Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Harvey Nash; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash is seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to join an agile Scrum team and own quality across the software development lifecycle in a hybrid setup in London/Birmingham.

You will lead automation initiatives, mentor peers, design test strategies, and collaborate with developers to ensure performance, security and accessibility of software products.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in software testing, QA and test automation.
• Hands-on test planning, test case design and test execution.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing into development workflows.
• Experience with performance and load testing.
• Knowledge of security testing methodologies and tools.
• Understanding of accessibility testing standards and practices.
• Ability to mentor or coach QA Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test strategies, test plans and test cases based on requirements and user stories.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Work with the QA leadership team to enhance test automation frameworks and processes.
• Identify, document and track defects through to resolution and retesting.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous and regression testing.
• Perform performance and load testing to assess system stability, scalability and responsiveness.
• Support security, accessibility and usability testing.
• Maintain test plans, test cases, test data and test reports.
• Collaborate with development teams to manage test environments and test data.
• Mentor and support other QA Engineers, promoting a strong quality-first culture.

Skills

Software testing

QA & test automation

Test planning

Test case design

Test execution

Automation frameworks

Selenium

Playwright

JUnit/TestNG

CI/CD

Performance testing

Security testing

Accessibility testing

Debugging

Mentoring

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

JUnit

TestNG

JMeter

Gatling

LoadRunner

Job description

Location: Birmingham/Canary Wharf, London - Can choose any one of these two locations.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Arrangement: Hybrid- 2 days onsite per week

Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate, if required. Candidates must be based in the UK.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer to join an agile Scrum team and take ownership of quality across the software development lifecycle.

You will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability and resilience of software products, working closely with developers and other stakeholders. You will also help drive automation, improve testing practices and mentor other QA Engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test strategies, test plans and test cases based on requirements and user stories.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Work with the QA leadership team to enhance test automation frameworks and processes.
• Identify, document and track defects through to resolution and retesting.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous and regression testing.
• Perform performance and load testing to assess system stability, scalability and responsiveness.
• Support security, accessibility and usability testing.
• Maintain test plans, test cases, test data and test reports.
• Collaborate with development teams to manage test environments and test data.
• Mentor and support other QA Engineers, promoting a strong quality-first culture.
• Strong commercial experience in software testing, QA and test automation.
• Hands-on experience with test planning, test case design and test execution.
• Strong experience with automation frameworks/tools such as Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG or similar.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing into development workflows.
• Experience mentoring or coaching QA Engineers.
• Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to investigate issues beyond surface-level failures.
• Performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling or LoadRunner.
• Knowledge of security testing methodologies and tools.
• Understanding of accessibility testing standards and practices.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about delivering high-quality software.
• Collaborative and comfortable working with developers and wider stakeholders.
• Analytical and confident in solving complex testing issues.
• Proactive about improving testing processes and automation.
• Keen to mentor others and share knowledge.
• Interested in keeping up to date with modern QA tools, technologies and methodologies.

If you are an experienced Senior QA Engineer with strong automation skills and are looking for your next opportunity in Birmingham, we'd love to hear from you.