QA Engineer

Compass Group UK & IrelandDigital & Technology Solutions | Parklands, Birmingham | Hybrid

Shape the Future of Quality Engineering

At Compass Group UK & Ireland, we’re building a modern, in-house Quality Engineering capability and we’re looking for a talented QA Engineer to join our growing Digital & Technology team.

Working within a product squad, you’ll play a key role in embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle, helping us move from traditional testing approaches to automated, measurable, and scalable quality assurance.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll work closely with Product Owners, Developers and Platform teams to ensure our products are reliable, resilient and ready for release.

What You’ll Do

Develop and maintain automated tests across critical user journeys, APIs and regression scenarios.
Review user stories and acceptance criteria to identify quality risks early.
Support exploratory, integration, end-to-end, performance and non-functional testing activities.
Produce release assurance evidence and clear defect analysis.
Collaborate with Software Engineers to shift testing earlier in the development lifecycle.
Support CI/CD quality gates and automated deployment processes.
Investigate defects, contribute to root cause analysis and drive quality improvements.
Maintain test data, environments and automation reliability.
Utilise AI-assisted testing tools to enhance test coverage, efficiency and insight.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

Experience working in software testing or quality assurance within agile delivery teams.
Understanding of test automation, API testing, exploratory testing and defect management.
Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, product teams and operational stakeholders.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, test environments and non-functional testing.
Passion for continuous improvement and automation.

Desirable

Experience building or extending automation frameworks.
Exposure to performance, resilience, security or accessibility testing.
Experience using AI-assisted testing tools.
Participation in QA communities of practice, testing guilds or quality initiatives.

Why Join Compass?

Compass Group UK & Ireland serves millions of people every year across business, education, healthcare, sport and defence. As we continue our digital transformation journey, we’re investing heavily in engineering, platforms and product capabilities to create industry-leading technology solutions.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing quality engineering function at an early stage, helping shape standards, practices and ways of working while delivering tangible impact across products used at scale throughout the organisation.

What You’ll Get

Competitive salary
Hybrid working model
Excellent benefits package
Ongoing professional development
Access to modern engineering practices and technologies
Opportunity to influence and shape a growing Quality Engineering capability
A collaborative and supportive technology community

Join us and help build quality into every stage of the digital experience.

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Posted: October 10th, 2026