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QA Engineer – Manual Testing
Up to £40,000 + Benefits
Preston | Hybrid – 3 days onsite, 2 days from home
Permanent
We’re partnering with a large, established international organisation looking to add a QA Engineer to the technology team responsible for one of its core business-critical platforms.
This is a great opportunity for a junior-to-mid-level QA Engineer who already has commercial testing experience and wants more ownership, exposure to complex software and the opportunity to develop within a sizeable Product & Engineering environment.
The Role
You’ll join a dedicated Platform team responsible for the quality and reliability of a major enterprise software platform.
The platform is heavily enhanced, customised and integrated with a wider technology ecosystem, with new functionality introduced regularly.
Your role will be to make sure those changes work – not simply in isolation, but across the wider system.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Manual and functional testing of new features
- End-to-end testing across multiple systems
- Regression testing
- Testing integrations between the core platform and internal systems
- Creating and executing effective test scenarios
- Identifying defects, edge cases and unexpected behaviours
- Working closely with Software Engineers, QAs and other technology stakeholders
- Contributing to improvements in testing processes and quality
- Developing your exposure to automation and modern AI-enabled testing practices
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What They’re Looking For
This is predominantly a manual QA position. You do not need to be an Automation Engineer.
The hiring manager is far more interested in finding someone with a genuine QA mindset.
They want somebody naturally curious about software – someone who doesn't simply follow a test script, but thinks:
“What else could break here?”
You’ll ideally have:
- Commercial Software QA / Testing experience
- Strong manual testing fundamentals
- Experience with Jira and/or Azure DevOps
- Understanding of regression and end-to-end testing
- Experience working with test cases and defect management
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- The ability to identify edge cases and think beyond predefined scenarios
- Good communication skills and a collaborative approach
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Formal QA certifications are useful but not essential. Practical experience, attitude and analytical ability matter more.
Why Join?
You’ll be working on a business-critical technology platform within an established international organisation, while joining a relatively small QA function where your contribution will genuinely be noticed.
There is also plenty of scope to develop.
The immediate requirement is predominantly manual QA, but the wider testing landscape is evolving through automation, AI and modern engineering tooling, and they want people interested in developing alongside it.
Location
Preston | Hybrid
3 days per week onsite / 2 days working from home.
Candidates must be comfortable with the hybrid requirement.
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