Quality Assurance Consultant

About the role

We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Quality Assurance consultant, you’ll ensure that quality assurance is considered from the start through testing, questioning and improving. You’ll apply your adaptability and communication skills across a variety of projects, working with a vibrant QA community that champions learning and knowledge sharing.

You'll work on public and private sector projects. You may be the sole software quality engineer on a project or work in a team. Leading by example, you'll work in an agile environment across all testing types. You'll collaborate with team members, clients and users to maintain quality and follow best practice. You'll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best and mentoring junior colleagues.

Requirements

This role involves weekly on-site work, and you’ll be required to travel regularly to client locations across the UK. We’re looking for people who value in-person collaboration, enjoy building strong relationships, and are passionate about delivering solutions that make a real difference for our clients.

Due to the nature of this role, you must either hold active Security Check (SC) clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the clearance process.

Technical Skills

To succeed in this role, you must have experience working as the sole software test engineer on a team. You’ll need to show experience of:

• Writing, running and debugging functional automation tests on an IDE for front-end and API testing and frameworks like Cucumber BDD or Junit
• Presenting work to stakeholders
• Managing defects and tasks through to resolution
• Creating user stories and technical tasks from high-level requirements
• Version control tools like git and peer review processes
• Creating test plans and reports
• Participating in E2E and UAT

You'll need a good understanding of:

• Concepts and benefits of non-functional testing
• Continuous integration tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI or CircleCI
• Basic principles of programming paradigms, such as object-orientated and procedural programming

What we offer

A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options and a discretionary bonus. You’ll also benefit from flexible working hours (aligned to client commitments), 25 days’ holiday, and access to 3 annual “life happens” days. We also offer wellbeing support, ongoing professional development and volunteering opportunities.