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Senior QA Engineer

VIQU LtdBirmingham🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 29 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Salary
£62k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
ScrumSeleniumJava

Job Description

Senior QA Engineer

Birmingham, B2 5DB | 2 days per week in the office
Up to £62,000 | 10% bonus | 8% employer pension contribution

VIQU has partnered with an organisation operating within the UK's low-carbon electricity sector to recruit a Senior QA Engineer. This is a hands-on senior position with responsibility for driving testing quality within a Scrum team while mentoring other QA Engineers and strengthening automation practices.

Visa sponsorship is available.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior QA Engineer

Own quality and testing within your Scrum team
Define test strategies, plans and test cases
Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts
Work with the Principal QA Engineer to improve automation frameworks
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
Manage defects through investigation, resolution and retesting
Deliver functional, non-functional and regression testing
Support performance, load, security, accessibility and usability testing
Maintain test environments, data and documentation
Coach and mentor QA Engineers

Key Requirements of the Senior QA Engineer

Strong commercial software testing and QA experience
Hands-on Java and Selenium automation experience
Experience using or designing Page Object Model frameworks
Strong understanding of STLC and SDLC in commercial environments
Functional and non-functional testing experience
Commercial edge-case testing experience
Test planning, test design and execution capability
Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD
Experience coaching and mentoring QA Engineers
Strong debugging and analytical skills
Willingness to complete BPSS screening

The Senior QA Engineer will receive a salary of up to £62,000, a 10% bonus and an 8% employer pension contribution, with two days per week based in the Birmingham office.

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence, or contact Aaron on the VIQU website. Know someone great? Refer them and receive up to £1,000 if successful (terms apply).

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