Safeguard Global

QA Automation Engineer

Safeguard Global

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for services and APIs
  • Define and implement testing strategies for distributed, event-driven systems
  • Ensure high quality across services by covering functional, integration, and end-to-end testing
  • Validate event flows, data consistency, and system behaviour under failure scenarios
  • Work closely with engineers to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable releases
  • Improve observability and monitoring to proactively find issues in production
  • Advocate for best practices in testing, quality, and reliability across teams
  • Help mentor others and raise the bar for quality engineering

Requirements

  • Experience in QA / SDET roles testing full stack applications
  • Strong experience with test automation (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, Jest, or similar)
  • Experience testing distributed or event-driven systems
  • Solid understanding of testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E, contract testing)
  • Familiarity with AWS environments and serverless architectures
  • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing in deployment workflows
  • Comfortable working with APIs, JSON, and data validation
  • Strong debugging skills and attention to detail
  • Nice to Have: Experience with performance or load testing tools
  • Experience testing data pipelines or analytics platforms
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (CDK, Terraform, or similar)
  • Experience with contract testing (e.g. Pact)
  • Exposure to frontend testing (React / Next.js)
  • Experience in multi-tenant SaaS platforms
Benefits
  • Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, all while maintaining a high standard of work.
  • Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family
  • Make a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in
  • Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.
  • International environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise.
  • Human centered culture: We emphasize the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve.
  • Learning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
test automationPlaywrightCypressJesttesting strategiesunit testingintegration testingend-to-end testingcontract testingdebugging
Soft Skills
attention to detailmentoringadvocacy for best practicescollaboration