The QA and UAT Tester is responsible for ensuring that software releases meet functional, quality, and business acceptance requirements before reaching production, through rigorous manual and UAT testing. This is a defined growth role: the successful candidate is expected to progressively build test automation skills and contribute an increasing share of automated coverage over time, supported by structured training and mentorship, with a clear path toward a Test Automation Engineer profile as capability develops.
Test Planning & Case Design
- Writes clear, traceable test cases and scripts from requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Maintains an organised, up-to-date test case repository aligned to current functionality.
- Ensures test coverage maps back to requirements and identifies gaps before test execution begins.
- Participates in requirement/acceptance-criteria reviews to raise testability concerns early.
Manual & UAT Test Execution
- Executes functional, regression, and end-to-end test cycles according to the test plan.
- Plans and coordinates UAT cycles with business stakeholders, including scheduling, scripts, and sign-off.
- Documents test results, evidence, and outcomes clearly for audit and traceability.
- Flags scope, environment, or data issues that put a test cycle at risk.
Defect Management & Reporting
- Logs defects with clear reproduction steps, evidence, severity, and priority.
- Tracks defects through to resolution and retests fixes before closure.
- Maintains accurate defect status and communicates blockers or high-risk defects promptly.
- Analyses defect trends to identify recurring problem areas.
Quality Gate & Release Readiness
- Contributes to and upholds the team's Definition of Done and quality gate criteria.
- Provides a clear go/no-go quality recommendation ahead of each release.
- Escalates quality risks early rather than allowing them to surface at release time.
- Maintains release-level test summary documentation for audit and stakeholder visibility.
Test Automation Skill-Building & Contribution
- Actively develops automation skills through training, mentorship, and hands-on practice as part of an agreed development plan.
- Contributes to and maintains automated test scripts for repetitive regression scenarios, with support from senior team members.
- Progressively takes on greater ownership of automation as competence grows, moving from assisted to independent contribution.
- Shares learnings and automation progress with the wider QA and development team.
Collaboration with Development & Product
- Works closely with developers, Business Analysts, and the Product Owner to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Participates in sprint planning, refinement, and review to provide a quality perspective early ("shift-left" testing).
- Pairs with developers to understand root causes of defects and prevent recurrence.
- Provides constructive, timely feedback on testability and edge cases during design and development.
Continuous Improvement & Documentation
- Identifies and proposes improvements to test processes, templates, and tooling.
- Maintains clear, current test documentation and a shared testing knowledge base.
- Actively participates in retrospectives and follows through on agreed improvement actions.
- Stays current with testing best practice and emerging automation tools/techniques.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- ISTQB Foundation Certification (or equivalent testing certification) is advantageous.
- 1-3 years' experience in manual and/or User Acceptance Testing (UAT) within a software development environment.
- Experience writing clear, traceable test cases and test scripts from requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Experience executing functional, regression, and UAT test cycles and documenting results.
- Experience logging, tracking, and retesting defects using a defect-tracking tool (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps, Zephyr, Xray).
- Working understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile/Scrum ways of working.
- Basic SQL skills for data validation and test-data setup.
