QA Automation Engineer

Simplyhealth; Andover; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A UK health company is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to empower teams by emphasizing quality through expertise in test automation and CI/CD processes. This role involves developing test plans, coaching squads on quality, and advocating for best practices in a supportive, collaborative environment. The position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits, with flexibility in working arrangements, including remote work options.

Benefits

Generous pension with 6% contribution

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible benefits pot

Health plan

Access to a wellbeing hub

Recognition awards

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of Quality Assurance principles applicable to IT engineering.
• Proven experience with functional and non-functional testing.
• Ability to gather, interpret, and analyze information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deconstruct solutions into tests that optimize for coverage and risk.
• Develop and evolve test plans for complex applications.
• Create trusted test automation with high reliability.

Skills

Quality Assurance principles

Hands-on experience in testing

Knowledge of automation best practices

UI and API testing skills

Experience with automation frameworks

Tools

Playwright

Job description

Competitive salary plus excellent benefits

We’re not just your average health company; we’re aiming to revolutionise access to healthcare in the UK by offering innovative health and wellbeing solutions that are affordable, accessible, and effective. From preventive care to comprehensive medical support, we aim to empower individuals to take charge of their health, inspiring them to make the most of their wellbeing. Added to that we’re the first health insurer in the UK to be awarded B-Corp status in recognition of our significant achievements in sustainability, in addition to our ambitious environmental and social responsibility goals.

As a QA Automation Engineer, you’ll empower teams by bringing a focus to quality. You’ll bring expertise in test automation, quality assurance, agile processes and CI/CD, among other things. Everything can impact quality, so you will understand all aspects of Product delivery and its relationship to quality. You’ll use this expertise to champion, evangelise, influence and advocate for quality.

Key responsibilities:

• Deconstruct solutions into tests that optimise for coverage and risk
• Develop and evolve test plans for complex applications
• Create trusted test automation with high reliability and relevancy
• Assess and advise on testability of user stories including, acceptance criteria, non-functional requirements, definition of ready and the definition of done
• Assess and advise on risk and coverage
• Coach and guide the squad & stakeholders on quality
• Be an evangelist & advocate for quality within the organisation
• Keep up to date on new technologies, platforms & techniques
• Striving for higher quality, higher velocity product delivery

About You

You'llbring engineering expertise, strong communication skills, user empathy, and a “creatively destructive” mindset. Working across multiple tech stacks and implementing automation, you will dive into the technical details, collaborating to design an optimal testing approach.

To be considered you must have:

• Sound knowledge of Quality Assurance principles, with the ability to apply them to IT engineering and the wider organisation.
• Hands-on experience in both functional and non-functional testing.
• Knowledge of automation best practices.
• Experience applying test techniques across multiple levels of testing (e.g., SIT, UAT).
• Skilled in both UI and API testing.
• Proven experience with automation frameworks (Playwright preferred).
• Ability to gather, interpret, and analyse information effectively.
• Foundational understanding of software engineering concepts.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to learn and navigate the core elements of an ecosystem (products, services, platforms, processes)

Our dream candidate will also have:

• Awareness of CI/CD practices (broader DevOps knowledge desirable).
• Experience working in Agile or collaborative squad environments (Scrum or Kanban).

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes:

• Generous pension with a 6% pension gift from us
• 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays) - with the option to buy and sell a further 5 days
• Flexible benefits pot ( which you can choose to use against some great benefits such as critical illness, private medical insurance, shopping vouchers and more)
• Your own health plan
• Access to a wellbeing hub
• Recognition awards
• Give as you earn

We have a head office in Hampshire, but depending on your role, you’ll be able to enjoy our ‘smart working’ approach. This means you can flex when and where you spend your time. For many of us this means day to day work can be handled remotely, but there will also be times when we need to come together in the office to collaborate, attend training sessions, induction, briefings and more. You can expect to be in our Andover office at least once a week.

Your Recruitment Journey

We’re focused on providing an application, assessment and onboarding journey that is fair, consistent, diverse and inclusive for all, allowing us to hire top talent based on the skills and behaviours pivotal to your and our success.

Your process

• Screening call with Talent Acquisition Team
• Aptitude assessment
• Virtual Interview with the hiring manager and team
• 2nd Interview with the hiring manager and team

Please note: Working for a purpose driven company like ours is a fantastic opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases, we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications after this time.

Competitive salary plus excellent benefits