Job Description

Posted May 20, 2025
55000 - 65000 per annum + Bonus scheme, Pension, Holiday,
Bridgend
Permanent
Senior QA Automation Engineer


South Wales (3 days on site)



65,000 and generous bonus scheme



The Senior Quality Engineer will play a crucial role in delivering high quality software products. The role will act as a guardian of quality and continually seeking ways to improve processes, tools and techniques. This is a techno functional hands-on role with strong Agile test delivery experience to guide, oversee & deliver testing activities within a product team.



Essential:


Experience: Minimum of 5 years working with Scrum teams specialising in both manual testing and test automation. Technical Expertise: At least 2-3 years of experience as a Senior Quality Engineer, with proficiency in Pega (including Scenario testing), test automation tools (Katalon Professional or Expert certified), DevOps pipelines (CI/CD) and Azure Test Plans. Soft Skills: Analytical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration and the ability to handle high-pressure situations. Language Skills: High proficiency in written and spoken English.

Key Responsibilities:


Act as a quality advocate within the Product team, working with cross-functional Agile team members to ensure high-quality test deliverables. Work closely with the respective Engineering Delivery Lead / Manager on the day-to-day testing activities and where possible drive a shift-left test approach. Collaborate with the Quality Engineering Practice Manager to facilitate and improve testing practices, establish the framework to track quality metrics Collaborate with our test partners (offshore test team) with respect to day-to-day testing activities and where required guide the offshore team members, fostering skill development and collaboration.

Hands-On Testing & Test Automation:


Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases, ensuring coverage of functional, integration, and regression test scenarios. Hands on experience of creating, maintaining & enhancing test automation scripts built using UI automation tool such as Katalon Studio. Collaborate closely with the Engineering Delivery Leads to explore opportunities to introduce in sprint automation within the testing lifecycle. Conduct root cause analysis for defects and ensure timely resolution with development teams. Support business users with acceptance testing where required and facilitate demos as and when required during the sprint lifecycle. Collaborate with DevOps teams to iron out environment/deployment issues.

Reasonable Adjustments: We understand that there are a wide range of reasons that you may require reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process- please let us know in your application how we can best support you.