QA Engineer

Skillfinder International; Leeds; On-site; GBP 11,439,000 - 14,391,000; Full time

Job summary

Skillfinder International is seeking a Quality Engineer in Leeds to drive quality across the application lifecycle. The role focuses on test automation with Playwright and end-to-end testing within a complex ecommerce ecosystem.

You will design and execute automated tests, work with cross-functional teams, and contribute to overall quality improvements across payments, fulfilment and delivery systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Playwright automation experience.
• Experience building and maintaining automated test suites.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end, functional, integration and regression testing.
• Experience testing complex ecommerce platforms with multiple systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated tests using Playwright across key customer journeys.
• Conduct end-to-end, functional, integration and regression testing across website and associated systems.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams to embed quality in the lifecycle.
• Identify defects and drive resolution with engineering teams.
• Analyse results and report actionable quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Improve automation coverage and testing efficiency across the program.

Skills

Playwright

Test automation

End-to-end testing

Agile teams

Ecommerce experience

Job description

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom

Rate: £300 Inside IR35

Quality Engineer

As a Quality Engineer, you will work within a multidisciplinary delivery team to drive quality across the application life cycle. The role will focus particularly on test automation using Playwright, alongside end-to-end testing across a complex, highly integrated eCommerce ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain and execute automated tests using Playwright, ensuring effective automation coverage across key customer and business journeys.
• Perform end-to-end, functional, integration and regression testing across website, mobile, order management, payments, fulfilment and delivery capabilities.
• Contribute to end-to-end test strategies, test planning and execution across multiple interconnected applications and services.
• Identify, investigate and manage defects through to resolution, working closely with development and engineering teams.
• Analyse test execution results, identify quality risks and provide clear, actionable findings to project stakeholders.
• Drive improvements in test automation, testing efficiency, coverage and overall quality assurance processes.
• Work closely with developers, product teams and other cross-functional stakeholders to embed quality throughout the development life cycle.
• Support the adoption of emerging testing technologies and agentic capabilities to accelerate automation and software delivery.
• Contribute to quality metrics and reporting covering areas such as test execution, automation coverage and defect resolution.

Skills & Experience

• Advanced experience in test automation, with hands-on Playwright expertise highly desirable.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test suites and frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end, functional, integration and regression testing.
• Experience testing complex applications involving multiple systems, integrations and customer journeys.
• Good understanding of test management, defect management and quality improvement processes.
• Experience working within Agile, multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Retail, eCommerce or online grocery experience would be highly beneficial.
• Experience testing areas such as payments, order management, fulfilment or delivery systems would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication and stakeholder collaboration skills