Automation Framework Architect - Playwright | SaaS

CMap; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical & dental insurance

Life assurance

EV Salary Sacrifice

Help@Hand: 24/7 support

Enhanced parental leave

Rewards Gateway discounts

Team outings and events

Manchester city-centre office with gym

Job summary

CMap is a fast-growing software company in Manchester. We are seeking an Automation Engineer to design and build how we test our software, shaping our Playwright framework and turning manual tests into fast, reliable automated checks.

You will review current tests, automate repetitive scenarios, build internal tooling like test data seeding, and empower QA to extend the framework. We value practical problem solving, collaboration, and continuous learning in a casual, high-performing environment.

Qualifications

• Automation has been your main focus.
• Experience designing and building automation frameworks from scratch for SaaS or web apps.
• Strong hands-on Playwright experience.
• Developer mindset and comfort working in .NET.
• Ability to explain technical decisions clearly to developers and testers alike.
• Smart, practical use of AI tools in day-to-day engineering.
• Mobile app automation experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Review current test approaches and design our Playwright automation framework.
• Automate the most repetitive regression scenarios and run them reliably in the pipeline.
• Build internal test tooling, such as test data seeding, to speed up testing.
• Make the framework easy for QA to extend, and coach them on automation thinking.
• Bring your own ideas and help shape next steps in automation.

Skills

Playwright

Automation frameworks

.NET development

AI tools in engineering

Automation testing SaaS/web apps

Job description

CMap is a fast-growing software company in Manchester. We are seeking an Automation Engineer to design and build how we test our software, shaping our Playwright framework and turning manual tests into fast, reliable automated checks.

You will review current tests, automate repetitive scenarios, build internal tooling like test data seeding, and empower QA to extend the framework. We value practical problem solving, collaboration, and continuous learning in a casual, high-performing environment.