Software Quality Assurance Tester

Software Quality Assurance Tester

Location: Hybrid working / Peterborough

Salary: £30,000 per year

We are seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Software Quality Assurance Tester to join a delivery team working on the next-generation product range used across NHS Trusts nationwide.

Experience & Requirements

• Experience in a dedicated QA or software testing role.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and modern engineering practices.
• Experience working within an Agile / Scrum environment.
• Hands-on experience with test management tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
• Demonstrable experience of SQL Server, including writing and executing queries for test data preparation and validation.
• Experience conducting manual testing across multiple test levels.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with strong attention to detail.
• Effective communicator, able to articulate complex issues clearly to diverse audiences.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative team player with a proactive, quality-driven approach.

Desirable

• Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Exposure to cloud-based systems or cloud testing (Azure preferred).
• Working knowledge of API testing tools such as SOAP UI or similar.
• Understanding of performance, security, or accessibility testing practices.

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning & Design

• Design comprehensive, risk-based test strategies, scenarios, scripts, and procedures supporting agile delivery.
• Produce and maintain high-quality test plans and test cases using Azure DevOps.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager and Developers, to refine acceptance criteria and ensure testability.

Test Execution

• Execute manual and automated test suites across functional, system, regression, integration, and UAT phases.
• Perform data validation and back-end testing using SQL Server, including writing queries to validate business logic, data integrity, and transformation rules.
• Run automated tests and contribute to expanding automated frameworks where applicable.

Quality Assurance & Risk Management

• Identify, document, prioritise, and track defects; communicate findings effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Assess user stories and work items for quality risks and acceptance readiness, signing off items for release when criteria are met.
• Log and manage risks and issues, working with teams across the organisation to mitigate them early.

Agile Team Participation

• Actively participate in sprint ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to planning poker and estimation with a quality-focused perspective.
• Champion continuous improvement of QA practices within the team.

An excellent career opportunity for a QA Software Tester to work for a leading and growing UK healthcare technology company.