Quality Assurance Engineer

QA Engineer (5-Month Fixed Term Contract) 📍 Hybrid | London 📺 UKTV | U Streaming Platform Are you a QA Engineer who is passionate about automation, quality, and delivering outstanding digital experiences? We're looking for an experienced QA Engineer to join UKTV on a 5-month fixed-term contract, helping us shape the future of U, our rapidly growing streaming platform. Following a year of exceptional growth, U has seen: ✅ 15% growth in direct-to-consumer viewing ✅ 23% increase in monthly active users ✅ 18% increase in registrations With ambitious plans to become a leading VoD destination, we're investing in new features, content, and platform enhancements, and quality is at the heart of everything we do. What you'll be doing As part of one of our U product squads, you'll work closely with engineers, product teams, and our QA Lead to:

• Build, enhance, and maintain scalable automation frameworks
• Increase automation coverage across our digital products
• Carry out manual testing where required to ensure comprehensive quality assurance
• Test across Web, iOS, Android, and TV platforms
• Analyse test results, identify defects, and drive continuous improvement
• Develop supporting tools, utilities, and mocks to improve testing efficiency
• Champion quality throughout the software development lifecycle What we're looking for You'll bring: ✅ Strong experience with automation testing using JavaScript-based frameworks such as Playwright, Mocha, or similar ✅ Experience building reliable, scalable, and maintainable test automation frameworks ✅ Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ✅ Experience working with Git-based version control systems (GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.) ✅ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills ✅ The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams ✅ A proactive, solution-focused mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement