Quality Assurance Engineer
Job in
Ballymena, County Antrim, BT42, Northern Ireland, UK
Listed on 2026-02-16
Listing for:
Arbiter
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Description
We are seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer who is curious, analytical, and passionate about delivering high-quality software. In this role, you will contribute throughout the development lifecycle—engaging in refinements, challenging requirements, and validating complex, data-driven scenarios. You will help elevate our QA standards, strengthen our processes, and contribute to continuous improvement across the team.
Essential Job Functions- Actively participate in refinements, requirement reviews, and planning sessions, identifying gaps, risks, and edge cases early.
- Analyze system behavior, data flows, and integrations to determine testing needs, priorities, and effective test approaches.
- Create, maintain, and execute test plans, test strategies, and test cases across software and hardware solutions.
- Contribute to in-sprint automation by creating and maintaining automated tests that ensure new features are validated efficiently and consistently.
- Perform functional, integration, regression, and data-focused testing across applications and services.
- Test SOAP and REST APIs, validating JSON and XML responses.
- Estimate testing effort, track defects, analyze results, and provide clear reporting to stakeholders.
- Contribute to QA process improvements and help raise quality standards across the team.
- Document test scenarios, results, and processes with clear and concise communication.
- Participate in agile ceremonies including standups, retrospectives, and planning.
- 3+ years of QA experience in an agile development environment.
- Strong ability to analyze data sets, workflows, and system interactions to uncover issues and validate scenarios.
- Demonstrated ability to challenge requirements and help teams clarify acceptance criteria.
- Experience testing web-based or client/server applications.
- UI automation experience with Playwright (Type Script/JavaScript) or Selenium (Java).
- Hands‑on experience with either framework, with the ability to learn or adopt Playwright.
- Familiarity with tools such as Selenium, JMeter, JUnit/TestNG, or Playwright Test.
- Experience testing web services (REST/SOAP) and validating JSON/XML structures.
- Proficiency with API testing tools such as Postman or SOAPUI.
- Experience with Intelli
J or VS Code. - Strong test planning, test case creation, and execution skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
- Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and self‑directed.
- Knowledge of TDD concepts; experience with CI/CD is a nice-to-have, not required.
- Excellent written communication skills for documenting test results, defects, and technical details.
- A collaborative, proactive mindset and passion for continuous improvement.
- Cellphone or personal device to receive MFA (multi‑factor authentication) texts or calls.
- Have an internet connection that’s adequate for their job, a minimum of 10
Mbps down.
$70 - $90
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