QA Engineer

Location London OR Newbury Who we are VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation. As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability. We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal. #VOIS #BeUnrivalled #CreateTheFuture About this Role We are seeking a QA Automation & Quality Engineer to join our Digital Engineering team and play a critical role in building quality into software delivery from the outset. Working within an AI-native engineering environment, you will define validation strategies, design scalable automated testing frameworks, and ensure software solutions are reliable, secure, performant and fit for production. You will collaborate closely with Engineers, Product Owners, Technical Leads and platform teams to establish effective quality controls, validate AI-generated artefacts, and maintain traceability between requirements, implementation and testing. This role is ideal for an experienced quality engineering professional who is passionate about automation, continuous delivery and improving software quality through proactive, risk-based validation practices. What you’ll do Own and evolve test strategies aligned to business priorities, delivery objectives and risk profiles. Design, build and maintain automated testing solutions across unit, integration, contract, end-to-end and non-functional testing layers. Assess AI-generated tests, specifications and engineering artefacts for accuracy, coverage and alignment to expected outcomes. Review requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure they are measurable, verifiable and testable. Apply risk-based testing approaches to prioritise quality assurance activities where customer or business impact is highest. Champion API, microservices, integration and contract testing practices across distributed systems. Verify system resilience, recoverability, reliability, security and performance characteristics where appropriate. Integrate automated testing capabilities into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast and reliable feedback. Investigate defects to identify root causes and implement preventative quality controls that reduce recurring issues. Maintain traceability between requirements, specifications, implementation and validation activities. Support release readiness reviews and production verification activities. Contribute to the continuous improvement of quality engineering standards, tools, frameworks and practices. Share knowledge and provide guidance to engineering teams on quality engineering principles and automation approaches. Who you are Proven experience in quality engineering, test automation or software engineering with a strong focus on software quality. Strong hands-on capability in designing, developing and maintaining automated test frameworks using modern languages and tooling. Experience testing APIs, microservices, integrations and distributed architectures. Strong understanding of test strategy development, requirement verifiability and risk-based testing methodologies. Experience with contract testing, integration testing and automated quality controls. Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery practices, including embedding quality controls within CI/CD pipelines. Understanding of validating AI-generated code, tests, specifications and engineering artefacts. Experience with test data management, environment management and service virtualisation. Ability to investigate complex defects, perform root cause analysis and identify systemic improvements. Experience working in agile, product-led or platform engineering environments. Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience. Experience with AI-assisted testing, Playwright, AI agents, or exposure to Claude MCPs is highly desirable. Strong collaboration, communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Not a perfect fit? Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best. What's in it for you Opportunity to work on cloud-native digital platforms and next-generation technology capabilities at global scale. Exposure to AI-native engineering practices and modern software delivery approaches. Collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering, product and platform teams across Vodafone's technology ecosystem. Opportunity to influence quality standards, automation strategies and engineering best practices. Experience shaping quality outcomes for customer-facing digital products and services. Continuous learning within a fast-paced technology and innovation environment. What skills you will learn Advanced AI-assisted testing and validation methodologies. Modern test automation frameworks and scalable quality engineering practices. Contract testing, service virtualisation and distributed systems validation techniques. CI/CD quality engineering and automated release assurance approaches. Cloud-native platform quality assurance and non-functional testing practices. Risk-based testing and quality strategy development in large-scale engineering environments. Cross-functional collaboration within product-led and platform engineering organisations. 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