About FleetCheck
At FleetCheck we believe that everyone has the right to be safe on the roads and we are all about making a difference to road safety. Our business was created to improve the safety of drivers and vehicles by providing the tools and support that promote professional fleet management.
Our business is all about serving others, focused on a common good and we get there through consideration and respect for each other. Our customers trust us to deliver excellent. They trust us because they experience outstanding software provided by people who are dependable and prepared to go that extra mile.
This is a growing business, and we need people who are open to new opportunities and experiences, ready to learn new things and help drive the business forward. The enthusiasm, honesty, and openness here is infectious and it helps us hit problems head on and be determined to find the best solutions.
The QA Engineer ensures the quality and reliability of FleetCheck’s software by working independently across manual and automated testing. The role builds on core QA skills to take ownership of test strategy, begin developing the automated test suite, and actively shape QA processes within the Scrum team.
Key Responsibilities
Automation & Technical Testing
- Write and maintain automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript, building coverage across UI, API, and data validation scenarios.
- Apply test framework best practices, including the page object model pattern, to produce maintainable and well-structured automation scripts.
- Understand how automated tests are triggered within CI/CD pipelines, and be able to run and interpret pipeline results.
Manual Testing
- Design, develop, and execute manual test cases for web and mobile applications, including functional, regression, and exploratory testing.
- Validate UI/UX, data integrity, and API functionality across multiple environments.
- Independently design test strategies for features and epics, identifying risk areas and agreeing scope with the product and development teams before testing begins.
- Document defects and track resolution using Jira, ensuring all tickets are complete and actionable without further clarification.
Process & Documentation
- Maintain documentation for the automated test suite, including setup guides, folder structure, naming conventions, and instructions for running tests, so that others can contribute without assistance.
- Track and contribute to automation coverage metrics.
Collaboration & Communication
- Collaborate with all members of the Scrum development team to implement solutions and quality improvements to the FleetCheck software.
- Proactively surface quality risks during sprint refinement and planning, not just after defects are found.
- Communicate QA status and coverage gaps clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborate in Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, refinement, and retrospectives.
Leadership & Ownership
- Actively promote the adoption of automated testing within the Scrum team, explaining its value and contributing to a culture of quality.
- Contribute testing estimates and automation feasibility input during sprint refinement.
- Identify QA tooling or process gaps and drive proposals to address them.
- Support less-experienced QA colleagues with test case reviews and process questions.
General Accountabilities
- Act in a courteous, professional, and ethical manner in all interactions with customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Advise line manager on matters relating to workload, work progress, and quality risks.
- Contribute positively to improvement initiatives.
- Comply with FleetCheck’s values, service levels, policies, and legislative requirements.
- Be flexible, operate as a member of the Scrum team, and contribute to other activities when required.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in software quality assurance with a solid foundation in manual testing across web applications.
- Practical experience writing automated tests using Playwright and TypeScript, or a strong willingness to develop this skill.
- Solid understanding of software testing principles including functional, regression, exploratory, and API testing.
- Awareness of test framework architecture principles and an interest in developing this further.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and how automated tests fit into build and deployment processes.
- Good documentation skills, with the ability to produce clear test strategies and process guides.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
- Clear communicator, able to discuss quality risks and testing status with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
Rewards and additional information
· Base salary will be in the region of £35,000-45,000k pa.
· The normal contractual working week is 37.5 hours; a standard day is 7.5 hours.
· The work pattern is fixed hours of 9.00am to 5.00pm with 0.5 hour lunch break.
· The annual holiday entitlement based on the above working pattern is 25 days – rising to 28 days with length of service.
· 1 additional days holiday per month on a Friday (FleetCheck Friday), pro rata entitlement for part time employees.
· Contributory pension.
· Staff can work in a hybrid pattern, Monday to Wednesday being office based; with the option to work from home on Thursdays and Fridays if agreed with their line manager.
· Other benefits include - staff/team functions, including Summer & Winter events, monthly charity cake bakes, monthly staff meetings, annual appraisals, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health First Aiders, free parking.
· The organisation continuously evolves to provide broader and more proactive customer care. As such the roles and their terms and conditions will be subject to ongoing review and change.
· FleetCheck are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a Living Wage Employer.
Successful candidates will be required to undertake a BPSS check.
Note that the FleetCheck offices are not serviced by public transport. You will need a full clean driving licence and a car to work here.
Employee Promise
FleetCheck is all about helping others, focused on a common good and we get there through consideration and respect for each other. Our clients trust us to deliver excellent. They trust us because they experience outstanding software and people who are dependable and prepared to go that extra mile when it is needed.
We are a growing business, and we need people who are open to new opportunities and experiences, ready to learn new things and help drive the business forward. The enthusiasm, honesty, and openness here is infectious and it helps us solve problems head on and be determined to find solutions, helping our customers, and improving our products.
Excellent client experience is our goal, and we need people who will do what they say, deliver on their promises and look for ways to surprise or even delight with the unexpected. If you yearn for a sense of togetherness, mutual respect, and loyalty, and will work hard as part of a community to foster a deep collaborative approach, we are the place for you.
Privacy Notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when FleetCheck collects your personal information. When individuals apply to work at FleetCheck, we will only use the information they supply to us to process their application and to monitor recruitment statistics. Where we want to disclose information to a third party, for example where we want to take up a reference, we will not do so without informing them beforehand unless the disclosure is required by law. Personal information about unsuccessful candidates will be held for 12 months after the recruitment exercise has been completed, it will then be destroyed or deleted. We may retain de-personalised statistical information about applicants to help inform our recruitment activities, but no individuals would be identifiable from that data.
What information do we collect?
FleetCheck collects and processes a range of information supplied by you. This may include:
· Your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number, date of birth and gender.
· Details of your qualifications, skills, experience, and employment history, including start and end dates, with previous employers.
· Information about your nationality and entitlement to work in the UK.
We may also collect, store, and use sensitive personal information supplied by you, including:
· Information about medical or health conditions, including whether you have a disability for which the organisation needs to make reasonable adjustments.
AI
While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process.
We want the information you present to FleetCheck to support your employment application to be your own thoughts, facts and opinions without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills.
Pay: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- Are you within commutable distance from our office? We require all staff to be in the office Monday to Wednesday every week.
Experience:
- CI/CD pipeline: 1 year (preferred)
- Agile: 1 year (preferred)
- Software testing (manual & automated): 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
