Senior QA Engineer

• Leads the development of test approaches for major projects, providing risk-based guidance and advising on modern functional testing techniques.
• Develops and maintains complex automated scripts for UI, API, and database systems, ensuring high performance, reliability, and adherence to standards.
• Works with the squad to identify and assess non-functional quality characteristics (e.g., performance, security), advocating for appropriate testing approaches.
• Investigates existing testing processes to identify inefficiencies and drives data-backed recommendations for improvement.
• Owns the end-to-end testing lifecycle for specific squads, critically evaluating findings and communicating quality insights to the wider team.
• Maintains automated tests within CI/CD pipelines, troubleshooting failures to ensure rapid and actionable feedback for developers.
• Peer-reviews the work of other QA engineers and provides daily technical coaching to improve team automation capabilities.
• Partners with developers during refinement and planning to advocate for early engagement, identifying testability gaps and ensuring requirements are clearly defined before development begins.
• Researches emerging tools and frameworks to stay current with industry trends and trains others to improve testing efficiency.

Strengths, drivers and traits

• Continuous Improvement Advocate: Driven by a desire to find inefficiencies in testing processes and providing data-backed recommendations for improvement.
• Quality-First Mindset: Committed to professional integrity and ensuring "Definition of Done" is met across all project deliverables.

 PACT values

• Purpose - The beating heart of our organisation—the impact we make on people, places, and the planet. Purpose is our driving force and at the core of our organisation.
• Accountability - As we apply flexibility, pace and growth through our self-organisation, we are accountable* to all of our stakeholders.
• Craft - Craft highlights our dedication to bringing precision, problem-solving, and creativity to our work, both with our clients and internally.
• Togetherness - Togetherness is ‘how’ we work - it captures the energy, fun, and user-centred approach that we embrace. It signifies the collaborative spirit we bring to our work, including people at every level and creating a sense of belonging to our teams.

We're a purpose driven organisation, supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet. Combining vast experience in the public, private and third sectors and expertise in human-centred design, data, experience and technology, we’re creating sustainable solutions ready for an ever-evolving world.

At the heart of TPXimpact, we’re collaborative and empathetic. We’re a team of passionate people who care deeply about the work we do and the impact we have in the world. We know that change happens through people, with people and for people. That’s why we believe in people-powered transformation.

Working in close collaboration with our clients, we seek to understand their unique challenges, questioning assumptions and building in their teams the capabilities and confidence to continue learning, iterating and adapting.

Benefits Include:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• 2 volunteer days for causes that you are passionate about
• Maternity/paternity - 6 months Maternity Leave, 3 months Paternity Leave
• Life assurance 
• Employer pension contribution of 5%
• Health cash plan
• Personal learning and development budget
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Green incentive programmes including Electric Vehicle Leasing and the Cycle to Work Scheme
• Financial advice
• Health assessments

About TPXimpact - Digital Transformation 

We drive fundamental change in approaches to product and service development, delivery and technology. Our agile, multidisciplinary teams use technology, design and data to deliver better results, improving outcomes for individuals, organisations and communities.

By working in the open, in partnership with our clients, we not only transform their systems and services but also build the capability of their teams, so work can continue without us in the longer term. Our focus is sustainable change, always delivered with positive impact.

We are committed to having a positive impact on the clients and the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from all genders, ethnicities, disabled people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

Don’t meet 100% of the criteria? We still want to hear from you. Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.