QA Engineer — Shift-Left & Exploratory Testing

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

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