Confidential company, Engineering
QA Engineer at VC-backed insurtech startup
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Compensation
- £50k-£70k
Are you a QA Engineer looking to move beyond manual checklists and into a high-trust fintech environment? This London-based startup is automating the complex world of insurance payments, and they need an automation-first tester to help scale their platform.
You'll work with Playwright, TypeScript, and AI-assisted tools to ensure millions of records are processed flawlessly. With a salary up to £70k and hybrid flexibility, this is a prime opportunity for an engineer who values quality and innovation.
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Role overview
Join a high-growth fintech as a QA Engineer to automate complex payment workflows for the insurance industry. Working with Playwright and TypeScript, you will ensure the reliability of a platform processing millions of records. You’ll move beyond manual testing, contributing to an AI-assisted SDLC and building scalable quality frameworks alongside an experienced engineering team.
About the company
VC-backed insurtech SaaS platform
What you will do
- Build and maintain automated test suites using Playwright, Cucumber, and TypeScript across an Angular frontend and backend services.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to navigate codebases, understand change impact, and advocate for quality-driven design.
- Perform exploratory testing on complex business rules and state changes to ensure high-trust financial software remains reliable and accurate.
Who this is a fit for
- 3+ years of experience in QA or SDET roles with a strong focus on automated web and API testing.
- Proficient in TypeScript and modern testing frameworks, with the ability to read and navigate application codebases across various languages.
- Pragmatic approach to testing with a curiosity for AI-assisted workflows and experience working in fast-paced, regulated startup environments.
Why this role is remarkable
- Take ownership of automated coverage for a production platform moving millions of financial events where software quality is the core product.
- Join a well-funded, award-winning startup recognized as a leading innovator in the insurance space and backed by top-tier venture capital.
- Help transition the team into an agentic SDLC, utilizing AI tools for test design and authoring to eliminate repetitive manual tasks.
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