Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Senior QA Engineer – Birmingham

£62,000 depending on experience

Hybrid working – 2 days per week in Birmingham

Bonus up to 10%, 25 days holiday, up to 8% pension contribution

Playwright or Selenium, JavaScript, Python, CI/CD, Automation Testing

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client operates at the heart of the UK energy sector, playing an important role in supporting the transition towards a more sustainable and affordable energy future. Their work contributes directly to the decarbonisation of electricity generation and the UK’s wider Net Zero ambitions.

THE BENEFITS

Salary circa £62,000 depending on experience

Annual performance bonus of up to 10%

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Up to 8% pension contribution

Hybrid working – 2 days per week in Birmingham

Flexible working options, including potential compressed working patterns

Financial support and time off for relevant study

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Three paid volunteering days per year

THE SENIOR QA ENGINEER ROLE

As a Senior QA Engineer, you’ll own quality within your project team, this means taking on a hands-on role across test planning, automation, execution and continuous improvement.

You will be designing and maintaining automated test scripts, help develop the wider automation framework and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. As part of your role you will also cover areas including regression, performance, load and wider non-functional testing.

Alongside hands-on delivery, as a Senior you’ll coach other QA Engineers and work closely with Developers to embed a quality-first approach throughout the software development lifecycle.

SENIOR QA ENGINEER – ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Excellent test automation experience

Experience with tools such as Playwright, Selenium, JUnit or TestNG

Automation scripting experience with JavaScript, Python or Java

Strong knowledge of test planning, test case design and execution

Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines

Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience coaching or mentoring other QA Engineers