Senior QA Engineer

Mortgage Advice Bureau; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

25 days annual leave

Birthday off

Pension plan with company match

Share save scheme

Retail discounts

Job summary

Mortgage Advice Bureau is seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to join our Technology team and drive quality across a modern microservices-based platform in financial services. You’ll lead automated testing efforts spanning API, integration and UI, working with Developers, Product Owners and DevOps to embed quality across the SDLC.

This hybrid, fixed-term contract role offers 37.5 hours per week with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote, and a salary up to £55,000.

Qualifications

• Experience testing web-based applications across the SDLC.
• Strong UI automation experience (Selenium).
• API testing experience (Swagger).
• Agile/Scrum environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation across the delivery stream and define/test frameworks.
• Build and maintain automated suites for API, integration and UI testing.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable deployments.
• Collaborate with Engineering and DevOps to shift-left quality practices.
• Investigate defects, risks and testing outcomes, communicating clearly.

Job description

Fixed Term Contract (37.5 hours, Monday to Friday)

Hybrid – 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.

Salary Up to £55,000

Quality is everyone's responsibility. You'll help lead the way.

At MAB, we're looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer to join our Technology team and help drive quality across a modern microservices-based platform used within the financial services sector.

You’ll play a key role in shaping our approach to test automation, improving test coverage and supporting the delivery of robust, scalable and release-ready solutions. Working closely with Developers, Product Owners and DevOps Engineers, you’ll help embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and ensure our systems continue to perform at their best.

If you're passionate about automation, enjoy solving complex problems and thrive in collaborative Agile environments, we'd love to hear from you.

About The Role

As a Senior QA Engineer, you'll be responsible for driving quality across our technology platforms, with a particular focus on automation and quality engineering.

Working within a cross-functional Agile squad, you'll lead the design and implementation of automated testing frameworks, support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the delivery of high-quality software. You'll work closely with colleagues across Engineering, Product and DevOps, helping to ensure quality is considered from the earliest stages of development through to release.

This is an excellent opportunity for an automation-focused QA professional who enjoys taking ownership, influencing best practice and making a meaningful impact

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading automation across your delivery stream, defining and improving test frameworks.
• Building and maintaining automated test suites covering API, integration and UI testing.
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines to support fast, reliable and repeatable deployments.
• Partnering with Engineering and DevOps teams to improve test effectiveness and encourage a shift-left approach to quality.
• Analysing, investigating and clearly communicating defects, risks and testing outcomes.
• Carrying out targeted manual testing for complex scenarios where required.
• Using SQL to support data validation, troubleshooting and end-to-end testing activities.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the delivery team to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is passionate about quality engineering, enjoys working with modern technologies and is motivated by the opportunity to improve testing practices and delivery outcomes.

You’ll be a strong communicator, comfortable collaborating across technical teams and able to balance attention to detail with a pragmatic approach to delivery.

You’ll Bring

• Strong experience testing web-based applications.
• Experience across the software development lifecycle and deployment of commercial web applications.
• Knowledge of UI automation tools such as Selenium.
• Experience of API testing using Swagger.
• Experience using software tools to plan, manage and track testing activities.
• Previous experience working within an Agile environment.
• A technical mindset and eagerness to learn.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
• The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• A flexible and adaptable approach to changing priorities.
• Experience working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Relevant testing qualifications would be advantageous.

Our Values

Success in this role is not only defined by what we deliver, but how we deliver it. Our core behaviours are integral to how we work, collaborate and create impact. They shape daily decisions, interactions and outcomes. These expectations are consistent across our organisation for everyone to embrace and demonstrate in everything we do.

• Take Ownership

We take responsibility for outcomes, individually and collectively. We follow through, act proactively, and hold ourselves to high standards.

• Customer First We put our internal and external customers at the centre of how we design, communicate, and deliver our work.
• Stronger Together We achieve more when we collaborate, support one another and celebrate success collectively.
• Embrace Change We evolve, adapt and actively look for better ways to work. We see change as an opportunity to improve.

Recruitment Process

1st stage: 30-minute Teams Call

2nd stage: 1-hour technical interview F2F at Head office

3rd stage: Final Teams interview

What’s In It For You?

Private Medical Insurance (Vitality), 25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 with service) plus your birthday off, matched pension contribution (L&G), share save scheme (Equinity), retail discounts, free entertainment tickets, plus much more!

Flexible working hours with hybrid working for Head Office roles (as agreed with your line manager)

A wide range of Learning & Development offers, from 121 coaching to qualification support, helping you to grow and thrive in your career

A supportive, inclusive culture with forums you're welcome to join from day 1, using your voice to make MAB an even better place to work

Everyone is Welcome

At MAB, we value different experiences and perspectives which adds diversity and value to our culture. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, included and heard for who they are. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We are committed to reducing barriers in every stage of our recruitment process so everyone feels they can bring their best self when applying for new opportunities at MAB. If you’d like to hear how we can support you by adjusting our process, from application to interview and onboarding, please contact [e-mail].

Use of AI

We recognise that AI tools can be a helpful way to articulate your qualities, skills and experience when applying for roles. It’s important to us, however, that we see the real you throughout the recruitment process. We hire real people, not polished personas! We simply ask that you consider carefully how and where you use AI during your application, so we can hear your own thoughts and meet your authentic self.

Please note we are unable to consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship at this moment in time. We won't be accepting speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, with a full PSL in place.