Senior QA Software Tester

Talkspirit; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing nutrition technology company based in Leeds is looking for a QA Engineer to join their Digital Product Team. This role involves testing development outputs, ensuring high quality and usability across platforms. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in test automation, effective communication, and experience working in an Agile environment. The position offers a salary of up to £45,000 with benefits including 33 days holiday and a hybrid working model, allowing 3 days a week in the office.

Benefits

Annual salary up to £45,000

33 days holiday

10% annual bonus plan

Company pension

Social events and charity support

Free on-site parking

Cycle to work scheme

EV car scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Strong experience with test automation.
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform functional and non-functional testing of development outputs.
• Conduct cross-platform user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Log and track defects until resolution.

Skills

Test automation

Cypress

Postman

SoapUI

GIT

Cloud Platforms

Agile environment

Software quality improvement

Job description

Benefits

\Salary up to £45,000
• Pension
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Annual bonus plan
• Parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• EV car scheme (salary sacrifice)
events and local charity support

Location

Hybrid role based in Leeds office, 3 days per week.

About Them

With a recent £15m investment this growing company is a UK‑based direct‑to‑consumer nutrition business focused on healthy, natural meals tailored for dogs.

The role

They pride themselves on creating exceptional experiences for their customers. As part of their Digital Product Team, you will be responsible for testing their development output from both a functional and visual perspective.

This role places strong emphasis on the overall product experience, as well as the underlying functionality. You will ensure that everything is pixel‑perfect, works seamlessly across devices, and feels like a product they would be proud to put in front of their customers. The ideal candidate will have some experience or understanding of UX and/or UI design, with high standards for quality and usability.

A key part of this role will be helping to establish their journey into automated testing. As they continue to grow, it is vital that new products and features do not negatively impact existing services. They are aiming to build a best‑in‑class automated testing approach, and the successful candidate will play a leading role in shaping, guiding, and driving this forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Functional and non‑functional testing of all in‑house development, taking ownership of test approach, coverage, and risk assessment across features, platforms, and services.
• Cross‑platform and cross‑device user acceptance testing (UAT), ensuring consistent, high‑quality experiences across browsers, devices, and operating systems, and identifying experience gaps before release.
• Logging, documenting, and tracking defects through to resolution, including prioritisation based on risk and impact, and working with teams to ensure issues are clearly understood and resolved effectively.
• Providing QA input during project discovery, planning, and refinement, helping shape requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical approaches with quality and testability in mind from the outset.
• Implementing and maintaining automated test suites, setting direction for what should be automated, ensuring tests provide meaningful coverage, and aligning automation with CI/CD and release processes.
• Improving overall product quality by working collaboratively with developers, sharing insights, patterns, and feedback to help teams prevent issues earlier and continuously improve delivery outcomes.
• Mentoring and supporting other QA team members, providing guidance, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback to help grow individual capability and overall QA maturity.
• Acting as a senior QA voice within the team, influencing decisions around quality, risk, and release readiness, and confidently challenging where standards are at risk.
• Collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Engineering, ensuring quality, usability, and customer experience are considered throughout the entire delivery lifecycle, not just at test time.
• Working with the Head of Digital Product to implement and continuously improve best‑practice Agile ways of working, supporting consistent, high‑quality delivery through effective ceremonies, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Proposing and driving new working methods, tools, and strategies, with a focus on improving both short‑ and long‑term system quality, stability, and team effectiveness.

About You

• Experience working in, and delivering within, an agile environment.
• Strong experience with test automation.
• Experience using test software (Cypress, Postman, SoapUI).
• Familiarity with GIT and Cloud Platforms.
• Passion for software testing, with a desire to grow further in the role, constantly learning and wanting to improve.
• Strong background and experience in improving overall software quality.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment, handling multiple projects at the same time.
• Ownership mindset, taking accountability and responsibility for quality, and confidence to demo new features to key stakeholders.

What's in it for you

• Annual salary up to £45,000.
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays).
• Enrolment in discretionary business performance 10% annual bonus plan.
• Company pension.
• Team social events and the opportunity to support local charities.
• Free on‑site parking.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• EV car scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Hybrid working (3 days a week in the office).

Other Stuff

NB: for non‑UK Citizens; we cannot accept applications from anyone requiring sponsorship (now or in the future) for UK permanent employment status. If you are utilising a work visa this must allow you to work in the UK unrestricted for at least the next 5 years.