Senior QA Engineer

Lightfoot; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a high-growth technology company focused on improving efficiency and safety for drivers. As a QA Analyst, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring product quality through hands-on testing and collaboration with Agile teams. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative solutions that make a real difference. With a strong emphasis on personal growth and a supportive work environment, you'll thrive in a culture that celebrates individuality and innovation. Be part of a team that values excellence and is dedicated to delivering top-notch products while enjoying a range of benefits, including generous leave policies and a vibrant workplace atmosphere.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

24 days of annual leave

Birthday leave

Volunteer day

Holiday buy-back scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Gym discounts

Company sick pay

Casual dress

On-site parking

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in software testing with a focus on manual testing.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing for functional, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Develop and maintain documentation for test cases and defect reports.

Skills

Software Testing

Manual Testing

Problem-Solving

SQL Queries

Agile Methodologies

Education

ISTQB Foundation Level Certification

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Jira

Git

TestRail

Job description

About us
We are Lightfoot, a high-growth technology company based just outside Exeter that is focused on making a difference worldwide, one driver at a time. We help businesses and private motorists improve efficiency and safety.

Our technology has been proven to reduce fuel use and emissions rates by 10-20%, and at-fault accidents and wear and tear by 40-50%. It connects to your vehicle’s on-board computer and uses all the live data it produces to analyse how efficiently you are driving. It’s similar to how performance is analysed in Formula 1. Lightfoot turns that data into simple feedback for you – the driver – so you know when you’re pushing your vehicle too far and can bring it back to maximum efficiency. Beyond the vehicle, our proprietary gamification platform engages users via our app, giving our driver community the opportunity to engage in their performance and to win weekly cash prizes and rewards for achieving Elite Driver standard. Our solutions are highly differentiated from the competition which has helped us secure circa 300 of the UK’s largest fleet customers including Tesco, Asda, Southwest Water, Iceland and Virgin Media to name a few.

More recently, we’ve started leveraging our gamification IP to expand our product offering to beyond drivers. With our new app-only solution we can now incentivise and reward all sorts of measurable behaviours for our customers, from physical activity to online order picking. We’ve now given away nearly £1m is prize money incentivising and rewarding desirable behaviours and are excited about the value this can bring to our customer and to our growth prospects.

We’re a fun-loving bunch who are growing at an astonishing rate. We’ve moved into a brand-new, state-of-the-art office near Exeter in the beautiful Southwest (which was voted Exeter’s ‘Best Workspace’). We are excited to keep growing the Lightfoot family with like-minded, passionate individuals who share our values.
• We care deeply.
• We are innovative.
• We deliver excellence.
• We are customer first.
• We are friendly and celebrate individuality.

About the role
As a QA Analyst, you will be responsible for performing hands-on manual testing, including functional, regression, and exploratory testing. You will collaborate closely with other QA’s, product managers, developers, and DevOps teams in an Agile environment to ensure product quality and stability. You'll contribute to creating clear test documentation, managing defect lifecycles, supporting automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress) and executing SQL queries to validate data and interact with database. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years of experience in software testing, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for ensuring high-quality products.

Key duties and responsibilities
• Hands-on Testing: Perform manual testing for functional, regression, and exploratory testing on both web and mobile platforms to validate product functionality, stability, and performance.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain clear, concise documentation for test cases, defect reports, and QA processes, ensuring consistent quality standards.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, developers, and DevOps teams to ensure clear communication of QA goals, timelines, and requirements.
• Defect Management: Manage the defect lifecycle, from identifying and reporting issues using in Jira to collaborating with development teams for quick resolution.

Essential skills and experience
• Experience: 3 - 5+ years of hands-on experience in Software testing or as QA Analyst, with a strong foundation in both manual testing and supporting automation frameworks.
• Testing Expertise: Experience with manual testing, including functional, regression, and integration testing. Familiarity with automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress) and Test management tools like TestRail, Zephyr or X-ray will be beneficial.
• Collaboration: Experience working in Agile teams, collaborating with developers, product managers, and DevOps to meet sprint goals and deadlines.
• Problem-Solving: Strong attention to detail and analytical skills to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues effectively.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with Git for version control and collaborate with team members on code repositories. Good understanding of SQL queries to validate data and interact with databases.

Desirable
• Programming Skills: Basic Familiarity with scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript) to contribute to automation efforts, with a willingness to grow in this area.
• Cloud Experience: Exposure to testing in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) and understanding of microservices architecture is advantageous
• ISTQB Certification: ISTQB Foundation level certification or similar certification in software testing or quality assurance.
• Technical Acumen: Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Performance testing (Gatling , LoadRunner, Locust) and CI/CD practices (CircleCI., Jenkins)

Benefits
• Annual bonus scheme
• 24 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• End-of-year company closure from 25 Dec to 01 Jan inclusive (3 days of AL allowance)
• 1 day of birthday leave – an additional day off to celebrate!
• 1 day to volunteer – an additional day to give back
• Holiday buy-back scheme – the opportunity to buy up to an extra week of leave p/annum
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Bravo benefits including:
o cycle-to-work scheme
o financial wellbeing resources
o gym discounts
o MyMindPal app
o retail discount scheme
o tech benefits
• Simplyhealth Optimise health plan
• Simplyhealth Denplan dental plan
• Group life insurance (death-in-service) (available post-probation)
• Company pension (available post-probation)
• A personal Lightfoot device (available post-probation)
• A tree planted in your name in the Lightfoot Forest
• Long service awards – vouchers & extra annual leave
• Refer-A-Friend scheme (£2,500 for successful referrals)
• Casual dress
• Company social events and activities
• On-site parking