At a Glance
- Tasks: You will own testing activities, ensuring quality from refinement to release.
- Company: Experian Consumer Services is seeking a QA Engineer for their Marketplace product teams.
- Benefits: Work within a cross-functional team and collaborate closely with engineers and stakeholders.
- Other info: Experience testing Flutter-based mobile applications is desirable.
- Why this job: Join a team focused on delivering reliable, user-focused solutions in an Agile environment.
- Qualifications: Strong understanding of automation and manual QA principles; experience with Playwright and Postman.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
Requirements
- Good understanding of both automation & manual QA principles, testing techniques, and the software development lifecycle in an Agile environment.
- Background performing domain and exploratory testing and think about test coverage from a user and risk/impact perspective.
- Experience with a variety of testing tools for web and mobile applications including but not limited to: Android studio, Datadog, Postman, VS code, Github, Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with updating tests in Playwright & Postman automation frameworks.
- Experience in providing test coverage and confidence to deadlines.
- Experience testing Flutter-based mobile applications is desirable.
What the job involves
- Experian Consumer Services are looking for a QA Engineer to join one of our Marketplace product teams, in this role you will consistently build quality into what we deliver.
- You will operate within a cross‑functional team and work closely with engineers, product owners, and stakeholders to support quality throughout the development lifecycle.
- You will need to have a strong QA foundation and enjoy understanding how systems work, identifying risk, and collaborating with others to deliver reliable, user-focused solutions.
- Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager.
- Owning testing activities for your team's features, ensuring quality is considered from refinement through to release.
- Actively reviewing and challenging requirements and acceptance criteria, asking questions to uncover risk early.
- Identifying edge cases, data issues, and user-impacting scenarios across new and existing functionality.
- Performing testing across multiple environments, devices, and clients, including: Web (cross-browser) and Mobile (iOS & Android).
- Collaborating closely with engineers to support integration and end-to-end testing efforts.
- Help define appropriate test coverage based on system behaviour, user journeys, change impact, and risk via Domain, exploratory and risk-based testing.
- Own and contribute to the team's defect backlog, supporting prioritisation discussions with the Product Owner.
- Support daily release activities by providing clear input on release confidence and risk.
- Help with the investigation of production issues, using logs or monitoring tools to support triage and resolution.
Quality Engineer in Nottingham employer: Experian
Experian Consumer Services offers a dynamic work environment in the tech industry, focusing on quality assurance. Located in a collaborative setting, the team values strong QA foundations and user-centric solutions. Employees benefit from working closely with engineers and product owners to enhance product quality.
We think you need these skills to ace Quality Engineer in Nottingham
Automation QA Principles
Manual QA Principles
Testing Techniques
Software Development Lifecycle
Agile Environment
Domain Testing
Exploratory Testing
