Junior QA Engineer

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Overview

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our software development team. As a key member, you will help ensure reliable, defect-free software by creating and executing high-quality tests, and collaborating closely across the team. You’ll work in an Agile environment supporting delivery of features that meet requirements and client expectations.

Responsibilities

  • Design, plan and execute different types of software tests across the development lifecycle
  • Review acceptance criteria, translate them into test cases, and validate software against those criteria
  • Report defects clearly with steps to reproduce, following best practice in communications and documentation
  • Participate in improving testing processes and tools
  • Work as part of an Agile (Scrum or Kanban) delivery team following agreed ways of working
  • Collaborate with developers to ensure testing happens in time for releases, and help maintain software quality via testing & documentation
  • Engage with Support / Client Services / Marketing teams to align testing with real-user, internal, and market needs
  • Prioritise, organise, and manage testing tasks autonomously as well as within the team

What We’re Looking For

  • 3-5 years of experience in software testing, ideally within Agile working (Scrum or Kanban)
  • Manual Testing a must
  • Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and test methodologies
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Automated testing experience
  • Performance testing knowledge
  • API testing experience
  • Comfortable picking up new tools / skills

Technical Skills & Tools

  • Project tracking / collaboration tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, or equivalent)
  • Experience with SQL / MySQL databases
  • Nice-to-haves: experience using Postman, Playwright, VSCode, or QAlityPlus

Seniority level

  • Associate

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

  • Quality Assurance

Industries

  • IT Services and IT Consulting
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Location:
Leeds
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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