Automation Quality Engineer: UI/API & CI/CD

IBM Computing; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private medical

25 days holiday

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a Quality Engineer with automation experience to build reliable automated tests for applications across CI/CD pipelines. You will develop test scripts, support CI/CD integration, and collaborate with developers and DevOps to raise quality and speed of delivery.

You’ll apply modern automation tools to UI, API, and integration testing, solving problems and reducing manual effort while improving the delivery pipeline.

Qualifications

• Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, RestAssured, Postman).
• Programming skills in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or C#.
• Experience building automation frameworks for UI, API, and integration testing.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Experience with Agile, DevOps practices, and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of test design techniques, debugging, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with version control tools (Git) and code review practices.
• Understanding of performance testing, security testing, or reliability engineering is a plus.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Optional for higher levels: technical leadership, coaching, QA strategy definition, stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, performance, and API testing.
• Build automation frameworks using industry‑standard tools and modern programming languages.
• Develop optimized test scenarios and ensure comprehensive test coverage aligned to acceptance criteria.
• Create automation for test environment setup, test execution, test data management, and environment validation.
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines, working closely with DevOps to enable continuous testing.
• Contribute to quality engineering practices aligned with Agile, DevOps, and containerized delivery models.
• Monitor test execution results, troubleshoot failures, and provide actionable insights to development teams.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve product quality, identify risks, and advocate for automated testing best practices.
• Participate in requirement analysis, sprint planning, and backlog grooming to ensure quality is built in from the start.
• Drive adoption of automation tools, frameworks, and best practices across teams.
• Ensuring that Best Practices are being followed as part of the Test Delivery in the SCRUM Teams (e.g., Test Estimation, Test Coverage, Test Traceability ,Defect Management, Test Evidencing and Test Closure)
• Lead automation strategy for teams or accounts.
• Mentor junior engineers in automation techniques and quality engineering practices.
• Define and govern QA standards, tooling, and quality gates.
• Engage with stakeholders, clients, and leadership to ensure quality alignment with business needs

Skills

Automated testing

CI/CD collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Leadership (optional)

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Appium

RestAssured

Postman

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a Quality Engineer with automation experience to build reliable automated tests for applications across CI/CD pipelines. You will develop test scripts, support CI/CD integration, and collaborate with developers and DevOps to raise quality and speed of delivery.

You’ll apply modern automation tools to UI, API, and integration testing, solving problems and reducing manual effort while improving the delivery pipeline.