Lead Automation Engineer: Shape Quality in CI/CD

Eden Scott; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Scott is seeking a Senior Automation Tester / Quality Engineer to own the automation strategy in a hybrid role based in Glasgow. You will automate web and API tests, integrate testing into CI/CD, and work with developers to raise quality throughout the development process.

You should bring strong automation knowledge, experience with Playwright/Cypress/Selenium and API testing, and a pragmatic, curious mindset to improve processes and tooling.

Qualifications

• Strong automation background with hands-on testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and evolve automated tests across web and API layers.
• -Develop and improve the automation framework and how it is used.
• -Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines for faster, more reliable delivery.
• -Collaborate with developers to improve testability and catch problems early.
• -Investigate defects to identify root causes beyond symptoms.
• -Improve test coverage and overall developer testing experience.
• -Explore AI-assisted approaches and new tools to boost efficiency.
• -Share quality engineering best practices across the team.

Skills

Automation principles

SaaS/cloud testing

CI/CD pipelines

Agile practices

AI-assisted testing

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

Job description

Eden Scott is seeking a Senior Automation Tester / Quality Engineer to own the automation strategy in a hybrid role based in Glasgow. You will automate web and API tests, integrate testing into CI/CD, and work with developers to raise quality throughout the development process.

You should bring strong automation knowledge, experience with Playwright/Cypress/Selenium and API testing, and a pragmatic, curious mindset to improve processes and tooling.