Quality Assurance Analyst 2 (QA 2)
Location
Cambridge, UK – Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)
About the Role
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments.
We are looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst 2 to join our Cambridge-based delivery teams, working on one of the highest‑volume global payment platforms in the world. Our platform processes millions of transactions daily, with a strong emphasis on robustness, security, scalability, and quality engineering excellence.
You will be part of a cross-functional agile team consisting of developers, QA analysts, product owners, analysts, and a scrum master. Each team owns its backlog end-to-end - from discovery through delivery and post-live support - operating within Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe frameworks as appropriate.
As a QA2, you will play a key role in driving quality within your team, operating with a high level of independence while influencing quality outcomes, supporting others, and contributing to continuous improvement.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Quality Assurance Analyst 2, you will deliver high-quality software by owning testing activities within your team, driving quality engineering practices, and contributing both technically and collaboratively to team success.
You will:
Independently analyse requirements, risks, and dependencies to shape effective test strategies and coverage
Own testing activities for features or components, ensuring end-to-end quality outcomes
Execute thorough testing, including manual, exploratory, and automated testing, with a focus on risk and customer impact
Design, build, and maintain automated tests (e.g. Selenium) to enhance and stabilise the test suite
Troubleshoot automation failures and environment issues, identifying root cause and resolving where appropriate
Contribute to improving automation frameworks and overall test coverage
Analyse and communicate quality risks clearly, producing high-quality defect reports and test completion reports
Support release readiness and production validation, ensuring risks are understood and managed
Collaborate closely with developers and product stakeholders to resolve issues efficiently and drive outcomes
Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing testing practices, quality standards, and team ways of working
Support junior team members through guidance, pairing and knowledge sharing
What You Will Need
Proven experience working in a Quality Assurance or Test Automation role, delivering within agile teams
Experience working within an agile development environment (Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe)
Hands-on experience with test automation, including designing and maintaining automated tests (e.g. Java, Selenium WebDriver)
Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate quality risks, trade-offs, and outcomes to stakeholders
Familiar with agile testing practices such as BDD, TDD, or similar approaches
An understanding of software testing principles, including test strategy, planning, prioritisation, and risk-based testing, with a mindset of continuous improvement
Experience analysing requirements and user stories to independently determine test coverage and risk
Confidence in problem solving and independent investigation, including troubleshooting issues across systems
Experience collaborating within cross-functional teams and driving issues through to resolution
Bonus if you have
Experience working within fintech, payments, or other complex, high-volume systems
Good technical knowledge of:
APIs and system integrations
UNIX, SQL and data validation
Logging/monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk)
A keen interest in AI tools and applying them to improve testing efficiency and analysis
What makes a Worldpayer
What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.
Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.
Product & Technology Development
Our Product and Technology teams are the Worldpayers behind the game-changing products and digital experiences we’re best known for. Striving for better, they never stand still — delivering impactful innovations that power transactions across the world.
Behaviors overviews
Curious – You ask the right questions, listening and learning to get better every day.
Humble – You never stop learning, no matter how experienced you are. You create a culture where honesty and accountability are valued.
Creative - You simplify the complex. Always looking forward to create a bigger impact for our colleagues and customers.
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