Senior Application QA

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Senior Application QA to join our growing Quality Engineering team supporting a major UK Financial Services client.

This role is responsible for ensuring the quality of enterprise applications developed using the Appian platform through a combination of manual testing, automation, quality engineering practices and collaboration across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

As a Senior QA, you will work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps Engineers and Business Stakeholders to deliver robust, reliable and high-quality software. You will contribute to the design and execution of testing strategies, build and maintain automation frameworks, participate in release activities, and help continuously improve our overall quality engineering capability.

This is a highly hands-on role requiring excellent technical skills, strong analytical thinking and a proactive approach to quality.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Engineering & Test Strategy

• Contribute to the definition and continuous improvement of QA strategy, testing standards and quality engineering practices.
• Promote Shift-Left testing by participating in requirements analysis, backlog refinement and solution design sessions.
• Review business and technical requirements to ensure they are testable and complete.

Manual Testing

• Design, prepare and execute comprehensive manual test cases and test scenarios.
• Perform:
  • Functional Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • End-to-End Testing
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support
• Validate business processes, workflows and application behaviour.
• Execute testing across multiple environments and browsers where applicable.
• Ensure all testing evidence is accurately recorded.

API & Integration Testing

• Validate RESTful APIs and system integrations.
• Perform request and response validation.
• Support testing of integrations between Appian and third-party platforms.
• Analyse logs and API responses to support troubleshooting and defect investigation.

Test Planning & Delivery

• Participate in Sprint Planning, backlog refinement and estimation sessions.
• Prepare test plans, test scenarios and execution schedules.
• Estimate testing effort for new functionality.
• Maintain full traceability between requirements, test cases and defects.

Defect Management

• Identify, document and manage software defects throughout their lifecycle.
• Perform root cause analysis alongside development teams.
• Validate defect fixes and regression impacts.
• Ensure defects contain sufficient evidence for efficient investigation.

CI/CD & DevOps

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support continuous testing practices.
• Execute automated smoke tests following deployments.
• Help improve deployment quality through automation.

Production & Release Support

• Participate in release readiness activities.
• Perform post-deployment validation.
• Support investigation of production incidents.
• Support production release sign-off where appropriate.

Test Data & Environment Management

• Prepare and maintain appropriate test data.
• Coordinate environment readiness for testing activities.
• Ensure data integrity throughout testing.

Non-Functional Testing Support

• Support and contribute to:
  • Performance Testing
  • Load Testing
  • Accessibility Testing
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Security Testing

Agile Delivery

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional delivery teams.
• Provide regular updates on testing progress and quality risks.
• Promote quality ownership across the delivery team.

Continuous Improvement

• Recommend improvements to testing processes, tools and frameworks.
• Contribute to QA standards and documentation.
• Mentor junior QA engineers.
• Share knowledge and best practices across the team.

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• 5+ years of experience in Software Testing or Quality Engineering.
• Strong experience across the complete Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC).
• Excellent manual testing skills across enterprise applications.
• Proven experience developing automation frameworks from scratch.
• Experience using Cucumber and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD).
• API testing experience using Postman or equivalent.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Git, GitHub or similar version control systems.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working within Financial Services.
• Knowledge of UK regulatory and compliance environments.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter.
• SQL and database testing experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS).
• Accessibility testing knowledge (WCAG).
• Experience with Docker or Kubernetes.
• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced Certification.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace or AppDynamics.

What We Offer

• A truly international environment, collaborating on global automation projects.
• The opportunity to experiment and innovate with Agentic AI solutions as we pioneer and rebrand our offering in the consultancy space.
• Work at the core of the automation and AI wave — we’re a pure-play automation company fully focused on innovation and future-ready solutions.
• A vibrant team culture, collaborative spirit and culture you can’t experience anywhere else!