QA Engineer

Ronald James Group · Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

QA Engineer at Ronald James Group, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, paying £40,000 - £50,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.

Salary
£40,000 - £50,000 per annum
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Contract
Permanent
Posted
6 days ago
Closes
17 Nov 2026
Sector
QA Tester

16% below the typical rate for qa tester

Reference vacancy/qa-engineer-17581887034983

About the role

Our client is a rapidly expanding technology company with a platform used by millions worldwide. They’re passionate about doing things differently and are building innovative products that people genuinely enjoy using.

They're looking for a Test Engineer to join their agile development squads. You’ll play a key role throughout the development lifecycle, from refining specifications, ensuring software is built with testability in mind, through to implementing functionality backed by automated testing.

If you want to join a forward-thinking team that’s scaling quickly and making a real impact, this could be the role for you.

You must be based in the UK for this role, please note this role does not provide visa sponsorship.  

Some of the responsibilities:

  • Participate in backlog grooming and refinement to influence quality and testability

  • Develop and execute testing strategies for new functionality

  • Advocate the use of BDD best practices where appropriate

  • Support developers in delivering highly testable software

  • Raise, investigate and document problems and known errors

  • Enhance testing tools, processes and platforms with reusability in mind

  • Review and contribute to technical documentation

  • Communicate testing status and issues to a range of stakeholders

Some of the requirements:

  • Experience working with modern web testing frameworks (e.g. Cypress)

  • Hands-on experience with BDD

  • Familiarity testing and debugging web applications on mobile

  • Experience with React, and knowledge of modern HTML/CSS

  • Strong understanding of version control systems (e.g. Git)

  • Knowledge of REST, GraphQL, asynchronous messaging, and JSON

  • Minimum of 3 years’ automation experience

Desired, but not essential: 

  • Experience with scalable cloud applications and distributed architecture

  • Understanding of accessibility standards and tools

  • API testing, security testing and load testing experience

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines

  • Familiarity with NoSQL systems such as MongoDB

  • Appreciation of DevOps principles

Don’t miss out on this opportunity - apply today!

Reference: vacancy/qa-engineer-17581887034983 · Posted 6 days ago · Closes 17 Nov 2026 · Listed via Ronald James Group

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