QA Engineer

Job Overview

We're looking for a QA Engineer to join our agile teams, working on systems vital to AO's success. You'll help shape features, define testing scope, and champion best practices in a collaborative, fast paced environment focused on delivering the right software. You'll work closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle, with a focus on designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks that cover both UI and API layers.

Contract Type

Permanent

Department

Tech

Location

Bolton Hybrid (Greater Manchester, North West)

About The Role

You'll embed quality at every stage, champion best practices, and help drive a culture where testing is seen as a shared responsibility. Along the way, you'll influence technical decisions, contribute to continuous integration pipelines, and share knowledge to keep our teams at the forefront of modern testing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, maintainable automation solutions from scratch
• Develop and maintain automated tests across UI and API layers
• Collaborate in cross functional agile teams throughout the full development lifecycle
• Advocate for quality at every stage, embedding it into the development process
• Drive adoption of automation and modern testing practices
• Contribute to continuous integration and delivery pipelines
• Share knowledge and mentor team members

Qualifications

• 2 4 years of hands on experience in software testing and automation
• Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks using tools like Nightwatch, Playwright, or Cypress
• Skilled in testing RESTful APIs using tools like Postman
• Familiar with CI/CD integration using Bitbucket and GitHub Actions
• Proficient with Git and collaborative workflows
• Comfortable working in agile, cross functional teams
• Strong communicator with a proactive approach to problem solving
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS)

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days, plus bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 2 years with us!)
• Pension: Contribute 5% of your annual salary and we'll match
• VIP at the AO Arena: opportunities to win free tickets and pre sale access
• Health & wellbeing: discounted gym membership, onsite spa, and scheme
• Exclusive discounts across our product range
• Family leave: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave
• Making a difference: 2 fully paid days a year to donate your time to any charity of your choice
• On site perks: free parking, complimentary breakfast and coffee at subsidised Starbucks

Inclusivity and Diversity

We should all feel that we belong. That's why we are creating a welcoming and inclusive place to work. We're proud to be different and celebrate it because it makes us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do.

We believe the people we employ should reflect the diversity of our customer base; that way, we can communicate in a way that recognises all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, abilities and sexual orientations.

We value your trust in us and will never use the data you share with us for candidate ranking or scoring. The data collated will only help us identify and improve our inclusivity practices.

Apply Now

To apply, please upload your CV at or submit your application through our online portal.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Job Title: QA Engineer Location: Bolton Hybrid