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Waracle are looking for a Senior 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 are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join us on an Fixed-Term Contract for 6 months initially to help drive quality and scalability in our latest projects. If you love collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, designing smart automation strategies, and mentoring others in a supportive, growth-oriented environment, we would love to hear from you! 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 Senior QA Engineer, you will operate as a trusted quality champion, guiding engineering teams to define QA approaches for complex features and implementing scalable automation frameworks. You will lead collaborative defect triage sessions, design automated non-functional tests (NFRs), and help teams establish smart test data strategies. Acting as a supportive technical mentor, you will foster engineering growth through constructive code reviews and collaborate closely with developers to make our systems naturally easier to test. Strategy & Collaboration: Shaping testing approaches for complex features, embedding risk analysis into the workflow, and guiding exploratory testing efforts. Framework Architecture: Building and evolving modular, reusable, and scalable automation components, and seamlessly integrating quality checks into CI/CD pipelines. NFR Integration: Designing and automating tests for performance, security, and accessibility to ensure quality is built-in from the very start. Mentorship & Growth: Supporting and mentoring other QAs to help them grow their skills, and providing encouraging, constructive feedback through peer code reviews. Community & Inclusion: Leading QA knowledge-sharing sessions and owning community initiatives such as accessibility or regression standards. 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! Automation Expertise: Proven track record as a Lead or Senior QA Engineer with a deep understanding of test automation strategy and setup. Mobile Testing Mastery: Extensive, hands-on experience building and scaling mobile automation suites across iOS and Android from the ground up. Technical Tooling: Experience with modern programming languages for automation (with a focus on clean, reusable code) and professional experience with Postman for API testing. CI/CD & DevOps: Proficiency with Git and experience integrating automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions). Relationship & Communication Skills: The ability to balance speed, quality, and risk while building trusted partnerships and managing client stakeholder expectations with empathy and clarity. 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 inte