QA Engineer
QA Engineer – Digital
Our Team: How we enrich everyday life
You’ll be joining our collaborative Digital Development team, where quality assurance is central to delivering reliable, high-performing digital products. We work across backend systems, mobile apps, websites, and voice-connected platforms to ensure our users enjoy seamless experiences. You’ll be part of a supportive environment that values continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional teamwork.
The Difference you will make
As a QA Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring Bauer’s digital products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and user satisfaction. You’ll work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to implement robust testing practices, support incident management, and contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes. Your work will directly impact the performance and stability of our platforms across multiple devices and markets.
Your role
You’ll contribute to Bauer’s QA efforts across backend, app, web, and voice-connected solutions.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Execute manual and automated testing across multiple platforms (web, mobile, connected devices).
- Collaborate with development and product teams to align QA efforts with business goals.
- Participate in incident management and out-of-hours support rotas.
- Maintain and improve QA documentation, standards, and tooling.
- Support performance testing, risk mitigation, and test coverage optimisation.
- Contribute to automation improvements and CI/CD integration.
- Engage in requirement analysis and provide QA insights during planning stages.
The Skills you will bring
Required:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a QA role, ideally within the media or audio streaming industry.#
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing tools, and automation frameworks.
- Experience testing in cloud-hosted environments (e.g. AWS).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and scripting for automated testing.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
Desired:
- Certified in QA methodologies and security practices.
- Experience with security testing and compliance standards.
- Knowledge of cloud services (e.g. EC2, Lambda, CloudFormation).
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and reports.
Working Pattern/Location
Remote-first role based in the UK. Full-time, permanent position. Participation in in-hours and out-of-hours incident support is required.
About Bauer Media Group
Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute Radio, TV Choice, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!
Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.
What’s in it for you
- You’ll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
- Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
- We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
- You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
- And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
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