Quality Assurance Test Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading clean energy tech company is searching for a QA / Test Automation Engineer to ensure robust and reliable systems. This permanent role based in Manchester involves building automated tests, integrating CI/CD, and collaborating with cross-functional teams for high-quality development. Join us to be part of a significant change in clean energy technology.

Qualifications

• Strong automation experience with tools like Selenium and Cypress.
• Solid CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code knowledge.
• Familiarity with security and cloud best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated tests for web, mobile, and APIs.
• Lead functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Automation experience

CI/CD knowledge

Agile/Scrum

Security best practices

Collaboration

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

JMeter

Jenkins

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

QA / Test Automation Engineer

Location: Manchester Science Park (3 Days On-site)

Type: Permanent | Reporting to: CTO

UrbanChain is revolutionising clean energy with cutting-edge tech — and we need a QA / Test Automation Engineer to help ensure our Hybris-based systems are fast, secure, and reliable.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain automated tests for web, mobile, and APIs
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines and support scalable releases
• Lead functional, regression, and performance testing
• Apply TDD/BDD principles to drive high-quality development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior engineers

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong automation experience (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, JMeter)
• Solid CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code knowledge (e.g. Jenkins, AWS, Terraform)
• Agile/Scrum experience with a focus on quality and collaboration
• Familiarity with security, containerisation (Docker/K8s), and cloud best practices

What You’ll Impact:

• 98%+ success rate in defect-free deployments
• 80%+ test automation coverage
• 100% compliance with security and QA standards

Join us and help shape the future of clean energy tech - Apply now to be part of something meaningful.