Technical Quality Assurance Lead for Travel Platform
1 month ago
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Technical Quality Assurance Lead to join our dynamic technology team in Manchester, UK. As a key member of our award-winning digital platform, you will contribute to delivering high-quality software releases and ensuring the reliability of our technology products.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee all product stream/domain testing activities during the product development lifecycle, including functional, regression, performance, and security testing.
- Contribute to strategic QA direction at Travel Counsellors.
- Track and report on test coverage, defect statuses, and other key quality metrics.
- Lead & mentor QA Automation Engineers, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with product owners, developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and define test strategies.
- Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts using common testing frameworks and tools – Selenium, SpecFlow, Pact, Gatling etc.
- Experience in configuring and managing test environments, ensuring they are stable and mirror production environments closely.
- Implement and maintain automated test suites for functional testing, regression testing, and performance testing.
- Identify, document, and track software defects and work closely with development teams to resolve them.
- Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and release management activities to ensure high-quality software releases.
- Stay updated on emerging trends and best practices in software testing and automation.
- Review automated and manual test cases and feedback to QAs around test coverage and scope.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of tests.
Requirements
- Experience writing automated, browser-based, end-to-end functional tests using the Selenium WebDriver, preferably with C# (APIs, as opposed to record/playback IDE).
- Hands-on experience in API testing (Postman, BDD using SpecFlow preferred and contract testing e.g using Pact).
- Capability to cross-test on various devices including laptops and mobile devices.
- Experience in Test Plan preparation, estimation, and status reporting.
- Experience writing performance tests identifying areas of improvement across a platform.
- Proficiency in Git for version control.
- Experience in Manual testing (UAT/System/Regression).
- Good working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD & Blue Green Deployments.
- Experience with Dev/QA collaboration to derive Test Cases/ Scenarios.
- Working knowledge of testing microservices and the different types needed including unit, integration, contract, load, stress, security, resiliency testing.
- You will work well under pressure, alongside colleagues to support the business community.
- Working knowledge of Cloud platforms (AWS).
Benefits
- A competitive basic salary £85,000 + annual company bonus.
- Flexible hybrid working model (2 days home, 3 days office).
- Career development and promotional opportunities.
- 25 days holidays (increasing to 28 after 5 years of service).
- A Moments That Matter day (annually).
- Enhanced Maternity / Paternity pay.
- Holiday buy and sell (up to 5 days per year).
- 3 paid days charity leave.
- Company events, socials, and incentives.
- 3x annual salary death in service benefit.
- Company Pension scheme.
- Costco Membership.
- Salary sacrifice, company car scheme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Free breakfast, fruit, and hot/cold beverages.
- Referral scheme.
- Employee discount.
- Private Medical Insurance (taxable benefit) or Healthcare Cash Plan (costs incurred by employees).
About Us
At Travel Counsellors, we value the hard work and effort that our colleagues put in. We offer a wide range of employee benefits to show our appreciation, including a competitive salary, flexible working, career development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
Location
The role is based in Manchester, UK, and requires occasional travel to other locations within the region.
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