Senior QA Automation Engineer

October 13, 2026

Hybrid

Senior

Burgess Hill, UK

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Mandatory office attendance
3 days per week

Description

A permanent hybrid role for a Senior QA Automation Engineer in Burgess Hill, focused on driving automation strategy across frontend, backend, API and native mobile applications deployed in cloud environments. The hire acts as a platform SME, championing automation scalability, security and performance and embedding quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain comprehensive test cases, test strategies and test plans with high levels of test automation
Ensure robust test automation across APIs, backend services, web frontend applications and native mobile applications
Design, build and maintain scalable automation frameworks for frontend UI, backend services and API layers
Perform and support manual and automated functional testing and regression testing
Perform integration and system testing as well as performance and scalability testing
Perform security and compliance testing
Drive quality improvements through collaboration with engineers including support for unit testing and code refactoring
Promote and enforce Test-Driven Development and Behavior-Driven Development practices
Act as a Platform SME for Quality Engineering defining and driving automation and testing strategy at the application level
Review user stories and product backlogs deriving detailed test cases from requirements to validate completeness and edge cases
Validate performance, reliability, scalability, testability, usability, accessibility, security and compliance
Define risk-based testing approaches and provide recommendations on prioritization aligned with delivery timelines
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines enabling continuous testing and rapid feedback
Conduct application security testing validating against common vulnerabilities such as OWASP Top 10
Validate applications deployed in public cloud environments AWS, Azure or GCP
Utilize industry standard tools for defect tracking, source control, test case management, automation reporting and monitoring
Mentor QA and engineering team members on automation best practices and framework adoption
Continuously evaluate and adopt new testing tools, frameworks and quality practices

Requirements

6 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance across frontend and backend applications
Strong experience testing backend services, Node.js preferred, RESTful APIs, web frontend and native mobile applications
Expert knowledge of testing frameworks and automation design patterns including TDD, BDD and Page Object Model
Experience with automation tools such as WebdriverIO, Mocha, Postman and UI automation frameworks like Selenium, Cypress or Playwright
Strong understanding of unit testing frameworks and code coverage practices
Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Azure DevOps
Experience with defect tracking and source control tools such as Jira and Git
Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments
Strong understanding of clean code principles, test-driven development and Agile engineering mindset
Knowledge of public cloud platforms AWS, Azure or GCP
Experience in application security testing
Proven ability to build and adopt new test frameworks
Excellent communication, collaboration and leadership skills
High engagement, strong self-organization and team-oriented mindset
Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter and k6
Experience with microservices architecture
Experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
Familiarity with accessibility testing standards
QA certifications such as ISTQB are a plus
Mandatory skills: API and microservices testing with RestAssured, Playwright Java testing, Selenium-Java testing

Conditions

Hybrid work mode, 3 days a week
Permanent type of hiring

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