Quality Assurance Analyst FTC

The Role

Key Responsibilities

• You will plan, design and run manual testing across Flexigrant, including exploratory, functional, regression and edge-case testing.
• You will build and maintain automated tests and help grow our automated test coverage.
• You will work with developers and the Product Manager to refine requirements and turn them into clear, testable acceptance criteria.
• You will reproduce and document issues clearly, giving developers concise, actionable feedback so they can resolve them quickly.
• You will carry out API testing and use SQL to validate data and investigate issues.
• You will support releases each sprint, balancing planned testing with reactive support, and take part in refinement, sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.
• You will use AI tooling as a core part of your daily workflow to improve testing processes and speed up delivery.
• You will share product knowledge across the team and help improve our QA processes and practices.

Key Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• 4+ years in a software QA or testing role, ideally within an Agile team.
• Strong manual testing skills (exploratory, functional, regression and edge-case), including web applications across devices and browsers.
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium or Cypress.
• API testing experience (for example Postman) and working knowledge of SQL for data validation.
• The ability to turn requirements from meetings and conversations into test cases and testable acceptance criteria.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Daily use of AI tools such as Claude or GitHub Copilot, with the judgement to prompt, steer and critically review their output.
• Excellent attention to detail and time management, with the ability to prioritise several test items at once.
• A collaborative, patient communicator who builds trusted relationships with developers and product colleagues.
• Interest or experience in AI-assisted and agentic testing workflows (desirable).
• ISTQB Foundation (CTFL) or BCS Foundation Certificate in Software Testing, or a further ISTQB, test automation, API testing or Agile certification (desirable).
• Familiarity with accessibility testing and WCAG (desirable).
• No degree or formal qualification is required. Demonstrable QA experience matters most.
• #Flexigrant

Requirements

• 4+ years in a software QA or testing role, ideally within an Agile team.
• Strong manual testing skills (exploratory, functional, regression and edge-case), including web applications across devices and browsers.
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium or Cypress.
• API testing experience (for example Postman) and working knowledge of SQL for data validation.
• The ability to turn requirements from meetings and conversations into test cases and testable acceptance criteria.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Daily use of AI tools such as Claude or GitHub Copilot, with the judgement to prompt, steer and critically review their output.
• Excellent attention to detail and time management, with the ability to prioritise several test items at once.
• A collaborative, patient communicator who builds trusted relationships with developers and product colleagues.
• Interest or experience in AI-assisted and agentic testing workflows (desirable).
• ISTQB Foundation (CTFL) or BCS Foundation Certificate in Software Testing, or a further ISTQB, test automation, API testing or Agile certification (desirable).
• Familiarity with accessibility testing and WCAG (desirable).
• No degree or formal qualification is required. Demonstrable QA experience matters most.
• #Flexigrant