Manual QA Engineer

Role Overview:

Golfbreaks is a travel agency specialising in golf holiday packages. We are looking for a Mid-Level QA Engineer to take ownership of quality across a defined product area and support the delivery of reliable, high-quality software.

You will work closely with a cross-functional team consisting of product owners, designers, frontend and backend developers, supporting the delivery of multiple applications with a primary focus on internal systems, and supporting APIs.

This role suits someone with solid commercial QA experience, who is comfortable working independently within a project, contributing to requirements, and ensuring quality through structured and risk-based testing, however support will come from a QA lead where necessary.

The role follows a hybrid working model, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of testing for a specific product or project, ensuring quality throughout the delivery lifecycle (this number may increase in the future)
• Work closely with Product owners and Developers to refine requirements and define acceptance criteria
• Plan and execute manual testing activities, including functional, regression, and integration testing
• Perform API testing using tools such as Postman
• Identify, log, and manage defects, clearly communicating impact and priority – Jira
• Actively contribute to daily stand-ups and sprint ceremonies, providing QA insight
• Collaborate with developers to resolve issues efficiently and validate fixes
• Maintain clear and concise test documentation where required
• Monitor builds and releases (via CI/CD pipelines) and align testing activities accordingly
• Ensure appropriate browser and device coverage for your product area
• Investigate and support resolution of live issues reported by the business
• Contribute to improving QA processes, test coverage, and overall quality practices

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years’ experience in a software QA role
• Strong understanding of QA within an Agile development environment
• Experience owning testing for features or projects end-to-end
• Solid experience in: Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration testing & Acceptance testing
• Experience with manual API testing (e.g. Postman, Swagger)
• Familiarity with Jira (or similar issue tracking tools)
• Experience working with documentation tools such as Confluence
• Awareness of CI/CD pipelines and release processes
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail
• Ability to identify risk and challenge requirements constructively
• Confident communicator, able to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

What we can offer you… 💙Well-being days (half a day each month) 📞Employee Assistance Program – 24-hour confidential helpline 🏥Opportunity to enrol in our Private Healthcare 🏖️Opportunity to buy up to 5 days additional holiday 👶🏻Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave 🎁Perkbox discounts and freebies 🚴🏻Cycle to work scheme 🚗EV cars through salary sacrifice 👀Free eye tests with Specsavers 🏩Staff discounts on hotels and golf courses ⛳Corporate golf membership at two local golf courses for all staff to use 👕Exclusive staff discount on Callaway and TravisMathew golf equipment and apparel 💻Opportunity for hybrid working

Company Profile Golfbreaks was formed in 1998 by Chief Executive, Andrew Stanley. We organise an extensive range of golf breaks, holidays, and tournament experiences and so far, have sent over 3 million golfers to more than 2,500 resorts and golf courses worldwide.

With over 25 years’ experience, we are the world’s number 1 rated golf tour operator with over 90,000 5-star reviews. We are renowned for delivering outstanding choice, value and service, whilst providing the reassurance and security of booking with a fully bonded travel company (both ABTOT and ATOL in the UK).

We have 150+ staff based at our head office in Windsor, Berkshire – we also have offices in Charleston, South Carolina and Copenhagen, Denmark, from which our North American and Scandinavian operations are run.

We reserve the right to close this job application earlier than the stated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible. No agencies please.