Board Intelligence

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Board Intelligence

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CypressJavaSeleniumTypeScript

About the role

  • Partner with QA leadership to help shape strategy, standards, and direction across the function
  • Lead initiatives to improve our TypeScript/Cypress (web) and Java/Appium (mobile) automation frameworks
  • Identify and drive adoption of new testing approaches, tools, and methodologies
  • Establish and evolve testing standards across the QA team
  • Mentor QA engineers, helping them grow both their technical and strategic skills
  • Champion continuous improvement by consistently identifying better ways of working
  • Write high-quality automated tests using our TypeScript/Cypress and Java/Appium frameworks, contributing new tests regularly
  • Architect and implement improvements to existing test frameworks
  • Maintain and enhance test suite reliability and effectiveness
  • Debug, monitor, and resolve automation pipeline failures
  • Perform manual testing including ticket verification, test case management, and regression testing
  • Lead by example in testing practices and demonstrate what excellence looks like
  • Act as the sole QA representative within your assigned product council
  • Build strong relationships and credibility with developers, product managers, and stakeholders
  • Participate in refinement sessions from the earliest stages, influencing quality from the start
  • Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate quality status clearly and confidently
  • Handle multiple concurrent workstreams effectively within your council

Requirements

  • Significant QA experience with a background in a senior QA or SDET role
  • Expertise in test automation, with proven experience architecting or significantly improving test frameworks
  • Strong hands-on experience with end-to-end automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, WebDriver, or Appium
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and drive them through to completion
  • Experience mentoring and upskilling other QA engineers
  • A track record of establishing testing standards and best practices within teams
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and advise at all levels
  • Experience working in Agile environments embedded within product teams
  • Hands-on experience with TypeScript/Cypress or Java/Appium specifically
  • API and contract testing experience
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Experience with performance and load testing
  • Mobile app testing expertise
  • Understanding of test architecture and design patterns
Benefits
  • Pension scheme
  • Personal performance bonus
  • 26 days holiday each calendar year
  • Bupa health & dental cover
  • Group life assurance
  • EAP
  • Cycle to work scheme
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Hard Skills & Tools
TypeScriptCypressJavaAppiumSeleniumWebDrivertest automationAPI testingcontract testingperformance testing
Soft Skills
mentoringstakeholder managementcommunicationleadershipinfluencingstrategic thinkingcollaborationcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingtime management