Senior QA Engineer – Remote, WCAG & Automation

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Flexible working

Blue Light Card discounts

27 days annual leave

Inclusive staff networks

Tailored development

Job summary

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is seeking a Senior Technical Tester in Manchester to design, build, and improve NHS digital services. You will work with designers, front-end and back-end developers in an Agile team, focusing on accessible, high-quality and performant applications used by millions.

Interviews will be held in person at our Manchester office. The role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship; closing date is 23 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Proven experience testing complex software systems, including REST APIs and databases.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary Agile delivery teams across the software development lifecycle.
• Proven experience planning, executing and managing accessibility testing of web applications against WCAG 2.2 AA standards.

Responsibilities

• Test quality and security of built applications.
• Collaborate within an Agile, multidisciplinary delivery team.
• Ensure accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and align with NICE and GDS best practices.
• Support live services and help identify and resolve technical issues.
• Work with Engineering to deploy high-quality applications with minimal issues.
• Create deployment packages and validate success on live environments.
• Maintain communication with Agile, DevOps and Delivery teams, escalating risks as needed.
• Produce management reporting and attend Team meetings and ceremonies.
• Document performance of NICE systems and support transition/development planning.

Skills

REST APIs testing

Agile team collaboration

Data integrity verification

End-to-end testing

Test planning

Tools

Playwright

WebdriverIO

Cypress

Postman

Job description

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is seeking a Senior Technical Tester in Manchester to design, build, and improve NHS digital services. You will work with designers, front-end and back-end developers in an Agile team, focusing on accessible, high-quality and performant applications used by millions.

Interviews will be held in person at our Manchester office. The role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship; closing date is 23 November 2026.