Automation QA Engineer: UI/API & CI/CD Advocate

ao.com; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading appliances retailer in the UK is looking for a QA Engineer to join agile teams focused on delivering quality software. The role involves building scalable automation solutions, developing automated tests across UI and API, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have 2-4 years of software testing experience and be familiar with automation frameworks. This position offers great benefits including generous holidays, a pension plan, and health & wellbeing support.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

5% pension contribution

Discounted gym membership

Enhanced family leave

Complimentary breakfast and coffee

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of hands-on experience in software testing and automation.
• Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks.
• Skilled in testing RESTful APIs using tools like Postman.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, maintainable automation solutions from scratch.
• Develop and maintain automated tests across UI and API layers.
• Collaborate in cross-functional agile teams throughout the full development lifecycle.

Skills

Software testing

Automation frameworks

RESTful API testing

CI/CD integration

Git

Communication

Agile methodologies

Tools

Nightwatch

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

Bitbucket

GitHub Actions

Job description

A leading appliances retailer in the UK is looking for a QA Engineer to join agile teams focused on delivering quality software. The role involves building scalable automation solutions, developing automated tests across UI and API, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have 2-4 years of software testing experience and be familiar with automation frameworks. This position offers great benefits including generous holidays, a pension plan, and health & wellbeing support.