Automation Platform Engineer

the hive; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Minimum 6% Pension contributions

Life Insurance

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Jagex in Cambridge seeks an Automation Engineer to design, build and maintain automation platforms and shared testing tooling across the Delivery Engineering team. You’ll enable development and testing at every stage, from local environments to CI pipelines, helping teams work faster and more reliably.

The role offers predominantly remote work with onsite attendance as needed. You’ll collaborate with engineers to implement modern automation practices, report on quality KPIs, and shape tooling

Qualifications

• Experience designing automation platforms and tooling in modern software environments.
• Strong programming skills in C#, Java, Python, Go or TypeScript.
• Experience building automated testing frameworks (functional, API, UI, performance).
• Knowledge of CI/CD, IaC (Terraform/Ansible) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Build and scale automation capabilities within a centralised Delivery Engineering team.
• Deliver automated development and test harness capabilities across the SDLC.
• Embed with engineers to build white/black box testing frameworks across areas.
• Improve automation frameworks and introduce modern tooling and practices.
• Champion automation practices within engineering teams.
• Understand codebases and services to ensure automation fits how they work.
• Provide reporting and visualisation of software quality and KPIs.

Skills

Automation platforms

C#

Java

Python

Go

TypeScript

CI/CD practices

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

TeamCity

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Location: Cambridge, UK – This position offers flexible working options, including predominantly remote work. Applicants are preferably based (or willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of our office to attend onsite as required.

Are you passionate about automation that doesn’t just save clicks, but changes how an entire engineering organisation builds software?

As an Automation Engineer, you'll build the development and testing platform automation harnesses that answer that question for Jagex. Working as part of a centralised Delivery Engineering team, you'll produce, maintain and evolve the shared testing infrastructure and development tooling that engineering teams rely on, from local development environments through to CI build and deployment.

You’ll work closely with other Automation Engineers and with the engineering teams you support, reducing reliance on manual effort and maximising efficiency gains through automated tooling, so product quality stays consistent and functional and non-functional requirements are met.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and scale automation capabilities as part of a centralised Delivery Engineering team, giving software and operations engineering teams across Jagex the tooling they need to work faster and more consistently.
• Deliver automated development and test harness capabilities at every stage of the software development lifecycle, embedding an automation first approach that cuts down manual effort across the business.
• Embed with engineering teams to build white and black box automated testing frameworks across functional and non-functional areas, so quality is proven at every layer, not just on the surface.
• Improve and upgrade our automation execution frameworks and introduce modern tooling, keeping Jagex ahead of industry best practice rather than catching up to it.
• Champion modern automation practices and toolsets within engineering teams, exposing them to automation capabilities they haven't had before.
• Get to know the codebases, flows and services behind the teams you support, understanding how components interact so the automation you build genuinely fits how they work.
• Provide reporting and visualisation that gives engineering teams clear sight of software quality, health and KPIs, helping them avoid over or under optimising their systems.
• Follow Jagex's architecture principles and development standards, and take part in cross-team discussions that shape how automation and tooling craft evolves across the business.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience designing, developing and maintaining automation platforms, frameworks and tooling within a modern software engineering environment, with strong programming skills in one or more of C#, Java, Python, Go or TypeScript.
• Demonstrable experience building and maintaining automated testing frameworks across functional, integration, API, UI, performance and non-functional testing, grounded in strong testing and quality engineering principles.
• Strong working knowledge of CI/CD practices (such as GitHub Actions, TeamCity or Azure DevOps), infrastructure as code and configuration management tools (such as Terraform or Ansible), and containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Good understanding of software architecture, distributed systems and microservices, with experience creating developer tooling or shared engineering platforms that improve engineering productivity.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform, and experience implementing quality metrics, reporting dashboards and visualisation tools to measure software quality.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to identify manual processes and replace them with efficient automated solutions.

What we offer:

When you join Jagex you can look forward to a generous Perks & Benefits package including:

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Life Insurance.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!

Inclusion & Accessibility Statement

We are committed to providing equal opportunities and creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, and we recruit, develop, and promote based on merit and ability.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please let us know when you’re invited to interview.

Right to Work Statement

This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship for this position, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.

About Jagex

We are Jagex: The RuneScape Company. Home to one of gaming’s most enduring success stories. We create deep, community-powered games with worlds that evolve, inspire, and endure. Our flagship MMORPG franchise, RuneScape, has welcomed over 300 million player accounts, inspiring generations of players across PC and mobile for 25 years.

As we begin our 26th year, we are accelerating our strategy to expand RuneScape into a broader ecosystem of forever games and connected experiences, grounded in a renewed commitment to integrity and fair play. This includes the reduction of monetisation mechanics, as well as the launch of RuneScape: DragonWilds into Steam Early Access in 2025, representing a major step in building a multi-genre future for the RuneScape universe. We remain focused on building enduring worlds, empowering player-led innovation, and laying the foundations for the boldest era in RuneScape’s history. For more information, visit https://www.jagex.com/ .

Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, we are home to passionate creators, storytellers, engineers, and even a few dreamers, all united by a single mission to shape the future of online worlds and empower players to make them their own. We’re looking for people to join us who share our ambitions and values. We foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating experiences that inspire our communities.
Our values guide everything we do: We Embrace Fellowship by collaborating and sharing openly. We Hone our Craft by always learning and improving; We Honour our Vows by being honest and transparent; We are our Customers’ Heroes by striving to understand our team & player needs, and We Seize The Day by making the most of every opportunity.

Join us. The next era of RuneScape and the next chapter of Jagex: The RuneScape Company starts now.