Senior Agile QA in Manchester

Senior Agile QA – CDL Software

Location: North West UK – Hybrid

Compensation: £48,000 – £54,000 per year

We’re looking for a Senior Agile Test QA to join our ranks. With a strong collaborative focus and a drive for continuous improvement, you’ll play a key part in supporting the implementation of strategic initiatives which enable better practices for our Delivery Teams to develop features that delight our customers. You’ll be an experienced Agile advocate, with a strong testing background and a desire to iterate, innovate, and instigate quality‑driven approaches and processes. You’ll ideally have some automation skills to flex, and love to advocate for new ways to do things. You’ll be an inspiring teacher, coaching and mentoring others to improve their skills and acting as a role‑model to develop the stars of tomorrow.

Key Responsibilities

• Support delivery of key initiatives and improvements to drive a quality culture in testing roles and beyond.
• Champion the Testing Vision, providing everyday role‑modeling, motivating, mentoring and helping others to develop their skills.
• Advocate for quality being everyone’s responsibility, embed better practices and a strong Test Pyramid automation focus.
• Consider functional and non‑functional quality including performance and security.
• Maintain a technically competent, knowledge‑driven presence and help cultivate an enjoyable, enthusiastic working environment.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Excellent understanding of Agile testing principles.
• Experience in fast‑paced Agile/Scrum environments.
• Cradle‑to‑grave approach to baking quality into software delivery.
• TDD and BDD techniques knowledge.
• Proficiency in a variety of testing techniques and approaches.
• Solution‑oriented mindset.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven coaching and mentoring experience.
• Positive, proactive ‘can‑do’ attitude.
• Problem‑solving and improvement delivery track record.
• Experience with cloud‑based and serverless infrastructure.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests.
• Proven knowledge of databases and query languages (SQL/NoSQL).
• Experience with automation tools such as Jest, Cucumber, Cypress.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript preferred.
• Leadership capability desirable.
• Performance and security testing experience desirable.
• Insurance industry experience desirable.

Benefits

• Hybrid working (2 days a week in the office – SK4 2HD).
• Truly flexible working.
• 25 days holiday to start, increasing to 30 days with service.
• Top employer for the 9th year running.
• Excellent training and development platform.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Health and wellbeing programme.
• Virtual activities, lunch & learn, coffee mornings, meetups.
• Life and health assurance.
• Electric vehicle scheme.
• Recognition award system.
• Parental benefits.
• Diversity and inclusion network.
• Pension scheme.
• Community projects and volunteer days.
• Refer a friend bonus.

Campus Benefits

• On‑site free parking.
• Open‑plan modern offices.
• Quiet spaces.
• Shuttle bus to and from the station.
• Subsidised restaurant.
• Games room and chill‑out zone.
• Annual hackathon & deep racer events.
• Social activities, quarterly events.
• Car wash, barber, yoga, boot‑camp, massage on site.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Shower and dry rooms.

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re on a journey to keep innovating, welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking. CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all applicants.