Quality Engineer - Manual Software Testing (Hybrid)
| Posting date: | 24 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £35,000 to £40,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 March 2026 |
| Location: | Darlington, DL3 0PH |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Additional Resources Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SBM/AR/070130 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Quality Engineer to join a well-established company providing digital solutions ensuring the safe, compliant transport of dangerous goods by sea.
As a Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring new software features are thoroughly tested and validated before release, contributing to release quality and process improvement.
This is a hybrid role working 1 day in office (35 hours a week) offering benefits and a salary range of £35,000 - £40,000 and benefits.
You will be responsible for:
- Executing structured manual testing of completed development work to confirm acceptance criteria.
- Identifying edge cases, workflow gaps, and usability issues, logging defects and collaborating with developers to resolve them.
- Producing clear release documentation and maintaining traceability between development tasks and release outputs.
- Exploring and implementing AI-assisted tools to improve test design and documentation workflows.
- Conducting API testing (RESTful and SOAP) and validating data integrity as required.
- Working closely with development and product teams to clarify requirements and support continuous improvement of testing processes.
What we are looking for:
- Previously worked as a Quality Engineer, QA Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer, Manual Tester, Software Tester, Software Test Engineer, Quality Control Engineer Software, Application Tester, Frontend Tester, System Tester, API Tester, QA Specialist, Quality Analyst,Software Quality Engineer or in a similar role.
- Proven experience in software testing within an Agile environment.
- Strong skills in manual front-end testing, regression testing, and validating new features.
- Experience collaborating with developers to refine requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Knowledge or willingness to use AI tools (like Claude, Copilot) to assist with test generation and documentation.
- Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman or SOAPUI.
- Understanding of version control systems (e.g., Git)
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join a leading technology organisation and make a tangible impact on software delivery.
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