Software Quality Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech-driven automotive sector is seeking a Software Quality Engineer to join their innovative team. This role focuses on championing quality throughout the development process while working in an agile environment. The company offers hybrid working, professional development support, and numerous benefits including holiday and subsidized gym membership.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid working and flexible hours

Personal development support

Gym subsidy

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experienced in agile environments and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to understand and read code (not necessarily write).
• Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative setting.

Responsibilities

• Champion quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Work with legacy systems and modern stack transitioning.
• Support test planning, automation, and live releases.

Skills

Testing professional

CI/CD

Clear communication

Agile environments

Collaboration

Job description

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Our client is a fast-growing, tech-driven team that's reimagining the way software is built in the motor industry. With a start-up mindset backed by decades of industry experience, this is your chance to play a key role in a newly established technology hub that’s all about innovation, collaboration, and quality.

As a Software Quality Engineer, you’ll work in an agile, cross-functional team to shape and deliver high-quality web applications. You'll be responsible for championing quality throughout the development lifecycle — from analysing requirements to test planning, automation, and supporting live releases. You’ll initially work with legacy systems and transition to a modern stack including C# .NET 9, React, Azure pipelines, CI/CD, TDD, and Test Automation.

What we’re looking for:

• A testing professional experienced in agile environments, manual frameworks, and CI/CD
• Ideally an ability (Or interest) to understand and read code but not write it, this role will eventually work with the Developer who writes the tests
• Someone who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced setting and embraces DevOps principles
• A clear communicator who can translate technical ideas across teams

What’s on offer:

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid working and flexible hours

Personal development support, gym subsidy, and cycle to work scheme