QA Engineer

Who we are

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Quality Engineer to join our QA team for EasyJet Client. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in manual testing, a sharp eye for detail, and the ability to work collaboratively within Agile environments. You will play a key role in ensuring software quality and reliability through comprehensive test planning, execution, and defect analysis.

What you'll be doing

• Plan and execute specific testing approaches within defined stage of development e.g. risk based, exploratory, SIT, E2E, regression, security, usability etc.
• Analyse functional and technical specifications and user stories to develop test cases and scenarios
• Work on the test scope and scenarios with key stakeholders and keep them informed of progress and any challenges/escalations
• Identify issues and risks relating to workload, escalate these and provide solutions
• Report defects and assist in their understanding and work alongside the right stakeholders to triage the bug
• Use 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 grows.
• Work 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 artefacts
• Document and store helpful team quality process and procedure documentation
• Good communication skills, written and verbal to interact with key stakeholders.

What you'll bring along

• Bachelor's degree in Informatics/ or similar field of study/or equivalent working experience is required
• A min 3-5 years demonstrable experience in a similar role is required
• Experience 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 etc.
• Application Demos to the business.
• Up-to-date Testing industry knowledge and ability to bring new ways of working in-house to improve the output
• Excellent analytical and diagnostic skills.
• Efficient planning skills and an ability to adhere to deadlines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Familiarity with test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr).
• Basic knowledge of SQL for database validation.
• Excellent English verbal and written skills