QA Automation Engineer

Gravitee Topco Limited.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading API management company in the United Kingdom seeks a passionate QA Automation Engineer to enhance their software testing processes. You will be integral in developing a comprehensive test framework to support continuous improvement in product quality and efficiency. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of automation testing experience and a solid software engineering background, particularly in Java and TypeScript. The role includes a hybrid work culture and attractive employee benefits, fostering a supportive and innovative environment.

Benefits

Excellent medical coverage

Pension or 401k program

Stock option plan

25 days holiday/vacation

3 mental health days

Birthday off

Professional development allowance

Quarterly outings

Hybrid working culture

Growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 7+ years of automation testing experience.
• Strong software engineering background targeting developers specializing in quality.
• Ability to challenge implementation choices from a quality and testability standpoint.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end automated tests covering multi-product workflows.
• Own the automation lifecycle: design, implementation, maintenance, and evolution.
• Drive shift-left testing practices ensuring quality is built in.

Skills

Automation testing

Software engineering

Cloud-native environments

Event-driven architectures

Asynchronous testing

Technical communication

Tools

Java

TypeScript

Kafka

ACCELQ

Job description

Join the API Revolution at Gravitee -Where Innovation Meets Growth

Since our beginnings in 2015, Gravitee has grown into a global force, recognised as a 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ Leader for API Management. What started with four developers challenging the complexities of APIs has evolved into a revolutionary platform powering API and event stream ecosystems worldwide. We’re driving digital transformation for top enterprises, from Michelin to Roche to Blue Yonder and beyond, offering unmatched control over APIs and event streams.

Our rapid growth and leadership in API management are fueled by our team’s commitment to excellence and our core values:

• Passion: We bring excitement to everything we do, constantly innovating to stay ahead of the curve.

• Hold Nothing Back: We go above and beyond to help customers and teammates succeed, holding ourselves to the highest standards.

• Professionalism: We believe in clear, respectful communication and prioritise the needs of our team and customers.

Join us on this journey. Be part of a team that’s redefining what’s possible in API management, and shaping the future of digital transformation. The possibilities are endless, be a part of the revolution!

THE ROLE & WHY IT EXISTS

Gravitee.io is taking APIs to the next level, we are the premier, open source API platform and we want everyone to know how amazing our software is. To make this happen, we are looking for someone passionate, curious and ambitious. This is where you come in.

We are currently recruiting for a QA Automation Engineer to join our growing business. In this role you will research, develop, maintain, coach and provide best practice to create a test framework to continuously improve the efficiency of our software development process and the quality of our products.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Your daily to-do list will feature some or all of the following, but is not limited to:

• As a quality owner embedded in the development process, influencing design and implementation before code is written

• Participate actively in technical design discussions, with a specific focus on testability, automation feasibility, and risk

• Design and implement end-to-end automated tests covering multi-product workflows across the Gravitee ecosystem

• Own the automation lifecycle: design, implementation, maintenance, and evolution over time

• Actively identify testing gaps revealed by production incidents and ensure they are addressed through automation

• Drive shift-left testing practices, ensuring quality is built in rather than validated at the end

• Contribute to improving developer experience around testing (frameworks, tooling, documentation, examples)

• Coach and influence engineers to write better, more meaningful tests, rather than taking testing ownership away from them

• Leverage ACCELQ or similar cloud-based AI-powered automation platforms where appropriate to accelerate coverage of stable, high-value scenarios

• Decide which test scenarios are suitable for codeless automation versus those requiring custom, code-driven test frameworks

• Continuously assess the ROI and effectiveness of AI-assisted automation tools within a complex, developer-focused product ecosystem

WHO YOU ARE

The right candidate will possess at least the following skills:

• Passionate and truly motivated about everything in life, not just work

• Someone with a sense of urgency and follow-through

• A person who excels working in a fast-paced, agile startup environment

• Naturally customer-focused and has a customer-first mentality

• Respectful, courteous, harmonious, polite, and conscientious

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

The right candidate will possess at least the following skills, if not more:

• 7+ years of automation testing experience

• Strong software engineering background; this role targets developers who specialise in quality

• Proven ability to read, understand, and contribute to production codebases (Java and/or TypeScript)

• Hands‑on experience with event‑driven architectures and asynchronous testing (Kafka or equivalent)

• Familiarity with cloud‑native environments (containers, CI/CD, infrastructure‑aware testing)

• Strong understanding of the testing pyramid and demonstrated ability to decide:

  • what must be covered by unit tests,
  • what deserves component or integration tests,
  • what is company‑or customer‑critical and must be automated end‑to‑end

• Ability to challenge implementation choices from a quality and testability standpoint before development starts

• Comfort working with highly technical stakeholders (developers, architects, TechOps, platform engineers)

• Capacity to prioritise automation efforts based on risk, impact, and business criticality, not test volume

• Experience with, or strong interest in, modern cloud-based test automation platforms, such as ACCELQ, including AI‑assisted and codeless automation approaches, used pragmatically alongside code‑based automation

DESIRED SKILLS

Additionally, these skills are not required, but preferable:

• Solid understanding of API Management concepts: gateways, policies, rate limiting, auth flows, event‑driven APIs, and API lifecycles

• Exposure to LLM‑related systems or AI‑enabled features, including understanding how to validate non‑deterministic behavior

• Familiarity with HTTP internals, API contracts, and protocol‑level validation

• Experience with observability‑driven testing (logs, metrics, traces to validate system behavior)

AT GRAVITEE, YOU’LL G​ET…

• Excellent medical coverage to keep your body and mind healthy

• Pension or 401k program options for all locations

• Stock option plan for employees

• 25 days holiday/vacation in addition to in‑country national holidays

• 3 mental health days per year with an allowance toward a mood‑boosting activity of your choice

• Birthday off to celebrate your dayLearn and grow with our professional development allowance to be used to benefit your career

• Quarterly outings and an annual off‑site in an exciting location!

• Hybrid culture with options to go in to an office in one of our hubs

• Ability to work for one of the fastest‑growing companies and alongside some of the most talented people in the API technology sector

• A meaningful, progressive, global company culture that is as fun as it is hardworking

• Endless growth opportunities

At Gravitee, no employee or applicant will be treated less favorably on the grounds of their sex, marital status, race, color, nationality or ethnic or national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or religion or belief.

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