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Senior QA Automation Engineer
Board IntelligenceSenior QA Automation Engineer shaping quality within product councils and evolving QA practices. Leading automation initiatives and mentoring engineers while driving continuous improvement in quality standards.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCypressJavaSeleniumTypeScript
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- 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
What you’ll need- 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
Comp & perks- 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