Principal Test Automation Engineer – Lead Automation & QA

Hastings Direct; Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£5k car allowance

Flexible hybrid working

Annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance cover

Matched pension contributions

Mental health support programme

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Job summary

Hastings Direct is seeking an Automation Lead to enhance our test automation capabilities. You will collaborate with Scrum Teams to ensure a robust Automation Framework and mentor junior staff in automation best practices.

This role offers a competitive salary along with benefits such as a car allowance, flexible hybrid working options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. Join us in our mission to enhance our technology infrastructure!

Qualifications

• Proficient experience in Testing Automation role.
• Extensive experience in an agile environment.
• Transformational leadership with decision-making influence.
• Good mentoring skills for direct reports.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies like Scrum.
• Experience with Jira or Octane for test case management.
• Excellent knowledge of Gherkin for automation.
• Strong coding skills in Java, JavaScript, Typescript or C#.
• Comfortable with source control using GitHub.
• Skilled in UI automation tools like Selenium or Playwright.
• Experience in API testing with SoapUI or Postman.
• Understanding of CI platforms like AzureDevOps.

Responsibilities

• Provide automation capabilities for Scrum Teams.
• Manage ongoing maintenance of tooling for testing.
• Define and implement test automation best practices.
• Mentor direct reports and junior staff.

Skills

Test Automation

Agile Methodologies

Leadership Skills

Mentoring

Jira or Octane

Gherkin

Java

Cucumber

GitHub

Selenium

API Testing

AzureDevOps or Jenkins

Job description

Hastings Direct is seeking an Automation Lead to enhance our test automation capabilities. You will collaborate with Scrum Teams to ensure a robust Automation Framework and mentor junior staff in automation best practices.

This role offers a competitive salary along with benefits such as a car allowance, flexible hybrid working options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. Join us in our mission to enhance our technology infrastructure!