Automated QA

JR United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail brand is seeking a Contract Automated QA Engineer to enhance quality in their digital platform. This remote role focuses on driving automated testing across Java microservices and cloud services built on AWS, leveraging agile practices to improve CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test suites.
• Strong background testing Java services, APIs, and cloud-based workflows.
• Familiarity with AWS serverless and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Drive quality across a fast-moving engineering function.
• Cover the entire stack from Java microservices to UI testing.
• Embed automation into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Java

AWS

RESTful API testing frameworks

TypeScript

Tools

Spring Boot

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Contract Automated QA Engineer – Java, AWS, UI to Console

? Remote (UK-based) | ? £300–£400/day | 6 months (likely to extend)

We're supporting a well-known retail brand as they scale out their digital platform. They’re looking for a Contract QA Automation Engineer to drive quality across a fast-moving engineering function, covering the entire stack — from Java microservices to UI testing, all built on AWS-native services.

• Java, Spring Boot
• AWS – Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, Kinesis Streams, Data Analytics, API Gateway
• RESTful API testing frameworks
• Exposure to TypeScript (UI/service-level test scripting)

What you’ll bring:

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test suites
• Strong background testing Java services, APIs, and cloud-based workflows
• Familiarity with AWS serverless and event-driven architectures
• Able to work independently in agile delivery teams, embedding automation into CI/CD pipelines