Test Engineer

About the role:

We are looking for a Test Engineer to join our engineering team and help ensure the quality of our core product as it moves through rapid development.

This is a hands-on testing role. You will be embedded with the product team, learning the product deeply, identifying gaps in test coverage, and executing the testing needed to ship with confidence. While manual testing will be the primary focus, you'll be expected to augment your work with automation where it makes sense, particularly for repetitive checks, regression suites, and areas where manual effort doesn't scale.

You won't be working in isolation. You'll collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and designers to understand what's being built, who it's for, and where the risks are. Your perspective as someone who thinks like a user will be one of the most valuable things you bring to the team.

What you'll do:

You will take ownership of test coverage within your project team - identifying what needs testing, designing and executing test plans, and communicating risks and findings clearly. You'll build a practical understanding of the product and its users, and use that knowledge to focus testing effort where it matters most.

Where manual testing becomes repetitive or where regression risk is high, you'll write and maintain automated tests to free yourself up for higher-value exploratory and edge-case testing. You don't need to be an automation specialist, but you should be comfortable writing and maintaining test scripts.

You'll be expected to use AI tools as part of your everyday workflow - whether that's drafting test cases, generating test data, accelerating test planning, or helping write automation. AI won't replace your judgement, but it should be a tool you reach for naturally to work faster and more effectively.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and execute test plans, test cases, and exploratory testing sessions for features and changes
• Identify, document, and communicate bugs and quality risks clearly, with enough context for developers to act quickly
• Build and maintain a practical regression test suite, using automation to cover stable, repeatable scenarios
• Work closely with product and engineering to understand requirements, acceptance criteria, and user workflows
• Provide a user-focused perspective during development - catching usability issues, confusing flows, and edge cases before they reach customers
• Prioritise testing effort based on risk, user impact, and release timelines
• Contribute to improving team testing practices, including defining when and where automation adds value versus manual coverage
• Track and report on test progress, coverage gaps, and outstanding risks ahead of releases

Required skills and experience:

• Experience in a software testing or QA role, with a strong foundation in manual test design and execution
• Ability to write clear, well-structured bug reports and test documentation that others can understand and act on
• Practical experience writing automated tests (e.g. using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar tools).
• Ability to plan and write test scenarios ahead of development completing - working from requirements, designs, and conversations to have coverage ready before a feature lands for testing
• A user-first mindset: you naturally think about how real people will use the product, not just whether the code meets a spec
• Good understanding of web and mobile application behaviour - you know what to look for and where things tend to break
• Ability to manage your own workload, prioritise effectively, and communicate progress and blockers without being chased
• Familiarity with Git, Github and pull request workflows at a basic level
• Comfortable using AI tooling to increase productivity such as drafting test cases, generating test data, assisting with test planning, or writing automation scripts
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English (spoken and written)

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with API testing tools (e.g. Postman, REST clients)
• Experience with Automation testing frameworks
• Experience with CI/CD and the development lifecycle beyond just testing e.g. deploying and managing test environments, monitoring build pipelines, understanding release processes
• Knowledge of SQL for querying test data and validating results
• Experience working in agile teams within sprint cycles
• Familiarity with accessibility testing and performance testing

Why Zeelo:

• Mission-driven work: Every commute we power helps reduce CO₂ emissions and makes work more accessible especially in areas with limited public transport
• Global exposure: Be part of a 120+ person team across the US, UK, and Spain
• Best-in-class tech: Our platform is redefining how organizations move their people