QA Engineer (Manchester)

Insight Investment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Investment in Manchester is seeking a QA Engineer to join the Pathway team. You will use Typescript, Playwright and .NET to automate tests, and perform hands-on manual testing with developers across the testing pyramid.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders and be involved in the secure SDLC, driving quality across releases with scalable test strategies and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience with test automation using Typescript, C#, and SQL.
• Familiarity with Playwright, Jira, and Zephyr tooling.
• Experience building test automation frameworks and test harnesses.

Responsibilities

• Assess and recommend QA strategy based on functional and non-functional requirements.
• Implement test automation strategy to reduce manual testing and improve test coverage.
• Write clear and concise tests, recognizing the need to address technical debt.
• Present information concisely to individuals within and outside of the Technology function.
• Participate in meetings with business stakeholders to understand requirements.
• Evolve as a subject matter expert with product behaviour and domain understanding.
• Contribute to defining and maintaining the agreed quality standards of the product.

Skills

Typescript

C#

SQL

Playwright

Git

Agile

Tools

Jira

Zephyr

Bruno

Job description

Insight Investment is looking for a QA Engineer to join the Pathway team in Manchester. As a QA Engineer, you will be using Typescript, Playwright and .NET technology for test automation as well as performing hands on manual testing and working with developers on all aspects of the testing pyramid.

You will work closely with the business and be involved in all aspects of the secure systems development life cycle (S-SDLC), taking responsibility for the overall quality and stability of software releases. You will be involved from initial product idea, collaborating with the team to understand business requirements, elaborating tasks and epics by bringing the QA mindset, considering test strategies up front and executing those strategies as part of a fast-paced delivery team.

Role Responsibilities

• Assess and recommend QA strategy based on functional and non-functional requirements
• Implement test automation strategy to reduce manual testing and improve test coverage
• Write clear and concise tests, recognizing the need to address technical debt
• Present information concisely to individuals within and outside of the Technology function
• Participate in the meetings with business stakeholders to understand requirements
• Evolve as a subject matter expert with product behaviour and domain understanding
• Contribute to defining and maintaining the agreed quality standards of the product

Experienced Required

• Typescript, C#, SQL
• Familiarity with common packages and tooling e.g. Playwright, Bruno, Jira, Zephyr
• Experience building test automation frameworks and setting up test harnesses
• Experience in agentic coding with LLMs and how this fits into the S-SDLC
• Familiar working in Agile teams performing iterative development
• DVCS with Git using Github
• Ability to collaborate with end users, stakeholders, and team members
• Comfortable working with complex data on large systems with multiple integration points.
• Demonstrate initiative and independence to solve problems
• Have a constant desire to improve knowledge and drive adoption of new tech approaches within the team
• Measure quality and use it to drive continuous improvement
• Own mistakes and work with your colleagues to redress them, learn from them and make improvements for the long-term
• Confidence and gravitas to challenge and offer alternative solutions, whilst also listening to other viewpoints and opinions
• Be the person standing up for quality in the first instance and pervade that attitude throughout the team and into the wider business teams

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About Insight Investment:

Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients' needs. Founded in 2002, Insight's collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight manages assets across its core liability-driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income, currency and absolute return capabilities. Insight has a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. More information about Insight Investment can be found at: https://www.insightinvestment.com/corporate/