Senior QA Engineer

Gold Group Limited; Remote; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A US-based software house is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to work fully remotely from the UK. This role demands extensive experience in software quality assurance, particularly in API testing within the financial services or telecom sectors. You will work in a dynamic environment and be part of a global engineering team. The position offers competitive salary ranging from £43k to £53k, along with 25 days of holiday, contributory pension, and stock options.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Contributory Pension

Life Assurance

Stock Options

Qualifications

• Experienced in software API testing, especially in financial services or telecoms.
• 2 to 3 years of software quality assurance experience.
• Understanding of requirements and ability to design test plans.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and report both manual and automated tests.
• Maintain and expand the automation test framework, write implementation scripts.
• Report and verify defects, providing feedback on quality considerations.

Skills

Software quality assurance

API testing

Python automation

Linux knowledge

Troubleshooting skills

Collaboration

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JSON

XML/XSLT/WSDL

Web Services

Job description

Sector: IT & Telecoms Type: Permanent

Contact: Gautam Raval Job Published: 1 day ago

Senior QA Engineer
FULLY REMOTE
£43k - £53k

Applicants must have full UK working rights, as sponsorship is not available for this role.

I am recruiting for a Senior QA Engineer to work fully remotely in the UK on behalf of my US based software house that provides software solutions within both the telecoms and financial services arenas.

As a Senior QA Engineer you will need to have a working background in either financial services or telecoms and be experienced in software API testing.

As a Senior QA Engineer you will need to have experience and will join a global team of 16 within the engineering team to maintain high quality Applications and SDKs.

Are you a Senior QA Engineer? You will join a fast paced, dynamic work environment with the personal connection and flexibility of working for a global company with headquarters located in Silicon Valley.

• 25 days holiday
• Contributory Pension
• Life Assurance
• Stock Options

Senior QA Engineer Responsibilities:

• Responsible for manual and automated test design, execution, and reporting.
• Analyse functional requirements including use cases and create associated test plans.
• Maintain and expand the existing automation test framework, write and implement automation scripts in Python.
• Perform tests for backwards compatibility, as well as positive and negative testing.
• Reporting and verification of defects.
• Contribute feedback to engineering regarding quality and testability considerations.

Senior QA Engineer Qualifications:

• Good software quality assurance experience with multiple programming technologies, including Java, JSON, XML/XSLT/WSDL, Web Services.
• Ideally have experience as an API/SDK tester.
• Need to have Python automation experience.
• Linux knowledge required – not just web app or web page testing; must understand backend operations.
• Experience in the financial industry or telecom sector is an advantage.
• 2 to 3 years of software quality assurance experience with multiple programming languages.
• Work experience using a scripting language is a must.
• Experience working in a Linux development environment.
• Troubleshooting skills in both black‑box and white‑box testing.
• Must be able to understand requirements and design test plans.
• Knowledge of authorisation and authentication frameworks.
• Good experience in test automation.
• Knowledge of commerce, financial or payment applications is preferred.
• Knowledge of source control and bug‑tracking tools.
• Highly team‑oriented, collaborative and flexible.
• Ideally have a BS in Computer Science or related field.
• Knowledge of applications deployed in cloud environments.