Lead Automation Engineer

Head Resourcing; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Head Resourcing in the United Kingdom seeks a Lead Automation Engineer to drive design, development and support of automation solutions in a hybrid Edinburgh/Glasgow setting. The role focuses on scalable, secure, AI-enabled automation delivering real business value.

You will mentor teams and set technical standards while delivering enterprise-grade automation using UiPath, Power Automate, APIs and automation tools.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering enterprise automation.
• Expertise with UiPath and Power Automate.
• Experience with Playwright or Selenium.
• Experience integrating AI services and APIs.
• Strong security mindset and API integration skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design, build, testing, deployment and support of automation solutions.
• Developing solutions using UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, APIs and scripting technologies.
• Integrating AI capabilities where they deliver measurable business benefits.
• Building and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright, Selenium and API testing tools.
• Ensuring production-ready solutions with monitoring, alerting, error handling and audit controls.
• Driving automation best practice, mentoring colleagues and influencing technical standards.
• Working closely with stakeholders to identify and deliver high-value automation opportunities.

Skills

UiPath

Power Automate

APIs

AI integration

Stakeholder management

Software engineering basics

Security best practices

Mentoring

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Job description

Lead Automation Engineer

Edinburgh/ Glasgow

Hybrid | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Our client, a leading professional services organisation, is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer to drive the design, development and support of business, test and AI-enabled automation solutions. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll shape automation strategy while delivering scalable, secure and resilient solutions that create real business value.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the design, build, testing, deployment and support of automation solutions.
• Developing solutions using UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, APIs and scripting technologies.
• Integrating AI capabilities where they deliver measurable business benefits.
• Building and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright, Selenium and API testing tools.
• Ensuring production-ready solutions with monitoring, alerting, error handling and audit controls.
• Driving automation best practice, mentoring colleagues and influencing technical standards.
• Working closely with stakeholders to identify and deliver high-value automation opportunities.

What We're Looking For

• Strong hands-on experience delivering enterprise automation solutions.
• Expertise with UiPath, Power Automate and related automation technologies.
• Experience with Playwright, Selenium or similar test automation frameworks.
• Practical experience integrating AI services and APIs into business processes.
• Good understanding of software engineering principles, security best practices and API integrations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.