Automation Test Engineer

Interactive Investor; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment platform in the UK is seeking an Automation Engineer to join their dynamic QA team. This role involves ensuring software quality by planning, executing, and reporting across various projects, including both manual and automated testing. Candidates should have experience with tools like WebdriverIO and Selenium, and a strong understanding of Agile methodologies. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a personal pension plan and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Group Personal Pension Plan

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

25 Days Annual Leave

Staff Discounts

Personal & Well-being Fund

Retail Discounts

Qualifications

• Proven extensive experience in automated testing with WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium.
• Experience of Web and Mobile testing.
• Ability to manage testing across small and large-scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and report on testing across various projects.
• Conduct risk-based testing and define test data.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks.

Skills

Test tools (JIRA, BrowserStack, Confluence, Postman)

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving

WebdriverIO, Playwright, Selenium

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Education

ISTQB/ISEB certification

Tools

WebdriverIO

Selenium

JavaScript (Typescript)

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Who We Are:

interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future.

We’ve been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We’ve seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We’re now the UK’s number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers.

For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20 000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs.

We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights.

Purpose of the Role

The Automation Engineer will work as part of a dynamic delivery team reporting into the QA Test Team Lead. In this role, the Automation Engineer will ensure the quality and reliability of our software by planning, executing, and reporting on testing across a range of projects—from small enhancements to multi‑million‑pound initiatives. Working closely with cross‑functional teams, they will play a key role in both manual and automated testing across the full software development lifecycle, including the design, execution, and maintenance of test cases and test scripts. Manual testing will focus on functional, exploratory, usability, and complex scenarios where human judgment adds value, while automation will be applied to regression, integration, and other repeatable test activities to accelerate delivery, improve coverage, and reduce risk.

Key Accountabilities

Test Planning & Execution

• Represent QA in Agile and Waterfall delivery models
• Attend Agile Ceremonies, provide input into test estimates, test approaches, and test completion reports
• Create, maintain, and execute both manual and automated test cases aligned to project requirements and user stories
• Conduct risk‑based testing in line with the overall test strategy
• Define and input test data into the test environment ensuring accuracy before use
• Participation in Analysis / Design Review / Solution Design meetings to inform test strategies
• Support test activities post‑implementation and during warranty periods
• Communicate progress to all interested parties within the agreed timescales

Quality Assurance & Governance

• Ensure functional and non‑functional testing meets both business and technical quality standards
• Own defect management: logging, tracking, prioritising, and retesting
• Participate in reviews of requirements, design, and analysis documentation, and coding peer reviews
• Ensure all code is performant and adheres to security best practices and control standards

Tooling & Automation

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts using WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, with JavaScript (Typescript)
• Develop reusable test components, support CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc), and generate automated reports
• Execute automated regression packs as part of continuous testing pipelines
• Conduct performance and load testing and support the testing of other non‑functional requirements

Technical Proficiency

• Proficient using test tools such as JIRA, BrowserStack, Confluence, Postman
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Solid understanding of systems architecture, microservices, and cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Demonstrable experience of the software development lifecycle
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required

• Ability to prioritise effectively and be committed to project implementation
• Ability to set an example of professionalism through personal attitude
• Offering a flexible approach to working
• ISTQB/ISEB certified (Foundation or Advanced level)
• Extensive testing experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Experience of Web and Mobile testing
• Proven experience managing testing across small and large‑scale projects
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities
• Proven extensive experience in automated testing with WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, including framework development with JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience in test data management and mocking services
• CI/CD & DevOps: Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• Cloud & Microservices: Understanding of AWS, GCP, Azure, containerised testing

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
• Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa
• 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
• Staff Discounts on our investment products
• Personal & Well‑being Fund – Supporting your physical and mental wellness
• Retail Discounts – Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers
• Voluntary Flexible Benefits – Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle

Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we’re currently receiving, if you haven’t been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful.

interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation—whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive.