Senior Manual QA

We are looking for a Senior Manual QA to join our team!

Our client provides operational support and expert services to leading insurers, brokers, fleet managers, and automotive manufacturers worldwide, helping the global insurance market handle millions of claims efficiently and cost-effectively. The company is undergoing a major digital transformation, with cloud-based solutions and modern design and architecture playing a key role in this process. 
 

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Manual QA Engineer to join our team and support testing activities across SIT (System Integration Testing) and UAT (User Acceptance Testing) environments.

The role will involve close collaboration with the UAT Manager, development teams, Business Analysts, and other project stakeholders to ensure that the product meets business requirements, works as expected, and is ready for customer acceptance.

The main goal is to help deliver a high-quality product to our customer by identifying issues early, ensuring proper test coverage, and supporting smooth and effective testing cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing activities across SIT and UAT environments.
• Analyse business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories to prepare test scenarios and test cases.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Support the UAT Manager in planning, coordinating, and executing UAT activities.
• Work closely with the UAT Manager to ensure appropriate test coverage and timely completion of testing activities.
• Identify, document, track, and retest defects, ensuring clear communication with development teams.
• Investigate issues, analyse test results, and provide detailed information to support defect resolution.
• Validate fixes and ensure that previously resolved issues do not introduce new defects.
• Collaborate with Developers, Business Analysts, and other QA engineers to clarify requirements and resolve testing-related questions.
• Monitor testing progress, communicate risks and blockers, and provide regular status updates.
• Support release readiness activities by providing feedback on product quality and outstanding defects.
• Contribute to improving testing processes, test documentation, and overall QA practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Manual Software Testing.
• Strong experience in functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Practical experience working with SIT and UAT environments.
• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle and testing processes.
• Experience analysing business requirements and translating them into test scenarios and test cases.
• Experience working with defect management and test management tools (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail).
• Experience with API testing (Postman or similar) and ability to read logs/network traffic
• for defect triage
• Basic SQL for data validation
• Ability to investigate issues, analyse results, and provide clear defect descriptions.
• Experience working closely with business stakeholders, developers, and QA teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders.
• Upper-Intermediate English or higher.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting UAT activities in collaboration with a UAT Manager or Business stakeholders.
• Experience in complex enterprise applications and integration-heavy projects.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience with release validation and production support activities.

Expected Outcomes

• Reliable and thorough testing across SIT and UAT environments.
• Timely identification and clear reporting of defects.
• Effective support for the UAT Manager throughout testing cycles.
• Good visibility of testing progress, risks, and quality issues.
• Increased confidence in product quality before customer acceptance and release.