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About the role
The Senior QA Engineer is a key member of the Technology team, responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability and scalability of a modern, microservices‑based platform used across the financial services sector.
This role has a strong focus on test automation and quality engineering, playing a pivotal part in shaping test strategy, improving test coverage and accelerating delivery across the software development lifecycle.
Working within a cross‑functional Agile delivery squad, you will collaborate closely with Developers, Product Owners and DevOps to embed quality early and ensure solutions are robust, release‑ready and aligned to business goals.
Responsibilities
· Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of automated test frameworks
· Build and maintain automated test suites covering API, integration and UI scenarios
· Contribute to and support CI/CD pipelines, enabling fast, reliable and repeatable deployments
· Define and execute test strategies aligned to Agile delivery and modern engineering practices
· Partner closely with Engineering and DevOps teams to improve test effectiveness and coverage
· Analyse, log and clearly communicate defects, risks and test outcomes to stakeholders
· Perform targeted manual testing for complex, exploratory or high‑risk scenarios as required
· Use SQL to validate data, support end‑to‑end testing and assist with troubleshooting
· Review requirements, user stories and technical designs to ensure testability early in the lifecycle
· Maintain clear, up‑to‑date test documentation and release readiness reporting
· Actively contribute to improving QA practices, tools and processes across the wider team
About you
· Strong experience in software testing of web-based applications.
· Have a good understanding or experience with the project lifecycle and deployment of commercial web applications.
· Knowledge on UI automation tools like Selenium.
· Good experience in API testing using Swagger.
· Experience with software tools for planning and tracking the workflow of test cases and new project work.
· Previous experience working within an Agile environment.
· Must be eager to learn with a technical mindset.
· Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
· Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written and presentation skills.
· Proven ability to work effectively both independently and in a team-based environment, working towards tight deadlines.
· Any related testing qualifications would be advantageous.
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