QA Engineer

About The Role

We’re looking for a QA Engineer to join our agile teams, working on systems vital to AO’s success. You’ll help shape features, define testing scope, and champion best practices in a collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on delivering the right software.

You’ll work closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle, and your focus will be on designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks that cover both UI and API layers, ensuring our solutions are reliable and efficient. You’ll embed quality at every stage, champion best practices, and help drive a culture where testing is seen as a shared responsibility. Along the way, you’ll influence technical decisions, contribute to continuous integration pipelines, and share knowledge to keep our teams at the forefront of modern testing strategies.

Here’s What You Can Expect To Be Doing

You’ll take on building scalable, maintainable automation solutions from the ground up, creating robust tests across both UI and API layers. Working closely within a cross-functional agile team, you’ll be involved throughout the full development lifecycle, making sure quality is considered from day one rather than bolted on later. You’ll champion modern testing practices, helping to embed automation into the way we work and driving its adoption across the team. Alongside this, you’ll contribute to our CI/CD pipelines and play a key role in sharing knowledge—mentoring others and raising the bar for quality across the board.

A Few Things About You

• Hands-on experience in software testing and automation
• Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks using tools like Nightwatch, Playwright, or Cypress
• Skilled in testing RESTful APIs using tools like Postman
• Familiar with CI/CD integration using Bitbucket and GitHub Actions
• Proficient with Git and collaborative workflows
• Comfortable working in agile, cross-functional teams
• Strong communicator with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS)

A Bit About Us

We’re big on appliances and electricals, REALLY big. Washing machines, fridge freezers and TVs? They’re our bread and butter. Mobiles, Airwraps and Ring doorbells? Yep, those too. If it plugs in, powers up or makes life easier, AO probably has it.

But we’re more than that… For over 25 years, trust has been at the heart of everything we do, helping us become the UK’s most trusted electrical retailer. Our customers rate us 4.9 on Trustpilot from nearly ONE MILLION reviews and more 5-star ratings than any other UK electrical retailer, because they know they can rely on us and it’s the exact same for our AOers too.

We truly believe it’s more than just a job, we genuinely care about each other and our impact on making our customers lives easier, by helping them brilliantly. Everyone here knows how their role makes a difference. Our people are our superpower, so, when it comes to finding new AOers, we know it’s about more than just a CV, it’s about what makes you, YOU.

Our Benefits

Our benefits are designed to cover the moments that matter to AOers. From health and wellness to giving back – you’ll be rewarded inside and outside of work.

• Holidays; 25 days, plus bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 2 years with us!)
• Pension; Contribute 5% of your annual salary and we’ll do the same, giving you a little extra support for the future.
• Be a VIP at the AO Arena; we have loads of opportunities to win free tickets and pre-sale access!
• Health & wellbeing; discounted gym membership, an onsite spa and our Help @ Hand scheme giving you access to virtual GP’s, Mental Health support and much more.
• Discounts; exclusive discounts across our product range.
• Family leave; Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave.
• Making a difference; 2 fully paid days a year to donate your time to any charity of your choice.
• On site perks; start your day with free on site parking, grabbing a complimentary breakfast and a coffee at our subsidised in house coffee shop!

To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page.