetings when required. Our Group offices are at Birmingham Business Park and Central Park, Worcester. Any required travel will be reimbursed in line with the current inland revenue mileage rates.

If you're looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your ideas welcomed, and where you can help shape the future in a supportive and forward-thinking team, then we'd love to hear from you.

For more details about this position, please refer to the attached job description. If you'd like further information about the role, please email us at [e-mail].

We aim to hold 1st stage virtual interviews w/c 23rd November and will contact you to arrange a suitable time should you be shortlisted.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application.

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