About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field3+ years of experience in QA, software testing, or quality engineering within Agile product developmentProven experience building and maintaining automated tests for enterprise software and integrating them into CI/CD pipelinesSolid understanding of APIs, integrations, data models, and distributed applications, with experience testing complex, interconnected systemsAbility to work independently and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, multicultural environmentConfidence using AI-assisted tools for test design, automation, and defect investigation; awareness of AI-driven SDLC is a plusDesirable: airline or airport operations knowledge, including flight operations, weight and balance, load control, baggage, or ramp operationsDesirable: experience with safety-critical or regulated systemsDesirable: experience with Playwright, Selenium, Robot Framework, Cypress, Karate, or AppiumDesirable: experience with Postman or SOAP UI, Jenkins and GitHub, JSON, SQL, Kafka, or GrafanaDesirable: performance, resilience, or security testing experience; Python or Java skills; ISTQB certification; or experience testing AI-powered or agentic capabilities Responsibilities: Analyse requirements and workflows to define test approaches and produce test plans, test cases, automation assets, and quality reportsDesign, implement, and maintain automated tests to improve regression coverage and delivery efficiencyExecute functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, and exploratory testingValidate workflows, integrations, APIs, and data flows across interconnected products and servicesSupport CI/CD through automated testing and quality validationInvestigate defects, perform root cause analysis, and drive issues through to resolutionCollaborate with product, engineering, and domain teams to ensure solutions are testableChampion improvements in quality, automation maturity, and engineering practices, including the use of AI-assisted tools Technologies: AIAppiumCI/CDCypressGitHubGrafanaISTQBSupportJSONJavaJenkinsKafkaPlaywrightPostmanPythonRobot FrameworkSOAPSQLSecuritySeleniumUX UI DesignAPI More:
We are recruiting for a 12-month contract Quality Assurance Engineer role based in Hounslow, with a 50/50 hybrid working arrangement and a rate of up to £380 per day. The role is part of Agile product teams developing mission-critical flight management solutions used by airlines worldwide, with work spanning complex workflows, systems, integrations, and operational domains. You will collaborate with product managers, business analysts, architects, engineers, domain experts, and airline customers, and can use AI-assisted tooling. The work supports safety, compliance, and on-time performance. We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy; it describes itself as an independent UK technology recruitment consultancy, donates £1 for every CV sent to clients to The Born Free Foundation, and participates in a Climate Action Workforce partnership with Ecologi.
last updated 41 week of 2026