Software Validation Engineer (QA)

Worky; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Contributory pension

Job summary

Qureight seeks an early-career software validation engineer to join our team in Cambridge. You will help deliver high-quality products for clinical trial customers and ensure regulatory compliance, working across Python backend, Next.js frontend, and ML components in a Terraform AWS EKS environment.

You will implement testing strategies, validate automated tests, and contribute to CSV and quality assurance processes while collaborating in an Agile setting with DevOps and data science teams in

Qualifications

• Experience with automated testing frameworks
• Experience validating Python-based software stacks
• Familiarity with ML components is a plus

Responsibilities

• Implement testing strategies across the software stack (unit/integration/regression/E2E)
• Test functional, performance, regulatory, privacy and security requirements prior to release
• Manage test runs, report and track defects
• Participate in software design reviews to ensure testability
• Improve automated processes producing traceable artefacts
• Attend sprint planning and stand-ups
• Contribute to CSV across platforms for regulatory compliance
• Stay up to date with best practices and testing methodologies

Skills

Automated testing

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Problem solving

Debugging

Test strategy

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

pytest

Playwright

Selenium

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

About us

Qureight’s mission is to accelerate clinical trials and ensure breakthroughs in lung and heart disease reach patients without delay. Our AI-powered data and imaging curation platform enables the analysis of clinical imaging and other healthcare data, helping our customers bring treatments to market, faster.

We’re looking for talented people who want their work to matter. With offices in Cambridge and London, you’ll join our multidisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists, and engineers. What unites us is our open culture, continuous learning mindset, and a shared mission to help biopharma run faster, smarter trials.

About the role

We are seeking an early-career or graduate software validation engineer to join our team at Qureight. In this role, you will help us deliver the highest quality products to our clinical trial customers and meet our regulatory requirements. To succeed, you must have experience working with automated testing frameworks, an eye for identifying critical product issues, and an attention to detail.

At Qureight, we have developed a cloud-based platform that is used by our pharmaceutical and biotech clients to curate and analyse data from clinical drug trials using advanced machine learning techniques.

In this role, you will help deliver our testing and validation strategy, working across a Python backend, Next.js front end, deep-learning vision models (pytorch) and Terraform’ed EKS environment on AWS.

Key responsibilities

Product Development

• Help implement testing strategies across Qureight’s integrated software stack, including automated unit, integration, regression and E2E tests.
• Ensure that all functional, performance, regulatory, privacy and security requirements are tested to an acceptable level prior to product release.
• Manage test runs; identifying, reporting and tracking any software defects that arise.
• Participate in software design reviews, helping to ensure that all software requirements are clear, concise and testable.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of automated processes that produce traceable artefacts.
• Attend sprint planning and stand-up meetings to stay apprised of new feature development work

Business Systems Validation

• Contribute to risk-based computer systems validation (CSV) across a range of commercial and in-house software platforms to ensure compliance with clinical trial, quality and regulatory standards, particularly Good Clinical Practice and GAMP 5. (You don’t need to be an expert in this; we’ll provided training and guidance)

Quality Assurance

• Be proactive in suggesting improvements that improve product quality and our way of working.
• Remain up to date with the latest best practices and testing methodologies and frameworks.

• Industry experience in software testing (preferably for a cloud-hosted product suite), through previous roles, internships or projects.
• You have experience validating python-based software stacks; familiarity with systems that include machine learning components is advantageous.
• You are skilled in the use of common test frameworks and tools such as pytest, Playwright, Selenium, etc and experienced in the use of CI/CD tools (we use Gitlab).
• You have excellent problem-solving skills, an analytical mindset and strong communication skills.

It’s a bonus if you have (but not essential):

• You have experience or knowledge (through training or education) of software validation in a regulated industry. (Our software platform is developed under a ISO 13485 certified quality management system, and GxP-validated following GAMP 5 methodology).
• Knowledge formal Computer Systems Validation/Assurance methodologies, e.g, GAMP 5.
• A degree or degree-equivalent in a relevant scientific or technical area, e.g. computer science or engineering, is beneficial, but not essential.

What can you expect from us

• A comprehensive benefits package that includes an annual bonus plan, private medical insurance, life insurance, and a contributory pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and enhanced maternity leave
• A diverse work environment that brings together experts in many fields, including software engineering, devops, data science, machine learning, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and clinical operations.

If you have any queries, please contact [e-mail]. Everyone is welcome at Qureight. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender reassignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, or pregnancy and maternity.

Women and other underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for a role unless they meet all or nearly all of the requirements. If this applies to you, we still encourage you to apply – you may be a great fit, even if you don’t meet every qualification. We’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the application or selection process, please let us know. We will be happy to support you.