QA Test Engineer

QA Test Engineer – Full-time, Permanent

Location: Poole, Dorset (4 days per week onsite)

Salary: £35-40,000 per annum, negotiable depending on experience, plus benefits

The Opportunity:

If you work in QA, you may know how frustrating it is to be brought in at the end of a project, handed a release, and expected to find everything that could go wrong without having had the opportunity to influence it earlier.

This role offers something more involving.

You’ll join an established software company that is investing in modern development tools and testing approaches. Working closely with developers, product specialists and DevOps throughout the Agile delivery cycle, you’ll help shape test coverage, identify risks, and improve how quality is built into complex software. Not simply check it at the end.

The work spans web, mobile and API-based applications, combining thoughtful manual and exploratory testing with automation. With varied projects, technically interesting problems, and software used at scale, this is an opportunity to keep learning while making a visible contribution to the reliability, security and performance of the product.

Why This Role Stands Out:

Salary is competitive and negotiable, up to around £40,000 per annum depending on experience

Annual salary reviews with regular market benchmarking

Hybrid working – 1 day per week remote from home

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme with employer contribution and matched enhancements

Health Cash Plan including 24/7 GP access, dental and optical cover

Death in Service cover (4x salary)

Employee Assistance Programme

Paid volunteering days

Discretionary bonus

Comfortable, modern open-plan office

Team and company social events

Autonomy, trust and long-term career progression

Structured training and development opportunities to help you grow

Supportive, team-focused culture that values your ideas and achievements

Why This QA Test Engineer Role May Appeal

Quality is treated as a shared responsibility, with close collaboration acros...