Senior QA Engineer

Futureheads; Islington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to contribute to quality assurance efforts within a growing SaaS environment. The role includes defining test criteria, designing automated test cases, and working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability of software products. Ideal candidates will have over four years of QA experience, strong automation skills, and a collaborative mindset, all while being immersed in a nurturing growth environment that promotes quality in software development.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus birthday leave

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

5% pension contribution

Learning & development fund

Performance-related bonus

Qualifications

• 4+ years in QA or Quality Engineering roles.
• Experience testing REST APIs and modern UIs.
• Proficient with automation tools like Playwright and Postman.

Responsibilities

• Define test criteria and build automated test suites.
• Shape a culture of quality across engineering teams.
• Investigate bugs and verify fixes effectively.

Skills

Testing REST APIs

Automated Testing

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Clear Communication

Tools

Playwright

Postman

SQL

Laravel

Vue

MySQL

Flutter

Job description

Futureheads have partnered with a SaaS scale up who are in a period of growth, they are now looking for a Senior QA Engineer.
As a Senior QA Engineer, you’ll be a hands-on technical contributor within a cross-functional team, working closely with engineers, product managers, and designers. You’ll define test criteria, design robust test cases, and build automated test suites for both web and mobile features. Your impact will be felt across the entire product lifecycle—from early discovery and risk identification to release readiness and regression prevention.

Key Responsibilities:

Shape and promote a culture of quality across engineering squads.

Help define the automation strategy, test coverage, and regression prevention approach.

Design and maintain automated test suites using Playwright, Postman, and other modern frameworks.

Collaborate in discovery sessions, testability reviews, and acceptance criteria definition.

Investigate bugs, document defects clearly, and verify fixes.

Pair with engineers to reproduce edge cases and validate changes.

Continuously improve the reliability and coverage of regression tests.

Contribute to performance, security, and exploratory testing as needed.

Whatthe role entails:

Strategic Impact: Influence how quality is embedded from ideation to release.

Modern Tech Stack: Work with Laravel, Vue, MySQL, and Flutter.

Automation Focus: Go deep on automation and help evolve QA tooling and pipelines.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, design, and engineering to deliver reliable, testable, and trustworthy software.

Growth Environment: Be part of a fast-scaling business with a meaningful mission.

We’re Looking For:

4+ years’ experience in QA, SDET, or Quality Engineering roles (ideally SaaS/product).

Strong hands-on experience testing REST APIs and modern UIs.

Proficiency with automation tools (Playwright, Postman, or similar).

Confidence reading and writing code (preferably PHP or JavaScript).

Skilled in designing and executing structured test cases and exploratory sessions.

Comfortable querying databases with SQL.

Clear, constructive communicator who thrives in agile, cross-functional teams.

Bonus: Experience with mobile app testing (Flutter), security testing tools (OWASP ZAP), performance testing (Gatling), or test management platforms (Xray).

Bonus: Knowledge of housing, compliance, or safety-critical software domains.

Salary and office info:
4 days/week in the London Farringdon office (Mon–Thu), Fridays are meeting-free with early finish.£45-65K dependant upon experienceTime Off: 25 days’ annual leave plus birthday leave and statutory holidays.

Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive medical and dental insurance, 5% pension contribution.

Career Development: Learning & development fund, performance-related bonus.*This role does not offer sponsorship and you must be based within a commutable location of the office as well as be willing to go in four days per week.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know. We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre-interview. We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent. Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you’re working with us. Futureheads is a B Corp accredited digital recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in recruiting permanent, contract and freelance digital and tech professionals in creative, data, design, digital marketing, engineering, product, project and programme management, UX and service design jobs.