QA Automation Engineer — Playwright, API Testing, CI/CD Impact

Bytes Software Services; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bytes Software Services is seeking a QA Automation Engineer in Leatherhead to embed quality across the software lifecycle. You will design, develop and maintain automated UI/API tests using Playwright, while contributing strong manual testing expertise where required.

In collaboration with Developers, Product Owners and Business Analysts, you will improve automation coverage, drive testing standards, and support fast, reliable software releases in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial software testing in Agile environments.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript.
• Experience building automation frameworks using Page Object Model (POM).
• Strong manual testing across web apps, APIs and backend.
• REST API testing with Postman or similar.
• SQL for data validation.
• GitHub or other Git-based version control.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing.
• Knowledge of SDLC/STLC methodologies.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated UI and API test suites using Playwright and modern automation frameworks.
• Build scalable and maintainable automation solutions using Page Object Model (POM) principles.
• Perform exploratory, functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing across web applications, APIs and backend services.
• Conduct API testing using tools such as Postman and Playwright to ensure reliability and data integrity.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and rapid feedback loops.
• Collaborate with Developers, Product Owners and Business Analysts to identify quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
• Investigate, document and retest defects, working closely with development teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Help drive a quality-first culture while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across testing processes and tooling.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, refinement, reviews and retrospectives.
• Support the growth of our automation capability and increase confidence in software releases.

Skills

5+ years testing experience

Playwright

TypeScript

Manual testing

REST API testing

SQL data validation

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub

SDLC/STLC

Agile

Tools

Postman

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Bytes Software Services is seeking a QA Automation Engineer in Leatherhead to embed quality across the software lifecycle. You will design, develop and maintain automated UI/API tests using Playwright, while contributing strong manual testing expertise where required.

In collaboration with Developers, Product Owners and Business Analysts, you will improve automation coverage, drive testing standards, and support fast, reliable software releases in an Agile environment.