QA Engineer (Full time, Permanent) - Bristol

We have an exciting opening for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join the team on a full-time, permanent basis. If you are a self-starter with a high interest for Software Development and enjoy collaborating in a team setting, we would like to hear from you.

About The Role

HealthHero is on a mission to simplify healthcare. We deliver innovative digital health solutions and we're looking for a conscientious and experienced QA Engineer to help us ensure the highest quality in everything we build.

As a QA Engineer, you will bring your passion for quality and automation to help our teams create robust, high-quality products. You'll work within an agile engineering team, championing a "whole team" approach to testing and embedding quality early in the development lifecycle.

Day to day, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Promote quality principles and best practices, especially shift-left testing

Foster a collaborative, whole-team approach to quality and testing

Collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to define clear, testable user stories

Identify and communicate risks in features and user stories

Create test scenarios, exploratory test charters, and testing notes

Pair with developers for testing and demoing of features

Design, implement, and maintain automated tests, including:

• UI end-to-end tests using Playwright
• API checks and integration tests
• Analyse bugs and errors found during tests and recommend improvements
• Document test results and contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes
• Develop a deep understanding of business processes, integrations, and workflows
  
  

About You, Essential Skills

• You understand the value of testing early and often
• You think beyond bug detection—you're focused on prevention
• You're proactive, curious, and always looking to improve
• You stay current with QA/testing trends and tools
• You have excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
• You're a strong communicator and a collaborative team player
  
  

Key Job Requirements:

• Proven experience in software quality assurance
• Strong experience with automated testing frameworks, ideally Playwright
• Experience with integration, smoke, UAT, and regression testing
• Web and mobile app testing experience
• API testing experience (e.g., Postman, Insomnia)
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Experience with bug tracking tools like JIRA
• Exploratory testing using charters/missions
• Programming experience in C# or JavaScript (or willingness to learn)
  
  

Nice to have:

• Exposure to non-functional testing (performance, security, accessibility)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test automation in DevOps environments
• Knowledge of test reporting and monitoring tools
  
  

About HealthHero

HealthHero is a digital-first, end-to-end healthcare provider. We connect smart digital tools with gold-standard clinical expertise to enhance people's whole health and optimise healthcare efficiency.  Active in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany, HealthHero offers 5 million consultations annually and provides services to 30 million covered lives. Our mission is simplifying healthcare, improving lives.

Why Us?

• A chance to shape content for one of Europe's most ambitious digital health companies
• Work that matters - making healthcare simpler, more accessible and more human
• Supportive, down-to-earth team with a strong mission and values
  
  

What We Offer

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off
• Access to HealthHero's digital healthcare services (GP, mental health and more)
• Life cover, cycle to work and electric car schemes
• Pension scheme and salary exchange
  
  

Salary: Highly competitive + excellent Benefits

Office based: Bristol (hybrid working available)

Apply

Please submit your application and cover letter by Friday 29th August (17:00)

Should you wish to discuss the role in greater detail please contact [email protected]

Additional Information

We reserve the right to close this job in the event we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Please note that we are unfortunately unable to offer a sponsor licence to candidates who require sponsorship from their employer.

Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity

In line with our commitment to Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity, we welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds. We are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and aim to establish an inclusive working environment. As such, we welcome diverse applications from candidates irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We are a certified Disability Confident Employer and is committed to affording equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs. Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any part of your application process, please let us know by contacting us at [email protected]