
Automation Engineer
RealityMine
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Manchester • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Design, implement and maintain automated test suites for mobile apps, SDKs and backend services, ensuring good coverage of functional, regression and integration scenarios.
- Manage and evolve the device farm (physical and/or virtual devices), including provisioning, configuration, monitoring and optimisation of device usage.
- Build and maintain test automation frameworks and tooling, integrating them with CI/CD pipelines to provide fast and reliable test feedback.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Data, Product and QA teams to understand requirements, define test strategies and embed automation early in the development lifecycle.
- Monitor and improve test reliability and stability, investigating flaky tests, performance bottlenecks and environmental issues.
- Contribute to and maintain documentation for automation frameworks, device farm processes, test strategies and runbooks.
- Use AI‑assisted tools where appropriate to accelerate test creation, diagnosis and maintenance while keeping quality and reliability front‑of‑mind.
- Adhering to Company Policies and Procedures with respect to Security, Quality and Health & Safety.
Requirements
- Hands‑on experience with test automation for mobile and/or web applications (e.g. Appium, Espresso, XCUITest, Selenium, Playwright, etc.).
- Strong skills in at least one programming or scripting language used for automation (e.g. Python, JavaScript, TypeScript).
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, or using orchestration platforms such as Apache Airflow
- Practical experience working with real and/or virtual devices (Android, iOS, emulators/simulators) and dealing with the challenges of scale, stability and configuration.
- A structured, detail‑oriented approach to test design, reliability and debugging.
- Clear, proactive communication and a collaborative approach to working with engineers, QA and product stakeholders.
- Willingness to use AI tools to accelerate learning, test creation and analysis while applying critical thinking and verification.
Benefits
- Generous Time Off: Enjoy 25 days of paid holiday, plus bank holidays. After two years with us, you can also buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave.
- Peace of Mind: Life assurance and a workplace pension with employer contributions.
- Reward for Performance: Bonus scheme that recognizes your hard work and contributions.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: For the cyclists among us, we've got you covered.
- Gear You’ll Love: Choose the tech that works for you, we'll try and source it!
- Learning & Growth: Benefit from one-to-one coaching, a budget for training programs, and all the support you need to keep growing.
- Giving Back: Join us in supporting local charities and making a positive impact.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
test automationmobile applicationsweb applicationsAppiumEspressoXCUITestSeleniumPlaywrightPythonJavaScript
Soft Skills
detail-orientedproactive communicationcollaborative approachcritical thinkingdebugging