Senior QA Engineer

Waracle are looking for a Senior QA Engineer for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.

We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.

This is a Hybrid role working from our Dundee or Glasgow offices 2 days a week.

Are you a highly experienced and influential Senior QA Engineer with a passion for mobile testing? Waracle, a world-class digital technology consultancy, is seeking a visionary QA leader to join our dynamic team.

This isn't just about testing; it's about shaping strategy, leading excellence, and ensuring the highest standards of quality across the entire software development lifecycle for complex digital products. If you're a proactive problem-solver, a natural mentor, and a thought leader in quality assurance, we want to hear from you.

What you'll do:

• Lead QA Strategy: Define and execute comprehensive test strategies, ensuring robust coverage for functional, non-functional, and security aspects across both web and critical mobile platforms (iOS and Android).

• Drive Automation Excellence: Master and extend automation frameworks for web and mobile, focusing on code quality, reusability, and self-documentation.

• Champion Quality: Lead defect triage, enforce traceability, and proactively anticipate/resolve blockers to ensure exceptional product quality.

• Mentor & Collaborate: Actively coach and mentor junior QA engineers in both web and mobile testing best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning within multidisciplinary teams.

• Innovate & Influence: Proactively integrate new testing tools, keep a keen eye on emerging trends in mobile and web test automation, and represent Waracle as a thought leader at industry events.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive Senior QA Experience: Ideally within a digital consultancy, with a strong portfolio of impactful QA leadership.

• Mobile Testing Expertise: Proven experience with mobile application testing (iOS & Android), including automation frameworks.

• Automation Mastery: Capable of creating and extending frameworks with a strong focus on code quality (Playwright experience a plus).

• Strategic Mindset: Demonstrated ability to define test strategies and drive tooling integration, especially for mobile applications.

• Agile Proficiency: Comprehensive expertise in QA best practices and Agile methodologies (SDLC, Agile).

• Technical Acumen: Proven mastery in functional, non-functional, and white-box testing, including security testing fundamentals.

• Leadership & Mentorship: Exceptional abilities in coaching and contributing to team development.

• Problem-Solving Prowess: Strong skills in defect management, triage leadership, and risk anticipation.

• Excellent Communication: Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams and engaging in external thought leadership.

The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!).

After that, you'll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your skills and experience. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.

We have various events, days out, competitions and incentives throughout the year and here are some other benefits you can expect as permanent team member at Waracle:

• 🏡Flexible and Hybrid working

• 🏖35 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)

• 💸Matched Pension up to 5%

• 🤒Medicash Proactive Health Cover

• 🧘‍♀️Health and Wellbeing Support through Unum

• 📈Access to 1000s Personal Development Courses

• 🏥Group Life and Sickness Cover

• 🍼Enhanced parental leave

• 🤑Access to exclusive savings and discounts on top brands

Plus many more!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.