Senior QA Engineer

IRIS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company based in the UK is seeking an experienced Automation Tester to design and execute test cases for web applications. The role requires strong knowledge in JavaScript or C#, familiarity with testing frameworks like Cypress or Selenium, and a passion for ensuring quality. Join us in a collaborative CI/CD environment focused on continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software solutions.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Income protection insurance

Private healthcare

Employee Assistance Program

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity pay

Charity / volunteering days

Additional discount schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in web automation testing with a robust testing framework.
• Proficient in JavaScript, Typescript, or C#.
• Passion for quality assurance and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Design and run test cases, identify defects, and report them.
• Collaborate with teams for rapid release cycles.
• Implement best practices for quality assurance.

Skills

Automation testing

JavaScript

Cypress

Continuous improvement mindset

C#

Selenium

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Job description

The Vacancy

About IRIS Software Group

IRIS Software Group is one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, providing mission-critical solutions that help organisations reduce admin, improve efficiency, and focus on what matters. For over 45 years, we've grown from an accounting software provider to a global partner trusted by 100,000+ customers in 135 countries, including 50 of the Top 100 CPA firms in North America.

Our cloud-based accounting, HR, payroll, and education solutions are developed through our Centres of Excellence in India and Romania. Today, 1 in 6 UK employees are paid through IRIS payroll, we are the largest third-party online tax filer with HMRC, and our education software supports 12,000+ schools and 4 million families.

In 2024, we received multiple industry recognitions, including the Payroll Innovation Award (Global Payroll Association), Best EdTech Product (Global EdTech Awards), and Microsoft Security Partner of the Year. We are also proud to be consistently named a Great Place to Work, including Best Workplaces in Tech, Wellbeing, and for Women.

Summary

The successful applicant will have experience in the fast paced delivery of robust automation tests against a web application. You will need to demonstrate a passion for automation testing, an ongoing commitment to self-improvement and help drive a positive development culture. As we have a focus on early feedback through a high velocity of releases, you will be critical in the on-going pursuit of higher quality output by adding a significant layer of protection around our functional hot paths.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and run test cases, identify and report defects, verify builds and bug fixes, meet best practices and industry standards for quality.
• Utilize knowledge in JavaScript/Typescript for a Cypress (Playwright experience is a bonus) automation framework, writing tests and maintaining our domain or alternatively, C# and Specflow for a Selenium automation framework.
• Work within CI:CT environment collaboratively with other teams for rapid, quality, release cycles.

Skills and Experience needed

• Passionate about technology and QA
• Willing to learn new tech concepts and try new tools
• A continuous improvement mindset
• Experience in Javascript, Typescript and Cypress or C# with Selenium and Specflow is Preferred.
• Experience with non-functional testing concepts like security (OWASP), accessibility (Lighthouse)
• Familiarity with principles of CI:CT, version control, light coding.

About IRIS

As one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.

IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.

Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child\'s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.

Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers' businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.

It\'s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.

That\'s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time - so they can focus on productivity and growth.

IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.

They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.

We\'re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK\'s Best Workplaces for Women.

These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.

IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.

This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.

Why work for IRIS?

The Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Charity / volunteering days
• Income protection insurance
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Additional discount schemes
• Cycle to work scheme

Developing your career

We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long-term career success. We do this by:

• Leading - Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.
• Excelling - Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.
• Growing - Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee\'s development needs and providing a commitment to a \'learning culture\' which shares knowledge, best practice and our long-standing expertise between employees.
• Listening - We\'re committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.
• Sharing - Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.