Software Engineer In Test (Playwright / TypeScript)

October 15, 2026

Remote

Senior

London, United Kingdom

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Description

Hands-on SDET role with a world-leading news and media organisation that reaches nearly half of the UK's adult population across well-known brands. The hiree will build automation frameworks from scratch and maintain existing suites across group-wide e-commerce projects spanning multiple brands and products. The team is small and collaborative, so the role's input shapes how quality is done across the business.

Responsibilities

Building automation frameworks from scratch for regression testing and maintaining existing suites
Working with Project Managers and QA to turn repetitive manual tasks into reusable automated solutions
Partnering with DevOps to take solutions from development through to deployment
Running automated and manual test scenarios across new and ongoing projects
Building RTM mapping for automation scripts and tracking defects through to closure
Pairing with other testers and clearly communicating progress, risks and issues

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience as an SDET / Software Engineer in Test
Strong TypeScript and JavaScript skills
Hands-on experience with Playwright, WebdriverIO, Cucumber (BDD) and Appium
CI/CD experience with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, plus Git
A track record of designing and building test frameworks, not just maintaining them
Experience testing high-volume, high-transaction applications, including data security
Agile testing experience and comfort with JIRA and test management tools
Working knowledge of JMeter, visual regression testing and Docker