Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Salary: £38,000 - 45,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a Quality Assurance or Software Testing role within a software delivery environment.
• An understanding of JavaScript and how it applies to test automation.
• Working knowledge of Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) and writing meaningful, readable test scenarios.
• Strong test analysis, preparation, and execution skills across the full testing lifecycle.
• Ability to break down requirements to user-story level and identify edge cases and risk areas.
• A pragmatic, detail-driven mindset with the ability to balance quality with delivery.
• Ability to work within existing processes while constructively challenging and improving them.
• (Desirable) Experience in FinTech, Payments, or other regulated environments.
• (Desirable) Understanding of PHP or similar development language.
• (Desirable) Hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Cypress, Selenium, or similar frameworks.
• (Desirable) Awareness of PCI compliance and security-focused testing principles.
• (Desirable) An industry-recognised testing qualification (such as ISTQB).

Responsibilities:

• Acting as the final quality checkpoint between test environments and live production systems, with a clear focus on risk, stability, and customer impact.
• Identifying issues early in the delivery lifecycle, clearly communicating risks, and proposing pragmatic mitigation strategies to keep releases on track.
• Working closely with internal teams and external partners to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable test strategies and suites.
• Participating in feature design and requirements reviews to ensure solutions are testable, observable, and robust.
• Taking ownership of end-to-end product quality, including defect lifecycle management, reporting, prioritisation, and escalation of critical issues.
• Designing, executing, and maintaining a blend of automated and manual tests, including regression testing across frequent release cycles.
• Developing and maintaining test automation frameworks to improve coverage, confidence, and delivery speed.
• Collaborating with software engineers and product managers to support root cause analysis, debugging, and continuous improvement.
• Helping define, evolve, and embed QA best practices across teams, tools, and processes.

Technologies:

• Cypress
• ISTQB
• Support
• JavaScript
• PHP
• Security
• Selenium

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We are Cardstream, a market-leading fintech providing secure, scalable payment technology and infrastructure to partners across the payments ecosystem. Located in Taunton, we foster a collaborative engineering culture where quality is valued and supported. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for ongoing learning and development in payments and FinTech. Our team values equality and diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

last updated 40 week of 2026