Automation Architect - Java/RestAssured/Playwright

We are seeking an experienced Automation Architect to join a growing Centre of Excellence within a leading financial services organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong automation professional to take ownership of enhancing and evolving an established in-house automation framework, driving automation best practices and supporting quality engineering across complex banking applications.

Working closely with the Head of QA Automation, you will play a key role in shaping automation strategy, providing technical leadership and collaborating with development, QA and offshore teams.

This is a permanent position with hybrid work structure 2 days a week in office in Dublin 2

Key Responsibilities

• Design, architect and enhance the core components of an existing Java-based automation framework.
• Develop and maintain automation capabilities using Java, Playwright and RestAssured.
• Provide technical leadership to offshore automation engineers, guiding framework and application-specific development.
• Conduct code reviews, approve pull requests and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps teams.
• Work with application teams and QA stakeholders to identify automation opportunities, assess feasibility and maximise ROI.
• Provide technical guidance, knowledge sharing and training to other team members.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Java development and test automation framework architecture.
• Proven experience designing, developing and enhancing automation frameworks.
• Practical experience with Playwright and RestAssured.
• Experience with Selenium, Maven, TestNG and Cucumber.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD integration and automated build verification.
• Experience with Git, Bitbucket or GitHub and conducting code reviews.
• Experience leading or mentoring automation engineers, ideally within offshore teams.
• Good understanding of SQL and database validation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within banking, financial services or other regulated enterprise environments would be highly advantageous.

• note that we can only accept applications from candidates with full working rights for Ireland