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Waracle are looking for a mid level QA Engineer for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation. We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations. We champion modern, balanced working and offer a hybrid setup , asking you to collaborate in person 2 days a week from either our Glasgow or Dundee offices. Key Duties and Responsibilities As a QA Engineer at Waracle, you will play a vital role in ensuring the quality and care behind the digital products we build. Operating at an independent, impactful level, you will design and run thoughtful test journeys based on project requirements. If you enjoy collaborating across teams, building out automated testing frameworks, and helping welcome and support new team members, you will thrive in this role. User-Centric Test Design: Design and run tests independently, using product personas to guide user journeys and thoughtfully assessing the risk of code and configuration changes. Automation Engineering: Build and maintain regression automation packs, integrating them into CI pipelines to ensure our teams receive swift, helpful feedback. System Observability: Dive into logs and dashboards to investigate issues and proactively validate system health throughout the testing lifecycle. Non-Functional Testing (NFR): Execute scripted and manual tests across crucial areas including Security, Performance, and Accessibility using industry-standard tools. Inclusive Communication: Provide clear, concise status updates in stand-ups and bridge the gap by explaining complex QA issues in warm, accessible language for non-technical stakeholders. Process Care & Improvement: Suggest and implement local process enhancements, evaluating new tools or techniques that can help the team work smarter and more efficiently. Team Collaboration: Manage your own tasks independently while warmly supporting the onboarding of new team members into the squad’s QA workflows. What you'll bring: We know that excellent QA professionals come from all backgrounds, and no one matches a job description 100%. If you meet the core requirements below and are excited about the role, please apply—we value potential, adaptability, and diverse perspectives just as much as checkboxes! Proven experience as a QA Engineer, ideally within a fast-paced digital consultancy or a client-facing environment. Automation skills using Playwright , with the ability to write clean code, maintain existing testing frameworks, and craft new automated test scripts. Hands-on experience using C# with Playwright (or similar frameworks like Selenium or Cypress) to interact with and test web applications. A solid understanding of Agile/SDLC methodologies and functional/non-functional testing, with a healthy awareness of white-box and security testing fundamentals. Experience analysing requirements, defining comprehensive test coverage, and a proactive approach to identifying, tracking, and triaging defects. The ability to work independently with minimal supervision while actively contributing to technical discussions, sharing knowledge, and learning efficiently across new project domains. The Recruitment Process The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!). After that, you'll be invited to a two-stage intervie