Senior QA Engineer Job at CDL Software (Stockport)

Senior QA Engineer

CDL Software

Location:
United Kingdom , Stockport

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

45000.00 - 54000.00 GBP / Year

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Job Description:

We’re looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join our Insurer team, working on CDL’s Insurer System (Policy Manager), a modern, cloud‑based platform used by insurers and Managing General Agents (MGAs) to manage policies, risk data, and related financial processes. In this role, you’ll help ensure our platform is reliable, scalable, and easy to use, supporting features such as policy administration, data imports, reporting, and integrations with external systems. You’ll work closely with software engineers, product managers, and stakeholders, embedding quality throughout the software delivery process. This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys improving how teams build and test software, has a strong interest in automation and AI‑enabled tooling, and wants to make a real impact on a growing product used across the insurance industry.

Job Responsibility:

Lead and improve testing and automation practices within the Insurer team, helping deliver a high‑quality platform for insurers and MGAs
Work with software engineers and product teams to ensure quality is considered from the earliest stages of design and development
Validate complex data flows, including policy data imports, updates, and reprocessing, ensuring accuracy and reliability
Support testing of integrations and APIs, connecting our platform to third‑party systems used across the insurance ecosystem
Help maintain confidence in financial and accounting‑related features, including premium data, reporting, and audit trails
Drive best practice across functional, performance, and security testing in a cloud‑hosted environment
Improve test automation coverage and reliability, contributing to CI/CD pipelines and fast feedback for teams
Coach and mentor others, helping build strong quality and testing practices across the team
Continuously look for ways to improve tooling, processes, and how quality is approached day‑to‑day
Encourage pragmatic thinking, innovation, and high standards while keeping delivery focused and practical

Requirements:

A strong understanding of modern testing principles and how they apply across cross‑functional delivery teams
The ability to define and apply effective test strategies for complex, data‑driven systems, balancing automation, exploratory testing, and risk‑based approaches
Experience promoting a shift‑left approach to quality, working with teams to embed good testing and quality practices early in the development lifecycle
Confidence investigating issues across environments, using logs, metrics, and data to understand failures and support root‑cause analysis
A mindset of continuous improvement, actively contributing to better testing practices, standards, and tooling through collaboration and knowledge sharing
A solid working knowledge of TDD and BDD, and when to apply them effectively
A collaborative, pragmatic approach, working closely with Product and Engineering to deliver shared outcomes
Broad testing knowledge with a strong specialism in test automation
Hands‑on experience with modern automated testing tools such as Karate and Cypress, applied thoughtfully across the test pyramid
Familiarity with a range of testing and delivery tools across the SDLC, including tools for API testing and documentation, exploratory testing, performance testing, and work tracking (e.g. Postman/Bruno, Swagger UI, Gatling, JIRA)
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, contributing to and maintaining automated quality checks within modern delivery workflows, such as GitLab
Comfort working within AWS‑hosted, cloud‑based systems, supporting effective testing and quality assurance across distributed services
A proven ability to take improvement ideas from concept through to delivery
Practical experience using AI‑enabled tooling or techniques within the delivery lifecycle to improve testing efficiency, coverage, or insight
Curiosity and openness to emerging AI‑assisted testing approaches, with a focus on real‑world, practical application

Nice to have:

Knowledge of accessibility standards and practices (e.g. WCAG), with the ability to consider accessibility as part of broader testing strategies
Experience designing and executing test approaches across both web and desktop applications, ensuring consistent quality and usability
Exposure to AI‑powered testing tools
Confidence querying relational databases (e.g. Postgres) using SQL to support testing, debugging, and root‑cause analysis (e.g. using DBeaver or similar tools)
Experience with performance and security testing
Previous experience working in or alongside the insurance or financial services domain

What we offer:

Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD)
Truly flexible working
25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days
Top employer for 10th year running
Excellent training and development platform
Opportunities for career progression
Health and Wellbeing programme
Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups
Life and health assurance
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Established Recognition Award System
Great Parental Benefits
Diversity and Inclusion network
Pension scheme
Community projects and volunteer days
Refer a friend bonus
On-site free parking
Open plan modern offices
Quiet Spaces are also available
Shuttle bus to and from the station
Subsidised restaurant
Games room and chill out zone
Annual Hackathon & Deep Racer Events
Social activities, regular social events through our social group Xtra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more
Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site
Cycle to work scheme
Shower and dry rooms

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 16, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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