Software Test Engineer

Searchability®; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Hybrid working

Training & progression

Salary up to £42k

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Onsite restaurant subsidy

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Searchability® outside Chester is seeking a Test Engineer to join our technology team, focusing on API and integration testing for a prominent retailer. You will ensure quality across complex integrations and collaborate with developers, architects and stakeholders.

The role requires 2+ years of software testing experience, with strong API testing using Postman and automation using Playwright or Appium. Hybrid working with office presence, along with training and progression opportunities, are

Qualifications

• 2+ years' software testing experience.
• Strong API testing experience, especially with Postman.
• Experience testing integrations across complex systems and applications.
• Experience creating and maintaining automated API test suites.
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Playwright and/or Appium.
• Experience with GitHub or similar source control.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute integration, API, regression and non-functional testing across complex systems and third-party platforms.
• Validate data flows between applications and services ensuring accurate, secure and reliable processing.
• Work across synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns and perform advanced API testing using Postman.
• Develop and maintain automated test solutions using Playwright and Appium.

Skills

Integration Testing

API Testing

Postman

REST APIs

JSON

Test Automation

Playwright

Appium

GitHub

Tools

Playwright

Appium

GitHub

Job description

Amazing opportunity for a Test Engineer to join a household-name retailer!

• Based just outside Chester, with free onsite parking
• Hybrid working – minimum 2 days a week in the office
• Great training, development and progression opportunities
• Competitive starting salary up to £42k
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Highly subsidised onsite restaurant
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

WHO ARE WE?

We’re a thriving retailer with a head office just outside Chester. Due to our ongoing growth and continued success, we’re looking for an ambitious Test Engineer with strong API and integration testing experience to join our technology team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in assuring the quality, reliability and performance of integrations across a complex technology landscape, working closely with developers, architects, Business Analysts, project teams and business stakeholders.

If you’re passionate about quality, enjoy solving complex integration challenges and want to develop your career within a forward-thinking technology environment, apply today!

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

This role is suited to a Test Engineer with 2+ years' software testing experience, ideally with a strong background in API and integration testing, who is keen to develop their automation and technical testing skills.

You’ll be responsible for designing and executing integration, API, regression and non-functional testing across complex systems and third-party platforms. You’ll validate data flows between applications and services, ensuring integrations process information accurately, securely and reliably.

You’ll work across both synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns, performing advanced API testing using tools such as Postman, while developing and maintaining automated test solutions using technologies including Playwright and Appium.

You’ll also be involved in:

• Creating and maintaining test strategies, plans, scenarios and test documentation
• Validating data transformation, authentication, error handling and business rules
• Performing data validation and reconciliation across integrated systems
• Supporting regression, performance, load, resilience and break testing
• Investigating defects using logs, metrics and application telemetry
• Working closely with development teams throughout the SDLC to improve solution quality
• Supporting release and post-deployment verification activities
• Contributing to continuous improvement across testing processes, frameworks and standards
• Participating in solution design discussions and providing quality-focused recommendations
• Working within Agile delivery teams and supporting effective defect management

This is a key role within our SDLC and a fantastic opportunity to join one of the top employers in the Northwest.

• 2+ years' experience in software testing, ideally with integration/API testing
• Strong experience with API testing using Postman or similar tools
• Experience testing integrations across complex systems and applications
• Experience creating and maintaining automated API test suites
• Experience with, or exposure to automation frameworks such as Playwright and/or Appium
• Experience with GitHub or similar source control platforms
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

KEY SKILLS

Integration Testing / API Testing / Postman / REST APIs / JSON / Test Automation / Playwright / Appium