QA Engineer

Reports To: Mike Brewster, Lead Developer

Location: Hybrid (Manchester / Remote)

Are you the kind of engineer who brings calm to chaos by making sure nothing breaks on release day?

If you enjoy building confidence through thoughtful, thorough testing — we’d love to hear from you.

Who are we?

At Vivify, we’re transforming underutilized spaces into thriving community hubs. Ourplatform empowers schools and community venues to unlock additional income whilefostering stronger, healthier, and more connected communities. By partnering withschools nationwide, we help them reinvest in facilities, support educators, and enrichstudent experiences.

Our mission goes beyond software – we’re dedicated to making a tangible social impact.Whether it’s enabling people to discover new passions, combat loneliness, or improvemental and physical health, our work creates opportunities for individuals of all agesand backgrounds.

About the role

This role is a balance of hands-on testing, thoughtful automation, and continuous collaboration with the wider team. Your input will guide how we test, what we automate, and how we continuously improve quality at scale.

Who we're looking for

This role is PERFECT for you if:

• You want to help shape quality from start to finish.
• You thrive turning fuzzy ideas into testable outcomes.
• You stay calm under pressure and can be methodical.
• You enjoy balancing hands-on testing with automation.

This role is NOT for you if:

• You need to be told what to test and when.
• You prefer working in isolation from the wider function.
• You get overwhelmed when workloads spike.
• You see QA as just “bug-hunting”.

What you need to know

Must haves:

• Manual Testing: Web apps, cross-browser.

• Automation: Cypress.

• Tools: GitHub Actions, Jira, Sentry, CI.

• Process: QA workflows, defect tracking.

• Communication: Works well with devs and product.

• Experience: 2+ years in QA/testing.

Nice to haves:

Agile/Scrum experience, ISTQB certification, and familiarity with tools like TablePlus.

Apply to join the Vivify team!

• Submit your application You are here!

  Send your CV to our Lead Developer mike@vivifyvenues.com to kickstart thejourney. Your CV should showcase your skills, experience, and enthusiasm for the role.

  We’ll aim to get back to you within 72 hours.

We'll meet to learn about you, your working style, and what drives you. This interview allows us tounderstand how you would be able to enhance our team. We'll touch on your experience, and you can also ask us anyquestions you may have.

• Technical Interview

  You'll participate in a technical interview, lasting approx. 1 hour, to delve deepinto your technical knowledge, interpersonal skills, and problem-solving ability.

  Think about some of the projects you've worked on, what challenging or complex situationshave you encountered? We'll be wanting to understand your working style and approach, and how you've worked with others.

• Working Together

  We'll give you a real ticket from our backlog — along with the context we’d typically provide.Your job is to walk us through how you’d approach testing it.There’s no right answer — we’re interested in the questions you ask, the information you look for, and how you’d begin developing a test plan.The more structured your thinking, the better we can understand how you work.

Our minimal process allows us to attract top talent and make offers quickly. Ifyou're the right fit for our team and you can contribute positively to our mission,we'll make you an offer.

Ready to join a team that’s making a difference? Apply today and help us transform localspaces into opportunities for everyone.

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