Automation Test Engineer - up to £70,000 + Bonus + Benefits
You will work with Java, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, REST Assured, Cucumber BDD, Postman, Swagger, K6, AWS, Kafka, Git, Maven, and CI/CD tools. You will join Agile engineering teams building cloud-native applications to deliver secure digital services for major public sector transformation programmes.
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Automation Test Engineer
Salary: Up to £70,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Location: Newcastle, London, Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool or Sheffield
Working Hours: 40 hours per week
A globally recognised organisation is looking for an experienced Automation Test Engineer to help deliver secure, reliable and high-quality digital services across major public sector transformation programmes.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Agile engineering teams building cloud native applications using modern test automation practices. The Automation Test Engineer will play a key role in embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle, working across UI, API, accessibility and performance testing while supporting continuous delivery at enterprise scale.
Responsibilities for the Automation Test Engineer:
Design, develop and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks
Build automated test suites using Java, Selenium, REST Assured and Cucumber BDD
Develop and execute functional, regression, integration and end to end automated tests
Perform UI automation using Selenium WebDriver and Playwright
Carry out API testing using REST Assured, Postman and Swagger
Conduct accessibility testing to ensure compliance with WCAG standards
Support CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing throughout the development lifecycle
Work closely with developers, DevOps engineers, Business Analysts and Product Owners
Contribute to performance and load testing using K6
Support testing across AWS cloud environments and event driven architectures
Essential Skills for the Automation Test Engineer:
Strong commercial experience with Java based test automation
Hands on experience with Selenium WebDriver, REST Assured, Playwright and Cucumber BDD
Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch
Strong knowledge of UI and API automation best practices
Experience testing REST APIs using Postman, Swagger and JSON/XML validation
Experience across the full software testing lifecycle
Knowledge of accessibility testing using tools such as WAVE, AXE DevTools and VoiceOver
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git and Maven
Knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies and Jira
Exposure to AWS cloud technologies and Kafka
Desirable Skills for the Automation Test Engineer:
Experience testing cloud native and distributed systems
Knowledge of contract testing methodologies
Experience working within UK Public Sector or large enterprise environments
Performance testing experience using K6
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
If you are interested in this Automation Test Engineer vacancy, please apply in the immediate instance.
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