
QA Automation Engineer
Safeguard Global
full-time
Posted on:
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
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
test automationPlaywrightCypressJesttesting strategiesunit testingintegration testingend-to-end testingcontract testingdebugging
Soft Skills
attention to detailmentoringadvocacy for best practicescollaboration