🧪UAT ENGINEER

Be the final seal of quality before our products go live.
As a Technical UAT Engineer at Appello, you’ll turn complex requirements into confident, client‑ready releases.

🕰️Hours: 35 hours per week

📅Shift pattern: Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00

💸Salary: £28,000 per annum

📍Location: Hybrid New Milton (3 days in office per week)

📆Start Date : May/June2026

⚠️Please note that this role is subject to pre‑employment screening, including basic DBS checks and two years of referencing. All screening must be completed prior to your start date, which may result in the start date being adjusted if required.

🌍This role is a UK based role and any hybrid/remote work must also be within the UK.

🌟For this role, you need 5mpbs upload and 15mpbs download internet speed🌟

😎Appello Perks :

• 161 hours holidays plus bank holidays

• We offer you discounts on everything from groceries and shopping through to holidays, insurance, days out, restaurants and more

• 24/7 employee assistance programme with an easily accessible app!

• Family and friends’ discounts on our services & products

• Pension Scheme, up to 4% Company matched

• Free on-site parking

👇ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for a detail‑driven Technical UAT Engineer who’s passionate about quality, testing, and delivering reliable systems. You’ll combine strong testing fundamentals with a collaborative mindset and a practical, organised approach to your work.

You’ll bring:

• 🧪 Hands‑on UAT and testing experience, applying structured and exploratory testing techniques to identify issues early

• 🧠 Strong understanding of the SDLC, testing phases, and how UAT fits into successful delivery

• 📝 Ability to translate requirements into clear test cases, acceptance criteria, and UAT scripts

• 🐞 Defect management experience, including logging, tracking, investigating, and supporting resolution

• 📊 Confidence producing clear documentation, test reports, and quality metrics with excellent written communication

• ⏱️ Strong organisation and prioritisation skills, managing workload effectively across changing deadlines

• 🤝 Comfort working in cross‑functional teams, collaborating with product, development, and business stakeholders

• 💡 Analytical, detail‑oriented mindset, with a logical approach to problem‑solving and quality assurance

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• 📞 Experience or exposure to telephony or IT‑based products

• ✍️ Technical authorship experience, producing structured, user‑friendly documentation

• 🧪 Broader exposure to functional, regression, UAT, or FAT testing

• 🏥 Experience within regulated or healthcare software environments

• 🎓 A background in software testing, engineering, networking, or a related discipline
  

🧪THE ROLE

As a Technical UAT Engineer at Appello, you’ll act as the final quality checkpoint before our products go live. You’ll own the end‑to‑end user acceptance testing lifecycle, ensuring every release is thoroughly tested, clearly documented, and signed off to meet real business and operational needs.

What you’ll be doing:

• 🧪 Design & deliver UAT protocols that comprehensively validate functional and operational requirements

• ✅ Execute rigorous UAT across new and enhanced systems to ensure releases meet agreed stakeholder expectations

• 🔄 Capture and validate requirement changes, maintaining clear traceability from change request to test outcome

• 📝 Create and maintain detailed documentation, including test results, defect logs, and formal sign‑off reports

• ⏱️ Manage testing timelines, proactively flagging risks, blockers, or delivery concerns

• 🤝 Collaborate cross‑functionally with development, product, and business teams to support smooth go‑live transitions

• 🐞 Identify, log, and track defects, working closely with developers to reproduce issues and verify fixes

• 🚀 Continuously improve UAT processes, tools, and best practices across the engineering function

READY TO APPLY ✅

If you are interested in this role please upload your CV and answer a few questions about yourself.

OTHER INFORMATION

This is an exciting time at  the Appello group - we are a company on the move and now is a perfect time to join our team. You’ll gain exceptional career opportunities and will be part of a company that is continuing to expand.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applicants regardless of religious beliefs, political opinion, race, sex, marital status, age or disability.

If you require assistance to participate in the recruitment process, for example due to disability, please contact the careers Team on 01425 626337.