Hybrid Automation Engineer - QA & API Testing

CitySprint; Redhill; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday day off

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Mental health support (1:1 therapy)

Healthcare and wellbeing benefits

Death in service cover

Extra family-friendly days

Job summary

CitySprint is seeking an Automation Engineer to ensure the quality, stability and reliability of our technology platforms. You will develop and maintain automated testing frameworks across web applications, mobile apps and APIs, supporting high‑quality software releases.

You will work with developers and stakeholders to create, execute and maintain automation tests, maximise test coverage and enable efficient deployments in a fast‑paced tech environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in automation testing across web, mobile and APIs.
• Ability to design and implement automated test scripts and suites.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs and test automation tools.
• Experience in Agile environments and collaborating with teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation frameworks across web, mobile apps and APIs.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure features are tested and quality assured.
• Create, execute and maintain automated test scripts and test suites.
• Support automated testing within CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
• Identify, log, investigate and escalate defects using appropriate tools.
• Review requirements to ensure effective test coverage and reporting.
• Produce testing progress reports and communicate risks to stakeholders.
• Maintain API automation tests and support third‑party integrations.
• Support regression, functional, system and UAT testing activities.
• Continuously improve automation processes and tools across teams.

Skills

Automation testing

Cross-browser testing

REST API testing

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

CI/CD awareness

Test planning

Tools

Java

Selenium

Cucumber

TestNG

Python

pytest

Jira

Confluence

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Sauce Labs

Docker

Job description

CitySprint is seeking an Automation Engineer to ensure the quality, stability and reliability of our technology platforms. You will develop and maintain automated testing frameworks across web applications, mobile apps and APIs, supporting high‑quality software releases.

You will work with developers and stakeholders to create, execute and maintain automation tests, maximise test coverage and enable efficient deployments in a fast‑paced tech environment.