Senior QA Engineer

WARACLE; City of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital technology consultancy in Scotland is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join their hybrid team. You'll define testing approaches, mentor peers, and enhance QA practices. Applicants should have extensive QA experience, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively. This fixed-term contract role offers a vibrant work culture and support for continuous learning.

Benefits

Company-matched 5% pension contribution

Medicash Health Cash Plans

Home office setup budget

Access to Udemy Business

Cycle to Work Scheme

Enhanced parental leave policies

Regular team meet-ups

Qualifications

• Must have a strategic mindset with the ability to define test strategies.
• Proven ability to mentor junior QA engineers and guide projects effectively.
• Strong communication skills to present complex ideas simply.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute robust test approaches for complex features.
• Advise the team on quality and mentor peers.
• Focus on improving framework reliability and champion clean code.
• Lead defect triage sessions and manage project priorities.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning.
• Integrate new testing tools and experiment with methods.

Skills

Extensive experience as a Senior QA Engineer

Comprehensive expertise in QA best practices

Proven technical mastery in various testing methods

Advanced automation skills

Strong mentorship abilities

Strategic mindset

Strong problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Senior QA Engineer

Location: Hybrid - from any of our Scottish Offices

Term: Fixed Term Contract

Job Description

Waracle are looking for a Senior QA Engineer for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.

We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.

This is a Hybrid role working from our Dundee, Edinburgh or Glasgow offices 2 days a week and is available on a Fixed Term Contract for 12 months.

The Senior QA Engineer will be a cornerstone of our project teams, owning the delivery of QA for complex features and digital products. Beyond hands-on testing, you will be a key contributor to our QA practice by mentoring peers, proposing innovative test approaches, and championing a culture of continuous improvement. If you are a proactive problem-solver who leads by example and is passionate about enabling quality, we encourage you to apply.

What you’ll do:

• Define and execute robust test approaches for complex features, integrating automation and risk analysis to ensure comprehensive coverage.
• Advise the team on quality, balance priorities effectively, and apply your expert knowledge of SDLC and Agile principles to mentor peers in QA best practices.
• Design, create, or extend automation frameworks for web and mobile platforms (iOS and Android), and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to provide timely feedback.
• Focus on improving framework reliability, stabilising flaky tests, and championing clean, reusable code.
• Lead defect triage sessions, driving prioritisation based on business impact and risk, ensuring clear reporting, enforce traceability standards, and proactively anticipate and resolve blockers to guide the team to deliver effectively.
• Actively mentor junior QA engineers, providing coaching on best practices, test plan creation, and tool utilisation for both web and mobile testing. Foster a culture of continuous learning, give constructive feedback, and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactively suggest and integrate new testing tools, experimenting with new methods to improve delivery.

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Senior QA Engineer, ideally within a digital consultancy.
• Comprehensive expertise in QA best practices, standards, and methodologies (SDLC, Agile).
• Proven technical mastery in functional, non-functional, and white-box testing, including security testing fundamentals.
• Advanced automation skills, capable of creating and extending frameworks, with a strong focus on code quality (Playwright experience would be an advantage).
• Strong mentorship abilities with a track record of informally and formally coaching peers and junior QAs, leading by example to guide decision-making within a project.
• Strategic mindset demonstrated through defining test strategies, ensuring comprehensive test coverage for mobile applications, and driving tooling integration.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including proactive defect management, triage leadership, and risk anticipation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical ideas simply and present confidently in team and client forums.
• Ability to quickly develop deep understanding of new project domains and client sectors.

Recruitment process

The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!). After that, you’ll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your skills and experience. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.

We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here\u2019s a glimpse of what you can expect:

Plan for retirement with our company-matched 5% pension contribution. For added peace of mind, we also offer a Death in Service benefit, providing 2 x your annual salary for your loved ones.

Our Medicash Health Cash Plans help cover everyday healthcare costs, complemented by an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support, and Group Sickness Cover for peace of mind.

We champion hybrid working, providing a home office setup budget to ensure you\u2019re comfortable and productive wherever you are.

Invest in yourself with access to Udemy Business and a dedicated learning and development budget for continuous growth.

Make the most of our Cycle to Work Scheme, and enjoy exclusive gym and retail discounts.

Our enhanced parental leave policies include support for fertility journeys, recognising diverse family needs.

We foster a vibrant culture with regular fun meet-ups and lunch on us in the office once a month. You\u2019ll also have the opportunity to make a local impact through Spirit of Waracle, our initiative for getting involved in charitable causes locally, building strong team bonds and giving back.

Frequently-asked questions

Here are some of the things that people tend to ask about working at Waracle.

We work on a Hybrid working model and offer flexible working hours. We\u2019re spread across 4 vibrant UK offices, but our teamwork isn\u2019t confined to those spaces, it\u2019s all about collaboration! While using the office is encouraged for our teams to work together, each of us has a home office setup, relishing the freedom of hybrid workstyles. As of now, remote work outside the UK isn\u2019t part of our standard practice.

As proud sponsors, we\u2019re geared up to provide sponsorship for eligible roles. Be sure to view the specific job listing you\u2019re interested in to make sure we are accepting applications for sponsorship. If it doesn\u2019t quite fit, consider diving into our talent pool for potential future opportunities!

We always want to hear from talented people, join our talent pool and we\u2019ll contact you when a new opportunity becomes available.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.