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Automation Test Engineer

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full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Manchester • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptJenkinsMicroservicesSeleniumTypeScript

About the role

  • The Automation Engineer will work as part of a dynamic delivery team reporting into the QA Test Team Lead.
  • Ensure the quality and reliability of our software by planning, executing, and reporting on testing across a range of projects.
  • Working closely with cross-functional teams, play a key role in both manual and automated testing.
  • Manual testing will focus on functional, exploratory, usability, and complex scenarios where human judgment adds value.
  • Automation will be applied to regression, integration, and other repeatable test activities to accelerate delivery, improve coverage, and reduce risk.

Requirements

  • Ability to prioritise effectively and be committed to project implementation
  • Ability to set an example of professionalism through personal attitude
  • Offering a flexible approach to working
  • ISTQB/ISEB certified (Foundation or Advanced level)
  • Extensive testing experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  • Experience of Web and Mobile testing
  • Proven experience managing testing across small and large-scale projects
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Proven Extensive experience in automated testing with WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, including framework development with JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Experience in test data management and mocking services
  • CI/CD & DevOps: Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  • Cloud & Microservices: Understanding of AWS, GCP, Azure, containerised testing
Benefits
  • Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
  • Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
  • Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa
  • 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
  • Staff Discounts on our investment products
  • Personal & Well-being Fund – Supporting your physical and mental wellness
  • Retail Discounts – Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers
  • Voluntary Flexible Benefits – Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle

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Hard skills
automated testingmanual testingWebdriverIOPlaywrightSeleniumJavaScriptTypeScripttest data managementmocking servicesAgile methodologies
Soft skills
prioritizationprofessionalismflexibilityanalytical skillsproblem-solving
Certifications
ISTQBISEB