Description

Who we are:
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We've been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We're now the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers.

Purpose of Role

The Automation Engineer will work as part of a dynamic delivery team reporting into the QA Test Team Lead. In this role, the Automation Engineer will ensure the quality and reliability of our software by planning, executing, and reporting on testing across a range of projects—from small enhancements to multi-million-pound initiatives. Working closely with cross-functional teams, they will play a key role in both manual and automated testing across the full software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Test Planning & Execution: Represent QA in Agile and Waterfall delivery models; attend Agile Ceremonies; create, maintain, and execute test cases; conduct risk-based testing; define test data; participate in design meetings.
• Quality Assurance & Governance: Ensure functional and non-functional testing meets standards; adhere to test governance (BrowserStack, JIRA); own defect management; participate in reviews.
• Tooling & Automation: Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks using WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium with JavaScript/TypeScript; support CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions); execute automated regression packs; maintain expertise in BrowserStack, Postman, Bruno.
• Continuous Improvement & Collaboration: Identify enhancements; collaborate with internal teams and third parties; support regulatory compliance (FCA); mentor manual testers in automation.

Capabilities

• Testing Expertise: Demonstrable experience in manual testing, test strategies, and automation frameworks (WebdriverIO, Playwright, Selenium, JavaScript/TypeScript); API testing with Postman, Bruno, REST Assured.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient in JIRA, BrowserStack, Confluence, Postman; understanding of microservices, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP); CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Collaboration & Communication: Confident communicator; strong stakeholder management; team player.
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of financial products, FCA regulations, and IT technologies.

Requirements

• Resilient under pressure; ability to prioritise; professional attitude; flexible approach.
• ISTQB/ISEB certified (Foundation or Advanced level).
• Extensive testing experience in Agile and Waterfall; background in Financial Services.
• Experience with Web and Mobile testing; automated testing with WebdriverIO, Playwright, Selenium, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Cloud & Microservices: AWS, GCP, Azure, containerised testing.

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
• Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa
• 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
• Staff Discounts on investment products
• Personal & Well-being Fund
• Retail Discounts
• Voluntary Flexible Benefits

Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.