Senior Quality Assurance Engineer II; Global Payroll

Senior QA Engineer

MHR is offering an exciting opportunity for a Senior QA Engineer to join one of our innovative software delivery teams. This is a fantastic time to join, as we have ambitious plans to grow our market‑leading HR and Payroll SaaS solution and are revising our quality and test automation strategy to match.

It’s a great opportunity to help shape software quality and test automation for a large engineering department, and see your own skills and experience develop rapidly. Our teams operate using Agile development practices, we promote collaboration, continuous improvement and self‑development. We also have an established, supportive, and welcoming QA community.

• Collaborate with and help your Scrum team to: accurately estimate, plan and manage Sprints.
• Identify and mitigate risks to software quality.
• Define, measure and maintain software quality of the features being delivered.
• Prevent flaws being introduced to the application.
• Provide fast and accurate feedback to software engineers when bugs are detected.
• Maintain automation test frameworks, adding new tests following MHR standards; contribute improvements to existing tests, the framework, or test process or standards.
• Build deep business domain and technical knowledge of our application.
• Mentor less experienced QAs in test automation.

• Experience using an object‑oriented software language.
• Experience using version control tools, branching strategies and following coding standards.
• At least 2 years’ experience writing test automation code for UI and/or API.
• Analytical test design for functionality, performance, usability, reliability, compatibility, both automated and manual execution.
• Driving quality in an Agile environment through team collaboration (e.g., 3‑Amigos, Example Mapping).

• Software engineering experience (e.g., contributing to feature development in a fungible agile team).
• Designing and/or implementing API test frameworks running pre‑deployment / on pipeline agents.
• Playwright with Type Script / JavaScript (our current UI framework).
• ‘Driven Design’ practices (e.g., TDD / BDD / DDD).

• Java, C# , .NET & Type Script or their derivatives.
• Azure cloud platform, Dev Ops, Application Insights.
• Angular.
• REST APIs.
• Relational Databases.
• Event‑driven architecture.
• HR and/or Payroll and/or Business Accounting legislation.

• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross‑departmental mentoring and coaching programs.
• 24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave.
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays.
• Enhanced family leave.
• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers.
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards.
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000.
• Employee‑led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake‑offs.
• On‑site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily.
• Opt‑in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage.

Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you’re excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive.

We’re committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported.

If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.