Automation Engineer

Hastings Direct

Automation Engineer collaborating with multiple sprint teams, ensuring quality and efficiency in features at Hastings Direct. Focus on user stories and test automation to enhance digital engagement.

Posted 7/4/2026full-timeBexhill • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaJavaScriptRaySeleniumTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work as an individual collaborator on sprint teams across multiple disciplines
Actively participate in sprint ceremonies; sharing updates and blockers, estimating and committing
Ensure user stories are captured in accordance with your team's definition of ready
Collaborate to write Acceptance Criteria that describe business rules for quality test scenarios
Ensure work items are only complete when they meet the team definition of done

Requirements

What you’ll need

Comfortable collaborating on an Agile sprint team in Scrum, Kanban, Safe
Confident in sprint ceremonies like stand-ups, planning, retrospectives, 3-amigos and backlog elaboration
Familiar with backlog management in Jira or Octane
Familiar with test case management tools such as Octane or X-Ray
Strong coding skills in implementing automated tests in Java, JavaScript, Typescript, C#
Comfortable with Source control using GitHub
Skilled with user interface automation with Selenium, Selenium Grid, Playwright or Cypress
Able to implement tests against API using SoapUI, Postman

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive salary based on experience (pay reviews also completed each year)
Flexible Working – We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach
Competitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
Physical Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan for everyday health care claims
Financial Wellbeing – 4x salary life assurance, income protection, pension contribution match up to 10%
Mental Wellbeing Programme - 24/7 colleague assistance programme, mental health first aiders
25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one contracted week
Access to private healthcare, dental plans, discounted health assessments, cycle to work and tech schemes
Discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year

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Hard Skills & Tools

Automated TestingJavaJavaScriptTypescriptC#SeleniumSoapUIPostmanGitHubTest Case Management

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationProblem-Solving