Test Engineer

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited in Leeds is seeking a QA Engineer focused on test planning, design and automation to ensure software quality across features.

You will work with devs, product owners and the delivery team to refine acceptance criteria, write clear test cases, and drive automated testing using Cypress, Playwright and Postman. Experience with AWS, SQL and RESTful APIs is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and executing test plans across features and user stories.
• Strong focus on automation-first testing and TDD.
• Proficient in API and back-end testing, including data validation.
• Familiarity with SDLC/STLC and Agile development processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan tests with the development team to define objectives, scope and priorities.
• Design and execute test cases to validate functionality and reliability.
• Develop and maintain automated tests using Cypress, Playwright and Postman.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners to clarify requirements and criteria.
• Identify process improvements to raise quality across teams.

Skills

Test Automation Concepts

RESTful API Testing

SQL Testing

Agile / Scrum

Quality Assurance

Tools

Cypress

Postman

Playwright

GitHub

Jira

GitHub Actions

AWS Console

Job description

Test planning, writing and executing test code to ensure software quality.

Key responsibilities:

• Undertaking Test Planning: Collaborating with the development team to define the test objectives, scope and priorities for each feature, identifying appropriate test techniques


• Test Case Design and Execution: Creating clear and concise test cases with the development team and individual developers to cover user stories; executing the test cases to validate functionality, usability, performance and reliability of the software and identifying and reporting defects or issues.


• Take an automation first approach to test execution: Collaborate with the wider delivery team and Test Lead to ensure automated tests drive the Test Driven Development approach; take responsible for ensuring the automated test scripts cover all appropriate functionality and identify areas where automation is neither practical or cost effective


• Work closely with the development team, developers and product owners to help clarify requirements, refine acceptance criteria, communicate test results and articulate any


• Identify opportunities to improve processes and practices that improve the quality assurance process. This includes active participation in retrospectives, keeping up to date with industry trends and best practices and implementing process improvements

Skills Required:

• Essential - Experience with Test Automation Tools: Skilled in test automation frameworks like Cypress


• automation infrastructure. - Experience of working with AWS console - API Testing & RESTful API Knowledge: Designing/executing API tests using Postman,


• Playwright, Cypress; deep understanding of RESTful APIs (request/response, status


• codes, authentication). - Strong understanding of software testing principles and methodologies: Includes


• knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile, and various testing types (functional, regression,


• integration, unit, system). - Test Case Management: Proficient in designing test cases, executing tests, identifying


• defects, and verifying fixes. - Knowledge of agile practices: Understanding of agile principles and experience working in


• an agile team (e.g., Scrum, Kanban), along with ability to collaborate closely with


• developers, product owners, and other team members to clarify requirements and ensure


• high-quality software delivery within iterative development cycles. - AWS Familiarity: Experience with AWS services (S3, Lambda, EC2, CloudWatch) in test


• environments. - SQL Expertise: Validating data and back-end testing using SQL; writing complex queries


• for functional/integration testing. - Defect Management: Tracking, prioritizing, reporting bugs, and root cause analysis. - Quality Assurance: Promoting quality standards and contributing to a culture of quality


• across teams. - Collaboration Tools: Familiar with GitHub (version control) and Jira (collaboration). - CI/CD Integration: Integrating automated tests into pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins,