
Software QA Tester
Everfield
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Southampton • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AzureCloudCypressMicroservicesSeleniumSQL
About the role
- Develop, maintain, and execute test strategies, test plans, and test cases for a cloud-native application built on microservices and event-driven architecture.
- Test and validate REST APIs and service interactions.
- Create and maintain automated UI and API test suites as the product matures.
- Support the development team in identifying, reproducing, and diagnosing issues using logs, telemetry, and distributed tracing.
- Plan and Execute functional and regression testing for scheduled releases.
Requirements
- 3+ years’ experience in software QA, covering manual and/or automation testing.
- Strong understanding of testing methodologies: exploratory, regression, acceptance, and risk-based testing.
- Experience testing API-driven applications, using tools such as Postman, Swagger, or similar.
- Comfortable validating modern web applications (SPA frameworks, component-based UIs).
- Ability to write clear, structured test cases and defect reports.
- Experience querying data with SQL.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
- Experience with UI automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium (desirable).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps (desirable).
Benefits
- Opportunity to define and grow the QA function for a major new cloud product.
- Influence over tooling, processes, and automation strategy.
- Exposure to a modern SaaS architecture and event-driven microservices.
- Collaborative development environment with real product impact.
- Competitive salary and benefits (office-based Southampton or remote UK).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
software QAautomation testingtesting methodologiesAPI testingSQLUI automationfunctional testingregression testingtest case writingdefect reporting
Soft skills
communication skillscollaboration skills