Senior QA Engineer

Pharmacy2U Ltd

Senior QA Engineer ensuring quality across Pharmacy2U's technology platforms within Agile engineering squads. Owning complex product areas and influencing quality standards in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeLeeds • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £NaN per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaScriptTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Owning quality for complex or high‑risk product areas, making decisions on approach, coverage, and tooling
Writing, maintaining, and reviewing automation independently and to a high standard
Contributing to test coverage across UI, API, and integration layers, applying tests at the appropriate level
Leading manual and exploratory testing on complex or high‑risk features where automation is not suitable or where capacity requires it
Investigating issues across services, environments, and teams when failures occur in unfamiliar or complex ways
Shaping acceptance criteria during refinement and identifying risk before development begins
Coaching QA Engineers and Associates through technical pairing, code reviews, and constructive feedback
Contributing to shared standards, templates, and ways of working, and influencing how quality is delivered across engineering
Reviewing pull requests for testability and coverage quality, not just the presence of tests
Bringing well‑informed perspectives on emerging testing approaches and applying them with sound judgement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Able to make independent, well‑reasoned decisions on coverage, tooling, and approach for complex initiatives
Brings informed perspectives on emerging testing approaches, combined with ongoing curiosity and a commitment to learning
Communicates clearly in writing and verbally, whether producing defect summaries, test strategies, or stakeholder updates
Communicates risk clearly and confidently to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
Cares about the people impacted by what is tested, with a clear understanding that this means patients in this context
Brings strong hands‑on QA experience across web and mobile platforms, with a track record of owning quality for complex work
Proficient with Playwright, Cypress, or similar modern automation frameworks, with the ability to design as well as build automated tests
Experienced working closely with engineers, including reviewing pull requests and pairing on test implementation
Approaches testing with an automation‑first mindset and can clearly explain when automation is or is not the right choice
Experience coaching less‑experienced QA colleagues and values the development of others
Working knowledge of TypeScript or JavaScript and is comfortable spending time in the codebase alongside engineers

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive contributory pension
Occupational sick pay
Long-service awards and refer-a-friend bonuses
Professional registration fees covered (GPhC, NMC, CIPD and more)
Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes (subject to eligibility)
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Flexible hybrid working to help balance work and home life
Private healthcare insurance at discounted rates (Aviva)
Employee Assistance Programme and in-house mental health support
Access to discounted gym memberships via Blue Light Card and benefits schemes
Regular health and wellbeing initiatives
Strong commitment to CPD, training and professional development
25 days annual leave, increasing with service
Buy and sell holiday scheme
Blue Light Card and employee discount platform
Exclusive discounts at The Springs, Leeds
25% off health & beauty purchases
25% off Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor services
Regular social events throughout the year

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Hard Skills & Tools

automationtest coveragemanual testingexploratory testingtest strategiesPlaywrightCypressTypeScriptJavaScriptcode reviews

Soft Skills

decision makingcommunicationcoachingcuriositycommitment to learningrisk assessmentcollaborationconstructive feedbackinfluencingpeople-centric approach