Software Development QA Engineer

Arcus FM Limited.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Software Development Quality Assurance Engineer and play a crucial role in delivering high-quality, reliable software solutions. You will be responsible for developing automated test frameworks and ensuring testing best practices across projects in a supportive and innovative environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for continuous learning

Collaborative culture

Supportive tech-forward environment

Influence on quality delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Strong autonomy in testing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of automated test frameworks.
• Collaborate with developers and project managers to embed quality.
• Drive risk-based testing and ensure thorough test coverage.

Skills

Test automation tools (Selenium, Cypress, Postman)

Scripting (Python, JavaScript)

CI/CD environments

RESTful APIs

Cloud platforms (preferably AWS)

Communication and collaboration

Proactive quality assurance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Why Join Us

Job Title: Software Development Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: United Kingdom – Remote

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000
Contract Type: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract

Join Our Team as a Software Development Quality Assurance Engineer

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, robust software in a fast-paced and innovative environment? We’re looking for a Software Development Quality Assurance Engineer to help shape and drive our automated testing and QA strategy, ensuring the reliability and performance of our software solutions on a 12-month fixed term contract.

What You'll Be Doing

About the Role

As a key member of our development team, you’ll lead efforts to design, implement, and evolve scalable, automated test frameworks across projects. Working collaboratively with developers, product owners, and project managers, you'll ensure quality is embedded into everything we build.

This is a hands-on technical role where you'll bring your expertise in testing and automation to the forefront—identifying risks, ensuring thorough test coverage (including edge cases), and promoting testing best practices.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain automated test suites (functional, integration, regression, performance)
• Define and implement test strategies and QA standards across multiple projects
• Drive risk-based testing to ensure critical paths and edge cases are well covered
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate testing seamlessly into the development lifecycle
• Simulate real-world usage with scenario-based and data-driven testing
• Produce automated test reports to enhance visibility of quality metrics
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using Selenium, Postman, AWS)
• Document test cases and defects clearly to support continuous improvement

What We're Looking For

What We’re Looking For

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Strong autonomy and ability to influence testing strategies

Skills & Experience:

• Proficiency in test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Postman)
• Solid scripting ability (e.g., Python, JavaScript)
• Experience with CI/CD environments and tools
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and data handling
• Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Proactive approach to resolving quality concerns and promoting QA culture

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge software in a supportive, tech-forward environment
• Influence how quality is defined and delivered across the business
• Opportunities for continuous learning, innovation, and personal growth
• Collaborative culture with a focus on excellence and inclusion

Ready to help us raise the bar on software quality?
Apply now and be a part of something exceptional.

Requisition ID

2025-7326