Who We AreWe are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Quality Engineer to drive software quality across the development lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in manual testing, excellent analytical skills, and experience working in Agile environments. In this role, you will be responsible for test planning, execution, defect analysis, and ensuring the delivery of reliable, high-quality software solutions.What You'll Be DoingPlan and execute specific testing approaches within defined stage of development e.g. risk based, exploratory, SIT, E2E, regression, security, usability etcAnalyse functional and technical specifications and user stories to develop test cases and scenariosWork on the test scope and scenarios with key stakeholders and keep them informed of progress and any challenges/escalationsIdentify issues and risks relating to workload, escalate these and provide solutionsReport defects and assist in their understanding and work alongside the right stakeholders to triage the bugUse a holistic approach to QA, reviewing test types and coverage, processes, runbooks, and documentation to mature the engineering and operational maturity of the department as it growsWork alongside Quality Engineers to gain an in-depth level of understanding of the system under test to enable risk assessment/mitigation and detailed estimation, creation, and execution of test artefactsDocument and store helpful team quality process and procedure documentationGood communication skills, written and verbal to interact with key stakeholdersWhat You'll Bring AlongBachelor’s degree in Informatics/ or similar field of study/or equivalent working experience is requiredA min 3-5 years demonstrable experience in a similar role is requiredExperience of working in both an agile IT development model and a more traditional model, ensuring quality is embedded as early as possible (shift left)Knowledge of all the different facets of test coverage, including unit testing, functional, usability, accessibility, performance, capacity, security, integration testing, compatibility etcUp-to-date Testing industry knowledge and ability to bring new ways of working in-house to improve the outputExcellent analytical and diagnostic skillsEfficient planning skills and an ability to adhere to deadlinesStrong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skillsFamiliarity with test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr)Basic knowledge of SQL for database validationExcellent English verbal and written skill Show more Show less