Senior QA Engineer

Senior Agile QA Engineer – Remote (Europe)We are hiring a Senior Agile QA Engineer to join a high-performing product squad within a modern, cloud-based engineering environment. This is a hands-on QA role, embedded directly into the squad, focusing on shift-left quality, automation, and AI-enhanced testing practices.If you enjoy being the quality voice in an autonomous team, use AI to accelerate your workflow, and want real ownership over how quality is done, this will be a strong match.What You’ll DoLead quality strategy within your squad—define test scope, approach, and risk modelsUse data/metrics to drive quality decisions and identify risk earlyWork closely with Product & Engineering from the very start of the lifecycleOwn and maintain automated tests (Playwright, API, integration)Strengthen the team’s shift-left mindsetContribute to non-functional testing: performance, resilience, security, accessibilityDrive improvements across test coverage, tooling, and quality debtUse AI tools to speed up test creation, analysis, debugging, and risk reviewsCollaborate with developers to improve their testing skills and approachesWhat We’re Looking For8+ years of hands-on QA experience within agile squadsStrong automation background across UI and API layersSolid experience in microservices and modern distributed systemsConfident reading code and reviewing test coverageData-driven approach to testing and risk analysisComfortable working with CI/CD, cloud environments, containersExcellent communication skills (this is critical)Curious testers who embrace AI to make their work faster and smarterNice to Have:Experience with Playwright, TypeScript, Venom, Kafka, GraphQL, PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Elasticsearch, or resilience testing.What’s On Offer25 days holiday + public holidaysUp to 15% annual bonusRemote-first cultureWork with cutting-edge techReal ownership within an autonomous squadStrong career progression across product engineeringA big focus on testing innovation and AI-assisted qualityIf you would like to learn more then please contract us on jake@breakthroughtalent.co.uk.