Senior QA Engineer - Automation & Manual (Java) REF 1269

Interface Recruitment; Birmingham; Híbrido; GBP 55.000 - 62.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Bonus up to 10%

8% employer pension

25 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Paid study time

Employee assistance program

Paid volunteering time

Descripción de la vacante

Interface Recruitment in Birmingham is seeking a Senior QA Engineer for a hybrid role, two office days per week. The position offers £55,000–£62,000 depending on experience, and up to 10% bonus.

This hands-on role focuses on shaping test plans, building automation, and ensuring quality within a Scrum team. You’ll mentor other QA engineers, work with a Principal QA Engineer to improve the automation framework, and contribute to performance, security or accessibility testing where relevant.

Formación

• Strong commercial experience in software testing and hands-on test automation.
• Commercial experience with Java and Selenium, including use or design of a Page Object Model framework.
• A sound understanding of the software development and testing lifecycles.
• Experience of both functional and non-functional testing.
• The ability to investigate failures thoroughly, communicate clearly with developers and mentor other QA engineers.
• Experience with performance, security or accessibility testing would be useful.

Responsabilidades

• You’ll be the voice of quality within a Scrum team.
• This is a hands-on role: you’ll shape test plans, design and run tests, develop automation, investigate defects and help engineers build quality into delivery.
• You’ll mentor other QA engineers and work with a Principal QA Engineer to improve the automation framework.
• Designing test strategies and cases from requirements and user stories.
• Building and maintaining automated tests, with a focus on useful coverage and reliable regression testing.
• Integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and working closely with developers to resolve defects.
• Testing beyond the expected user journey, including edge cases, performance and other non-functional requirements.
• Managing test data, environments and clear documentation.

Conocimientos

Test automation

Java

Selenium

Page Object Model

SDLC

Functional testing

Non-functional testing

Mentoring

Descripción del empleo

37.5 hours PW - some flex hours possible

Responsibilities

QA Test

Skills

25 days holiday + Bank / 8% Pension / 10% Bonus (Performance Related)

Additional Benefits

Paid Study time / EAP / Paid Volunteering time

Region

Hybrid - Birmingham

Description

Birmingham (hybrid, two office days per week) | £55,000–£62,000 depending on experience | Up to 10% bonus

We’re recruiting a Senior QA Engineer for an organisation whose technology supports the UK’s transition to low‑carbon energy. Its systems underpin complex, growing programmes, making software quality, reliability and resilience central to the work.

You’ll be the voice of quality within a Scrum team. This is a hands‑on role: you’ll shape test plans, design and run tests, develop automation, investigate defects and help engineers build quality into delivery. You’ll also mentor other QA engineers and work with a Principal QA Engineer to improve the automation framework.

The role includes:

• Designing test strategies and cases from requirements and user stories.
• Building and maintaining automated tests, with a focus on useful coverage and reliable regression testing.
• Integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and working closely with developers to resolve defects.
• Testing beyond the expected user journey, including edge cases, performance and other non‑functional requirements.
• Managing test data, environments and clear documentation.
• Coaching colleagues and sharing practical testing approaches across the team.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong commercial experience in software testing and hands‑on test automation.
• Commercial experience with Java and Selenium, including use or design of a Page Object Model framework.
• A sound understanding of the software development and testing lifecycles.
• Experience of both functional and non‑functional testing.
• The ability to investigate failures thoroughly, communicate clearly with developers and mentor other QA engineers.

Experience with performance, security or accessibility testing would be useful.

The position is permanent, working 37.5 hours per week, with two days in the Birmingham office. Benefits include a bonus of up to 10%, an 8% employer pension contribution, 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, and support for professional development. Visa sponsorship is available. The successful candidate must be willing to complete a BPSS check.

If you enjoy improving how a team tests, not just adding more tests, and want your work to support a significant public purpose, we’d be pleased to speak with you.