Quality Assurance Engineer

Peregrine; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is looking for a QA Engineer to join their cross-functional team in West London. This role requires 3+ years of QA experience, focusing on both manual and automation testing within a modern CI/CD environment. Responsibilities include defining test strategies, executing test cases, and improving test automation frameworks. Candidates should have experience with various testing tools like Octane, Playwright, and Jenkins. A hybrid work model is offered with flexible scheduling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a QA / Test Engineering role or 6 years.
• Experience with test management and automation tools.
• Strong understanding of testing principles and methodologies.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins
• Familiarity with code quality tools such as Sonar
• Strong understanding of testing principles, methodologies, and best practices

Responsibilities

• Define test strategies and test plans.
• Design and execute functional and non-functional test cases.
• Continuously maintain and improve regression test suites.
• Provide go/no-go decisions based on defined exit criteria
• Ensure compliance with CI/CD, quality standards (SDL/STDL), and industry best practices (ISTQB)
• Continuously maintain and improve regression test suites and CI/CD pipelines
• Understand, maintain, and enhance the test automation framework
• Identify opportunities to automate manual test cases
• Develop new automation scripts and maintain existing ones
• Raise, investigate, and manage defects, assigning appropriate severity levels
• Validate defect fixes and support production releases
• Investigate production issues, test fixes, and enhance test coverage accordingly

Skills

QA / Test Engineering experience

Test management and automation tools

API testing tools (e.g. Postman)

CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins)

Code quality tools (e.g. Sonar)

Understanding of testing principles

Tools

Octane

Playwright

Robot Framework

Postman

Jenkins

Sonar

Job description

Join us as a QA Engineer at Peregrine Resourcing

How Specialist Talent Works:

At Peregrine, we find the best talent for our clients. As a permanent employee of Peregrine, with access to all our standard benefits, you will be deployed across our portfolio of clients as a specialist consultant, working on a wide array of complex projects across multiple industries.

Location:

Hybrid working (2–3 days per week on-site, West London)

The Role:

We are seeking a QA Engineer to join a high-performing, cross-functional technology team delivering solutions from initial requirements through to production deployment.

This is an exciting opportunity for a QA professional with 3+ years’ experience (salary dependent on experience) to work across both manual and automation testing, contributing to high-quality software delivery within a modern CI/CD environment.

Responsibilities:

• Define test strategies and test plans, ensuring traceability to specifications and customer requirements
• Design and execute functional and non-functional test cases and scripts
• Prepare test environments and test data to support effective test execution
• Provide go/no-go decisions based on defined exit criteria
• Ensure compliance with CI/CD, quality standards (SDL/STDL), and industry best practices (e.g. ISTQB)
• Continuously maintain and improve regression test suites and CI/CD pipelines
• Understand, maintain, and enhance the test automation framework
• Identify opportunities to automate manual test cases
• Develop new automation scripts and maintain existing ones
• Raise, investigate, and manage defects, assigning appropriate severity levels
• Validate defect fixes and support production releases
• Investigate production issues, test fixes, and enhance test coverage accordingly

Skills & Experience:

• 3+ years’ experience in a QA / Test Engineering role or 6 years (salary dependent on experience)
• Experience with test management and automation tools such as Octane, Playwright or Robot Framework
• Experience with API testing tools (e.g. Postman)
• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins
• Familiarity with code quality tools such as Sonar
• Strong understanding of testing principles, methodologies, and best practices

About us:

At Peregrine, we see beyond the immediate and look to the horizon. We build lasting, meaningful partnerships with our clients, delivering flexible solutions for every resourcing need.

Our Culture:

We embrace fresh ideas, value openness and honesty, and work collaboratively to deliver meaningful outcomes. Our work helps shape the future workforce and drives positive societal impact.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

We are committed to championing diversity and inclusion, supporting social mobility, and creating opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds.