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. 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. 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, • Excellent communication skills •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 •Continuous Testing within a pipeline/container. Jenkins/Azure DevOps, Docker •Git-based Source Control •Cucumber libraries •SQL Server •API tools e.g., Swagger, Postman •Test repository such as qTest/Azure DevOps Test Plans. •It would be great if you also had: •ISTQB/ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing, •Experience testing HL7 messages, •Non-functional testing (performance/load/volume preferably). What Does Access Offer for You: •A very competitive salary package. •Continuous learning and development opportunities. •Standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer you’re with us) •A collaborative and innovative work environment with cutting-edge technologies. •Opportunities for career progression within a growing company We pride ourselves on being an organisation that gives back so you’ll also have a charity day you can take to support something that matters to you. By joining Access, you'll be part of a forward-thinking, innovative team dedicated to delivering high-quality software solutions. We're looking for individuals who are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to our success. Apply today to take the next step in your career! At Access we’re all about helping everyone Love Work and Love Life. Why? Because we believe people can only be their best when they can be themselves. So, if you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t match perfectly, we’d still love to hear from you. You might just be whom we are looking for. We love the fact that we’re all different. We believe by having more diverse perspectives at work improves how we run our business, helps us to better support our customers, and when you think about it, it’s just more fun! What’s holding you back? Come and be part of our Amazing Access Family! Love Work. Love Life. Be You.