Senior QA Engineer

Permanent role, 37 hours per week

Competitive Salary (£42,000 to £58,000 FTE dependent on experience)

Hybrid Role - home working with minimum 2 set office days in Leeds

The role

Are you ready to join an innovative and dynamic organisation redefining the future of education? This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a passionate and forward-thinking team, driving impactful change and shaping the educational landscape for future generations. You'll have the unique privilege of helping to support White Rose Education's vision of empowering educators, enhancing student outcomes and expanding our reach and impact globally.

We are seeking a Lead QA Engineer to establish and lead our quality assurance function across both our website and app development teams.

As this is the first QA role within the business, you will have the opportunity to shape our testing strategy, define best practices, and embed a culture of quality throughout our development lifecycle.

You'll work closely with developers, designers and stake holders to ensure our products meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and user experience.

Could it be you?

You will need to be a great team player, as excellent teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. You'll be a positive thinker, willing to flex, adapt and go the extra mile. A natural ability to develop and maintain excellent professional working relationships, solve complex problems and manage multiple priorities with tact and discretion is essential. This role will be immensely rewarding, and you will relish the excitement of helping to transform lives.

Applications:

Closing date: 4pm on Friday 17th April 2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

Start date of role: ASAP

Interview Process:

All applications will be considered in line with our recruitment practices. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an assessment day.

Requirements

We are seeking a Lead QA Engineer to establish and lead our quality assurance function across both our website and app development teams.

As this is the first QA role within the business, you will have the opportunity to shape our testing strategy, define best practices, and embed a culture of quality throughout our development lifecycle.

You'll work closely with developers, designers and stake holders to ensure our products meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and user experience.

Key accountabilities of the role:

• Define, implement, and continuously improve the company's QA processes for both web and app development.
• Design and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases for new and existing features.
• Conduct manual and automated regression testing to identify issues before release and prevent the introduction of new bugs.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate testing into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Manage and prioritise testing across multiple projects, ensuring release readiness.
• Provide leadership and mentorship on QA best practices to developers and stakeholders.
• Create clear documentation for test processes, results, and issue tracking.
• Advocate for quality and user experience throughout the software development lifecycle.
  
  

Other duties:

All staff must have an awareness and commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. It is an expectation that all staff will share this commitment.

All staff must abide by company policies and procedures, copies of which are available on our HR system.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified within this job description.

This job description is current at the date shown. It will be reviewed at least annually, and in consultation with you, it may be changed by the SLT to reflect or anticipate changes in the role or business need.

Key relationships of the role:

Developers, Marketing Team, SLT

Direct reports:

N/A

Person Specification - Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Proven experience as a QA Engineer / Senior QA Engineer, ideally in a software product or SaaS environment.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing types (functional, regression, integration, UAT), and best practices.
• Experience testing web applications and mobile apps (iOS and Android).
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks such as Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or similar.
• Knowledge of API testing tools (e.g. Postman).
• Experience with bug tracking systems (Jira) and test management tools.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating test automation within them.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
  
  

Desirable:

• Experience in a lead QA or QA setup role within a growing organisation.
• Familiarity with AWS, Symfony, or React/TypeScript environments.
• Knowledge of performance and security testing tools.