Quality Engineer

Markerstudy Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure high-quality software delivery. This role focuses on test planning, execution, and automation within Agile and DevOps environments. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and excellent collaboration abilities. Responsibilities include defining acceptance criteria, developing automated tests, and monitoring quality metrics. With modern offices and a strong culture of continuous improvement, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a vibrant IT delivery team.

Benefits

Health care cash plan

Yearly bonus scheme

24 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Life Assurance 4x annual salary

Vibrant, modern offices

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing within Agile or DevOps environments.
• Understanding of test automation principles and practices.
• Familiarity with scripting or programming for test automation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers and product owners to define clear testable acceptance criteria.
• Design, write, and execute test cases based on user stories and technical specifications.
• Monitor, analyse, and report on quality metrics such as test coverage and defect trends.

Skills

Experience in software testing within Agile or DevOps environments

Understanding of test automation principles and practices

Familiarity with scripting or programming for test automation

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Job description

As a Quality Engineer embedded in a software development squad, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality software through effective test planning, execution, automation, and quality metrics analysis. You will work closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, define test strategies, and implement automated and manual tests that validate functionality, performance, and reliability. You will play a key role in embedding quality practices into the development lifecycle, contributing to continuous integration and delivery pipelines, and supporting a culture of quality and continuous improvement. This role sits within our IT Delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers and product owners to define clear, testable acceptance criteria.
• Design, write, and execute test cases based on user stories and technical specifications.
• Develop and maintain automated tests to support regression, integration, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Integrate automated tests into the squad's delivery pipelines and workflows.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and usability issues.
• Identify, document, and track defects through to resolution.
• Contribute to test data management and environment readiness.
• Monitor, analyse, and report on quality metrics such as test coverage, defect trends, and release readiness.
• Provide actionable insights from quality metrics to support decision‑making and continuous improvement.
• Participate in squad ceremonies and advocate for quality at every stage of the development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing within Agile or DevOps environments.
• Understanding of test automation principles and practices.
• Familiarity with scripting or programming for test automation.
• Solid grasp of software development processes and testing methodologies.
• Ability to track and report on quality metrics using dashboards or reporting tools.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred

• Non‑functional testing including performance and security.
• TDD practices.
• Balance multiple activities in a fast‑paced delivery environment.

Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1.2b. Markerstudy also has a large and growing direct presence in the market as well. Having acquired and successfully integrated Co‑op Insurance Services in 2021, BGLi in 2022 & Atlanta in 2024, Markerstudy are now pursuing innovative pricing techniques, taking advantage of an award‑winning insurer hosted rating platform, whilst challenging existing embedded processes.

Benefits

• Health care cash plan
• Yearly bonus scheme
• 24 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and the ability to buy additional leave (annual leave also increases with service)
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• Vibrant, modern offices