Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

MICHAEL MCLEAN LTD; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MICHAEL MCLEAN LTD in Bedford is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to own our quality strategy, define tooling, set standards and perform hands-on testing within a newly created tech team.

You will balance manual and automated testing, push for best practices, and explore AI-enabled improvements to development workflows, with hybrid onsite/remote arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven skills in manual and automation testing.
• Product-minded approach to quality that aligns with business value.
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn, especially around AI in engineering.

Skills

Product mindset

Quality mindset

Manual testing

Automation testing

AI curiosity

Job description

Our client is a B2B software company in Bedford looking to a Senior QA Engineer. Joining a newly created tech team, you'll be owning how the company approach quality - defining the quality strategy, implementing the correct tooling, setting the standards and performing hands on testing.

Salary

£65-75k (higher for the right person)

Location

Bedford, 2 days onsite / 3 days WFH

Why apply?

• AI: Join a forward thinking tech team leveraging AI to improve development workflows and productivity
• Autonomy: Take ownership of quality for the company, define the approach and standards
• Team: Join a small, highly motivated team dedicated to building a high-quality product and engineering team
• Impact: Your work will help establish this company as the global number one in their sector

What are we looking for?

• Product minded engineers: people who understand business and customer needs and build things that bring real value
• Quality mindset: someone who understands quality is more than just testing, you'll have a clear vision for what "great quality" means and how to implement this
• Proven skills in manual and automation testing
• People who care about good practices and can embed them within a team
• People who are curious and eager to learn, especially with AI and how this can be used to improve engineering