Software Test Engineer

Job ID:43529
Location:Birmingham : 1 Trinity Park : Bi  
Position Category:Information Technology
Position Type:Employee Regular

Location: Remote (UK) with occasional on-site visits in Birmingham (1-2 times a year)

About the Role

You’ll work in an Agile delivery team, partnering with developers, product owners, and DevOps to plan test approach, validate changes, and provide clear insight into release readiness. You’ll be comfortable creating strong manual test coverage, producing concise test evidence, and improving our QA practice through better documentation, tooling, and pragmatic automation.

Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

We’re looking for a detail-oriented Test Engineer to help us deliver reliable, high-quality software. You’ll take ownership of manual testing across the sprint lifecycle, work closely with Product and Engineering, and contribute to building out our automation capability (including tests executed via Azure DevOps pipelines). This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys improving quality practices, raising risks early, and helping teams ship with confidence.

• Design, execute, and maintain comprehensive manual test cases to validate functionality, usability, accessibility, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and DevOps engineers to agree acceptance criteria, test scope, and release readiness.
• Participate in sprint planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives—raising risks early and driving continuous improvement.
• Log, track, and triage defects in Azure DevOps, providing clear reproduction steps and supporting root-cause analysis.
• Create and maintain test plans, test evidence, and lightweight QA documentation that supports repeatable releases.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of automated test scripts (e.g., Cypress), and help integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide clear quality status updates, recommend improvements to processes and tools, and champion best practice across the team.

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years’ experience in software testing, with strong manual testing capability across web applications.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps (Boards/Test Plans/Pipelines) and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, including story refinement and sprint ceremonies.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle, QA methodologies, and how testing fits into delivery.
• Confident using defect tracking and test management tools (Azure DevOps or similar) with a focus on high-quality reporting.
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical thinking, and a structured approach to problem solving.
• Clear communication skills—able to explain issues, risks, and test outcomes to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• ISTQB Foundation Level (or equivalent experience and training).

Desirable

• Hands-on experience with test automation (e.g., Cypress) and writing maintainable tests using JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with API testing (e.g., Postman) and/or basic SQL for data validation.

Why Join Us?

• Remote-first working with flexibility, plus occasional team meet-ups on site.
• A collaborative, supportive engineering culture where quality is a shared responsibility.
• Opportunities to work on meaningful products using modern tooling and delivery practices.
• Competitive salary and benefits package, with flexible working arrangements.

Pre-Employment Checks 

If you are successful in securing a role with us, we will carry out pre-employment checks in accordance with what is allowed under local law.  

These checks will include, (as permitted):- right to work, identification, verification of employment history, education, and criminal records.

We may involve the third-party supplier to run the background checks as needed and your data will be retained for a period as needed for the purpose of employing you. 

Your data will be stored in accordance with all relevant privacy legislation.  

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns. 

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