QA Engineer - Tech for Good - fully remote

Cathcart Technology; Manchester; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive technology firm is seeking a QA specialist to own the testing process, both manual and automated, in a fully remote environment. This is a critical position within a small, agile team that values initiative and independence. If you thrive in a fast-paced atmosphere and desire autonomy, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Fully remote role

Impactful work within a small team

Opportunity for process definition and leadership

Qualifications

• Proven experience in functional and non-functional testing, including performance and stress testing.
• Comfortable with manual testing and able to automate where it adds value.
• Independent, pragmatic and driven—able to thrive with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Own the test process, service and environment end-to-end.
• Perform a mix of manual and automated testing.
• Operate in a hyper-agile, fast-moving environment.

Skills

Functional and non-functional testing

Manual testing

Automated testing

Initiative and independence

Job description

Overview

My client is an award-winning Tech for Good organisation with a range of products and services designed to enable a better quality of life for some of the world's most disadvantaged communities.

Their small, globally distributed technology team provides software and hardware solutions, and due to huge recent investment and substantial scaling of their services, they are recruiting for a QA specialist to own the test process, service and environment going forward. This will be a critical role at a crucial time of growth for the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Own the test process, service and environment end-to-end, working as the sole QA engineer in a small, globally distributed team.
• Perform a mix of manual and automated testing, with a focus on building automated processes while maintaining some manual testing where value is added.
• Operate in a hyper-agile, fast-moving environment, taking initiative with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in functional and non-functional testing, including performance and stress testing.
• Comfortable with manual testing and able to automate where it adds value.
• Independent, pragmatic and driven—you will need to make things happen with minimal supervision.
• Flexible, humble, and eager to learn, able to thrive in a small team where everyone wears multiple hats.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with IoT device interfaces and/or data-heavy environments.
• Background in automation frameworks or CI/CD integration.
• Familiarity with AWS environments and cloud infrastructure (not essential for day one).

Why apply

• Fully remote role - work from anywhere.
• Small, agile team where your work has a direct impact.
• Opportunity to define processes and potentially lead QA as the company grows.

If you are looking for a QA engineer position with autonomy and responsibility, please apply below and call Sam Wason at Cathcart for more information.