Senior Quality Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established client in Bridgend is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to ensure high-quality software delivery. This hands-on role requires strong Agile experience, mentoring capabilities, and expertise in test automation. You will lead testing initiatives, enhance quality processes, and work closely with product teams to maintain high standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Quality Engineering role, ideally at a Senior level.
• Strong background in working with Scrum Teams.
• Exposure to automated testing tools and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing efforts across the software development lifecycle.
• Mentor and guide offshore testing teams to ensure quality.
• Drive continuous improvement in Agile testing practices.

Skills

Agile testing

Test automation

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Katalon

Selenium

Java

Azure Test plans

Job description

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CPS Group are working with a well established client in Bridgend who have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Quality Engineer to join their company.

Offices based in Bridgend, onsite 3-4 days per week.

The role will be heavily involved in Test delivery, collaboration as well as hands on testing and test automation.

The Senior Quality Engineer will be instrumental in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. Acting as a champion of quality, this role will continuously seek opportunities to enhance processes, tools, and testing techniques. This is a hands-on, techno-functional position that requires strong experience in Agile test delivery to guide, oversee, and execute testing activities within a product team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end testing efforts across the software development lifecycle.
• Mentor and guide offshore testing teams to ensure alignment with quality standards.
• Oversee the planning, preparation, and execution of test cases, as well as automation and defect management.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within Agile testing practices.

Skills /experience:

• Background within a similar Quality Engineering role, ideally to a Senior level already.
• Strong background of working within Scrum Teams.
• Exposure to test automation tools (Katalon or Selenium ideally), Java, DevOps Pipeline / CI/CD, Azure Test plans would be an advantage too.
• High level of communication and stakeholder engagement skills