Automation Tester

Cathcart Associates Group Ltd; Scotland; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing Scottish software company is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to enhance their automation strategy for a web-based platform. This remote role involves maintaining the Playwright framework, creating automated tests, and ensuring quality across products. The ideal candidate will have extensive QA experience, strong coding skills in TypeScript or JavaScript, and a passion for usability and user experience. The company offers a competitive salary, a market-leading bonus, and numerous benefits including private healthcare and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Market leading discretionary bonus

32 days’ holiday (rising to 34 after a year)

Private healthcare

Virtual GP access

Wellbeing support

Life assurance

Income protection

5% employer pension contribution

Funded training

Home office equipment allowance

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in a QA role.
• 3+ years’ experience with test automation, ideally using Playwright.
• Comfortable coding in TypeScript or JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Own the test automation strategy and maintain the Playwright framework.
• Create automated test cases and improve test coverage.
• Collaborate with Product Manager and Development team.

Skills

Automation Testing

Problem Solving

Usability

User Experience

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

TypeScript

JavaScript

Angular

Job description

We’re working with a growing Scottish software company that’s making waves in a very niche, but globally significant industry, helping some of the biggest names in this line of work manage their inventory and operations more efficiently. Think household and internationally recognised brands – their client list is impressive.

They’re on the lookout for an Automation Test Engineer to take ownership of their automation strategy. This is a high impact role where you’ll play a central part in shaping how quality is driven across the product; a newly rebuilt web based platform using Angular. There’s a solid test framework in place already (built in Playwright), but they need someone who can level it up.

The Role

You’ll work alongside the Product Manager and Development team, owning the test automation side of things. The role is largely focused on automation, with only occasional involvement in manual testing.

You’ll maintain and extend the Playwright framework, create automated test cases, improve test coverage, and push quality forward. The team is remote first and highly collaborative, with regular standups and a clear structure.

This is a great opportunity for someone who’s technical, autonomous, and enjoys working at pace in a role where they can really take ownership.

What they’re looking for:

• 5+ years’ experience in a QA role
• 3+ years’ experience with test automation; ideally using Playwright (Experience with other tools like Selenium or Cypress may be fine, but willingness to switch to Playwright is key)
• Comfortable coding in TypeScript or JavaScript (essential for maintaining existing scripts)
• Front end testing experience, ideally for apps built in Angular
• A strong eye for usability, accessibility, and user experience
• Someone with initiative; able to run with tasks, solve problems, and work cross functionally

What you’ll get:

• Up to £55,000 DOE + market leading discretionary bonus
• Fully remote (team is based across the UK, with no expectation to go to Aberdeen)
• 32 days’ holiday (rising to 34 after a year)
• Private healthcare, virtual GP access, wellbeing support, life assurance, income protection
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Funded training, home office equipment allowance

They’re part of a wider international group, so there’s scope for future career progression while still enjoying the feel of a close knit Scottish tech company.

If this sounds like something you’d love to be apart of, or you’re just curious to learn more about the role, please apply here or get in touch with Lewis at Cathcart Technology.