Lead QA Automation Engineer: Build Reliable Test Platforms

Factorial; Uddingston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DFYNE in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to help define quality engineering across the organization. This hands-on role will build test infrastructure, automation coverage and quality gates that enable fast, reliable releases.

You will work alongside our Staff Software Engineer and Head of Development to protect systems handling commissions, refunds, inventory synchronization, shipping labels and other critical processes where quality affects the business.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in QA Automation, SDET or software engineering with a quality focus.
• Strong TypeScript or Python development experience.
• Deep integration testing experience using real dependencies including databases, queues and simulated third-party services.
• Strong Playwright, Cypress or equivalent end-to-end testing experience.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD quality gates, ideally using GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of automated testing strategies and risk-based testing approaches.
• Experience building scalable, maintainable test frameworks.
• Ability to write production-quality code.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capability.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain integration test infrastructure that runs against real databases and realistic service environments.
• Design and implement automated regression coverage across business-critical workflows.
• Own CI quality gates and contribute to release readiness processes.
• Develop end-to-end testing coverage for revenue-critical customer journeys.
• Create and maintain realistic and secure test data strategies.
• Work closely with engineers to identify and prevent quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
• Improve test reliability, execution speed and developer adoption.
• Support incident investigations by identifying testing gaps and opportunities for preventative coverage.
• Contribute to engineering standards, software quality practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and Operations teams to ensure quality requirements are understood and delivered.

Skills

QA Automation / SDET

TypeScript / Python

CI/CD quality gates

End-to-end testing

Problem-solving & analytics

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

DFYNE in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to help define quality engineering across the organization. This hands-on role will build test infrastructure, automation coverage and quality gates that enable fast, reliable releases.

You will work alongside our Staff Software Engineer and Head of Development to protect systems handling commissions, refunds, inventory synchronization, shipping labels and other critical processes where quality affects the business.