Senior QA Engineer (London or Poland Remote)

Simple Machines is a leading independent boutique technology firm with a global presence, including teams in London, Sydney, San Francisco, and New Zealand. We specialise in creating technology solutions at the intersection of data, AI, machine learning, data engineering, and software engineering. Our mission is to help enterprises, technology companies, and governments better connect with and understand their organisations, their people, their customers, and citizens.

We are a team of creative engineers and technologists dedicated to unleashing the potential of data in new and impactful ways. We design and build bespoke data platforms and unique software products, create and deploy intelligent systems, and bring engineering expertise to life by transforming data into actionable insights and tangible outcomes.

The Role: Simple Machines are seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join either our fast growing London team or Poland team. The role will see you working on a range of projects for our enterprise clients, responsible for the strategy, implementation and delivery of high-quality software and platform solutions. You would be embedded into Simple Machines engineering teams, working closely with engineers and alongside our clients, driving quality standards and providing advice and execution support on all things Quality and Testing.

About you:

• 5-10 years professional experience in Software Engineering and/or QA Engineering
• Past project experience in Playwright and Typescript
• Must be located within travel distance from either office locations (London or Warsaw)
• Hands‑on experience in defining and implementing test cases
• Solid technical knowledge in Software Engineering (Java (or Kotlin), React Redux)

Technical Responsibilities:

• Define and implement test cases: be a hands on expert, able to help define test cases as well as guide others in doing so.
• Provide structure to test suites for ease of ongoing management, and build them into the chosen tooling.
• Consult and guide our clients by showing them how it’s done well.
• Optimise the test suites: be passionate about the continued optimisation of testing for the benefit of commercial outcomes around the platform.
• Drive the improvement of key metrics such as execution time, issue counts, operational cost and manual effort.
• Partner with engineering: work side by side with SM and client engineering teams to collectively deliver great software and platforms for our clients.
• Work closely with tech leads and engineers at all levels to deliver quality products first time, every time.
• Embed quality into the product lifecycle: be an ambassador for quality assurance throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support the requirements and design process with a test viewpoint; through to the monitoring and refinement of issue management and triage processes with our clients.
• Contribute and advise about test strategy and approach: help define, implement and continually evolve effective test strategies for the platforms and software that Simple Machines build for our clients.

Ideal Skills and Experience:

• Functional test tools: proficient and knowledgeable with a range of test tools for the management and automation of tests across the full stack.
• Experience of defining and implementing test cases in common test tools such as Cucumber.
• Business domain expertise: Proven track record of quickly understanding new business domains in depth and applying this knowledge to testing strategies.
• Testing methodologies: have worked with and can understand the benefits / drawbacks of different test methodologies such as Behaviour Driven Development (BDD).
• Testing for CI/CD: have worked with products and software following CI/CD principles before and can help embed the testing for a robust continuous delivery capability.
• Enterprise software experience: have worked in a range of environments, in QA roles, including enterprise environments with a broad application architecture.
• AWS & GCP experience: have hands on experience with platforms delivered in AWS and GCP, and have a good knowledge of the technology these cloud providers offer.
• Technology: have knowledge and experience with Kotlin, Java, React Redux.