QA Engineer, Salon Ops – Reporting

Phorest Software

QA Engineer automating tests for Phorest's salon software platform. Collaborating with teams to enhance product quality and customer satisfaction.

Posted 6/13/2026full-time🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cypress

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be hands on testing new features and performing regression tests for various services
Design, develop and execute both manual and automated tests to verify the functionality of the system
Develop regression automated test suites
Identify, report and track issues to resolution
Help developers reproduce errors, and ensure that defects are fixed
Work closely with product managers, designers and developers
Participate in stand ups, plannings, backlog sessions etc. for team’s projects
Be responsible for signing off the feature to be released
Analyse features during the design and development process to point out weaknesses or ambiguities
Create test plans and overall be responsible for test management
Review stories and create bugs when needed
Be a quality advocate on the team ensuring quality is a responsibility for all members of the team
Never stop learning, pursue latest technologies, seek for best solutions
Challenge the norm and won’t be afraid to voice your opinions
Join a group of highly skilled QA engineers continuously looking to improve the quality strategy across the org.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years experience in software quality assurance
Excellent manual testing skills and out-of-the-box ad hoc testing skills.
Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
Experience with Agile development methodologies and working in a cross-functional team environment
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Curious mindset & detail oriented
Nice To Have:
An ISTQB® Foundation Level certificate
Automation testing experience
Experience using Cypress and/or Playwright to write automated tests
Experience with Looker CI features and validators a bonus
Knowledge of CI/CD process and how testing can be brought in there
Github experience
Performance and security testing experience or interest
Experience working in the salon or beauty industry

Benefits

Comp & perks

Your wellbeing is important to us - we provide private healthcare, 2 Wellness Days, an employee assistance program and a free online GP service.
As part of our Financial Wellbeing, we provide competitive Compensation, an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection.
We help you travel by providing a bike to work scheme as well as tax saver transport tickets.
We support the women who work in Phorest by offering 2 weeks leave for Fertility Treatment, Pregnancy Loss and Menopause.
We care for your family and provide Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Benefits.
We grow our own timber! We provide a great learning environment and extensive development opportunities.
We run development programs and provide access to many online resources including LinkedIn learning.
Moving house? Phorest employees get 3 moving days.

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Hard Skills & Tools

manual testingautomated testingtest planstest casesregression testingCypressPlaywrightCI/CDperformance testingsecurity testing

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunication skillscurious mindsetdetail orientedquality advocacyteam collaborationadaptabilitycritical thinkingopinion voicing

Certifications

ISTQB Foundation Level