Senior QA Engineer

About IRIS Software Group

IRIS Software Group is one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, providing mission-critical solutions that help organisations reduce admin, improve efficiency, and focus on what matters. For over 45 years, we’ve grown from an accounting software provider to a global partner trusted by 100,000+ customers in 135 countries, including 50 of the Top 100 CPA firms in North America.

Our cloud-based accounting, HR, payroll, and education solutions are developed through our Centres of Excellence in India and Romania. Today, 1 in 6 UK employees are paid through IRIS payroll, we are the largest third-party online tax filer with HMRC, and our education software supports 12,000+ schools and 4 million families.

In 2024, we received multiple industry recognitions, including the Payroll Innovation Award (Global Payroll Association), Best EdTech Product (Global EdTech Awards), and Microsoft Security Partner of the Year. We are also proud to be consistently named a Great Place to Work, including Best Workplaces in Tech, Wellbeing, and for Women.

Summary :

The successful applicant will have experience in the fast paced delivery of robust automation tests against a web application.
You will need to demonstrate a passion for automation testing, an ongoing commitment to self-improvement and help drive a positive development culture.
As we have a focus on early feedback through a high velocity of releases, you will be critical in the on-going pursuit of higher quality output by adding a significant layer of protection around our functional hot paths.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and run test cases, identify and report defects, verify builds and bug fixes, meet best practices and industry standards for quality.
- Utilize knowledge in JavaScript/Typescript for a Cypress (Playwright experience is a bonus) automation framework, writing tests and maintaining our domain or alternatively, C# and Specflow for a Selenium automation framework.
- Work within CI:CT environment collaboratively with other teams for rapid, quality, release cycles.

Skills and Experience needed:

- Passionate about technology and QA
- Willing to learn new tech concepts and try new tools
- A continuous improvement mindset
- Experience in Javascript, Typescript and Cypress or C# with Selenium and Specflow is Preferred.
- Experience with non-functional testing concepts like security (OWASP), accessibility (Lighthouse)
- Familiarity with principles of CI:CT, version control, light coding.