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Software Test Engineer

Location: Coventry (Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite)
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 (DOE) + benefits
Employment Type: Permanent
Right to Work: UK only - must hold British Citizenship or ILR (no sponsorship available)

About the Role

A growing UK technology business is seeking a Software Test Engineer to support the quality and reliability of its digital products. This is a hands-on, mid-level position, ideal for someone looking to continue developing their testing skills across a varied technical environment.

You'll be part of a collaborative engineering team, contributing to testing activities across web applications, mobile apps, APIs, and embedded software, ensuring releases meet defined quality standards.

What You'll Be Doing

Performing manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and API-based systems

Creating and maintaining test cases, test plans, and supporting documentation

Executing functional, regression, exploratory, and stress testing

Testing RESTful APIs and backend services

Supporting test execution within CI/CD pipelines

Logging, tracking, and validating defects through to resolution

Working closely with developers and product teams to clarify requirements

Assisting with continuous improvements to testing tools and processes

Supporting testing of embedded software where required

What We're Looking For

Commercial experience in a software testing or QA role

Strong attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills

Experience testing web applications and APIs

Familiarity with test case management and defect tracking tools

Understanding of Agile development and testing practices

Confident communicator, able to work with technical and non-technical teams

Nice to Have

Exposure to test automation tools (e.g. Appium or similar)

Experience testing Android and/or iOS applications

Basic unit testing knowledge

Awareness of containerised environments such as Docker

Experience contributing to technical or quality documentation

What's on Offer

Salary of £40,000 - £45,000, depending on experience

Hybrid working model with a Coventry office base

Pension scheme and private healthcare

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Share scheme and employee discount programmes

Supportive team environment with learning and progression opportunities