Senior QA Engineer Join the Access Family and see how we make software ideas become a reality! Our core value of ‘Love work, Love life’ has been central to our success and so we’re looking for people to join us who share our passion for making things better every day, to help us achieve 2 million users of the Access Workspace platform. Are you ready for the challenge? What are we all about? At Access we love software and how technology never stays the same. It’s this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers. We pride ourselves on helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business. That’s why over 1 million users and over 40,000 organisations rely on Access software to help their organisation thrive. About The Opportunity: We have an exciting opportunity for a driven QA to join our healthcare team, to ensure we are delivering quality software that truly makes a difference to hospitals, in the UK and beyond. You have the chance to form part of a team working on a new software that not only streamlines healthcare processes, but also supports better patient care, and ultimately saves lives! About you: •You are collaborative, pragmatic, positive, competitive, assertive, commercially aware and driven to continuous learning/improvement. •You demonstrate excellent communication skills and can communicate with, and advise stakeholders in various departments at various levels, making recommendations based on risk, commercial factors, Quality approach and strategic objectives. •You have a “shift left” mentality and understand the importance of anticipating and identifying issues as early as possible in the SDLC. You show a great understanding of best practice, including why QA is necessary, objectives, cost of defects, principles of testing, software development models, testing levels & types. •You actively promote and show ownership of Quality centred activities. You can report risks and observations and identify areas where further testing may be required. •You are a skilled technical person with advanced knowledge of automation frameworks, performance, load, and security testing. Day-to-day, you will: • Advise, and collaborate with team stakeholders on the QA approach the wider team should take, to deliver quality deliverables. • Follow the agreed QA process and approach for both manual and automated testing, to align with the test & business strategy. Design, execute and record testing to a high standard, taking an approach suitable to an agile, fast-paced environment, according to the product teams’ definitions of done. • Actively contribute to backlog refinement, and take responsibility for understanding scope, risk, and complexity of changes from inception through to delivery. • Follow a risk-based approach, make risk-based recommendations, and identify, assess, and escalate quality risks. Contribute to developing test processes and improvements. • Report to the Squad Lead on progress and areas of risk. Work in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures. • Contribute to the creation and execution of automation tests where required. As a well-rounded Quality Engineer, your Skills and Experiences will include: •Experience of working in a fast-paced, Agile environment. Experience of working with SaaS or Web-based products, • Experience of defining and crafting test plans and writing solid, re-usable test cases to ensure functionality is appropriately documented and to support regression efforts, • Good understanding of Risk and how to identify and assess it, including Risk-based Testing, • Solid testing experience and good understanding of test approaches and techniques, • Experience of assisting in the development of test processes and improvements, •Experience of writing automation tests for UI, Mobile and/or API. Technology & Tools: •REST API test automation •UI (User Interface) test automation •Mobile automation using Appium/Browserstack. UI/API automation using Playwright & Typescript, • Continuous Testing within a pipeline/container. Jenkins/Azure DevOps, Docker • Git-based Source Control; Cucumber libraries; SQL Server What does Access offer you? What are we all about?  The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software to small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific. It helps more than 100,000 customers across commercial and non-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Our products and solutions go beyond providing technology, we connect the right people with the right data, at the right time, through Access Workspace.   At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. If you're excited about this role, (even if your previous experience doesn't align perfectly), you might just be the perfect fit for us! We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity. Why not join our vibrant team where you can love what you do, love how you live, and most importantly, be authentically you? Let's make a difference together. Love Work. Love Life. Be You.