Company: Blue Light Card
Location: Leicester
Posted: May 14th, 2026
Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable
The Role and the Team
At Blue Light Card, we create meaningful digital experiences for the everyday heroes who keep our communities safe, cared for, and thriving. Quality is central to everything we do and as we grow, we're shaping a Quality culture and practice that enables our teams to move faster, safer, and with greater confidence.
Were at the very beginning of that journey, and this is an exciting opportunity for a Senior QA Engineer to help shape what quality looks like at BLC. Reporting to the Quality Lead, youll go beyond writing tests, contributing to best practices, fostering a culture of quality, and helping define how we work together across teams.
Collaboration is at the heart of our work, we partner closely with the Product team in an agile squad structure, focusing on key outcomes such as share of wallet, personalisation, member growth & engagement, and platform evolution.
What Youll Do
Take shared ownership of quality within your squads championing member impact and long-term reliability
Coach & mentor squads and other BLC colleagues to shape their continuous quality mindset
Support teams by coaching on testing strategy tooling and quality practices to uplift capability
Collaborate with engineers to build resilient reusable automation frameworks and influence testable architecture
Lead the design and maintenance of mobile automation tests to ensure our iOS and Android apps are reliable and high quality
Create and maintain automated tests across mobile,web and backend systems to enable and support delivery confidence at pace
Design clear practical test scenarios that help the squad build shared understanding and strong automated coverage
Embed functional and non-functional testing into CI CD pipelines to ensure consistent quality throughout development
Use observability and production insights to identify patterns triage issues and drive meaningful improvements
What Youll Bring
A collaborative and supportive mindset enjoying pairing knowledge sharing and uplifting others
Confidence working in agile squads partnering closely with engineers, product and design
Experienced with influencing cultural change for quality in a collaborative and inclusive way across the whole system
Hands on experience with mobile automation frameworks such as Espresso or XCUITest alongside strong web and API automation capability
Ability to design thoughtful purposeful test scenarios across mobile web and backend systems
Experience testing responsive websites, native mobile applications, APIs and backend services
Understanding of non-functional testing including performance, usability and observability and how to apply it to drive qualitative insights
Awareness of compliance accessibility and security considerations across platforms
Curiosity, openness and a drive to improve how teams build, test and release quality products to our members
Our Culture
Our mission is simple make heroes happy. Our members are the real-life heroes who keep us all safe, cared for, and thriving. Its what gets us up in the morning and pushes us to go further, think bigger, and create something that truly matters. By focusing on their happiness, we create amazing experiences, deliver unrivalled discounts, innovative products, and world-class service.
We dont just follow the usual path - we look for smarter, bolder ways to deliver real impact. We take ownership, move fast, and work shoulder to shoulder to build something special.
Were committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels they belong. Different perspectives and experiences help us grow, innovate, and better reflect the communities we serve.
We promote hybrid working, and value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices, where you can make the most of our fully stocked snack drawers either the HQ in Leicestershire, or London, Holborn office. The frequency and office location will vary depending on the role and team, we aim to be flexible, but we arent able to offer fully remote working.
What We Offer
Hybrid workingand flexible hours
35 hour working week
Free parking and EV charging onsite at HQ
25 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, and a buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days
A company bonus scheme
Your own Blue Light Card and exclusive access to thousands of discounts
Generous funded BUPA medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
Group auto-enrolment pension plan
Enhanced parental leave and absence leave
Healthcare cashback plan
Employee assistance programme (including mental health support) and mental health first aiders
Great social events e.g., festive party, summer party, team socials, sports matches
Regular company-wide recognition events e.g. Monthly Lights Up and The Shine awards
Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, bookclub, free drinks/snacks)
Onsite gym at HQ (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes)
Strong learning and development culture
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Remote Status: hybridLocation 1Charnwood Edge Business ParkCossingtonLeicesterLE7 4UZUnited KingdomLocation 2 *(if applicable)24-28 Bloomsbury WayLondonLondonWC1A 2SNUnited Kingdom