QA Engineer - Manual testing web applications
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About the role
This isn't a "receive specs and test" position. You'll help shape them. Working closely with Product Managers and Software Engineers, you'll take end-to-end ownership of quality - from initial feature design through to production release - with a focus on manual, exploratory, and context-driven testing. You'll be the voice of the user, challenging assumptions, identifying risk, and ensuring every release feels polished and intuitive.
Responsibilities
- Taking end-to-end responsibility for product quality, from design phase to release
- Designing and executing thorough exploratory tests across a complex web application, going well beyond predefined cases to uncover critical edge cases
- Actively participating in product discussions, challenging design and implementation decisions to uphold high standards
- Identifying and communicating technical and UX risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Using logs, production issues, and usage patterns to guide your testing and prioritise risk
- Spotting usability issues and providing actionable UI/UX feedback to support a seamless customer experience
- Helping define and refine QA processes as the engineering team continues to scale
- Who they're looking for
Requirements
- Solid experience in manual testing of complex web applications (essential)
- Experience in CRM integrations (desirable)
- Data fluency - validating integrity or working with data-heavy systems (desirable)
- Exposure to test automation (desirable)
Benefits
Additional Information
QA Engineer - Hybrid / Remote (UK-based) No sponsorship is offered We're recruiting on behalf of one of Europe's fastest-growing software companies - named in the Financial Times' fastest-growing list (2025) and voted one of The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work (2025). They build AI and automation software for people-intensive industries, and their engineering team is a collaborative, thoughtful group that genuinely cares about quality and meaningful product outcomes. They're now looking for a QA Engineer to join them.
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