QA Test Automation Engineer

ISR Recruitment; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a QA Test Automation Engineer for a major sustainability company in Exeter for a 3-month contract. The role involves designing and implementing an automated testing platform using Playwright and TypeScript to validate both UI and API layers. The contractor will work on Behavior-Driven Development practices and support ongoing regression and integration testing. Candidates must have experience with Playwright and TypeScript as essential qualifications.

Qualifications

• Experience with Playwright and TypeScript is absolutely essential.
• Must be proficient in Behavior-Driven Development (Gherkin).
• Experience in non-functional testing and mobile applications is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a robust automated testing platform.
• Support both UI and API layers of a web application.
• Provide developer-friendly documentation and onboarding materials.

Skills

Playwright

TypeScript

BDD (Gherkin)

Cucumber

API testing

Tools

Test runners

Build tools

Job description

QA Test Automation Engineer

• Must have experience with Playwright and TypeScript – absolutely essential
• BDD (Gherkin) configuration and experience with Cucumber or similar tooling
• Page Object Model with separate locator structures
• Generic API client implementation
• Database connection and CRUD utilities
• Test and coverage reporting for both UI and API test suites and test data manipulation
• Experience with non‑functional testing and mobile applications would be highly desirable
• Set up a TypeScript‑based project structure optimized for Playwright
• Configure build tools, package management and environment configuration layers
• Integrate Playwright test runner with custom configurations to support parallel execution, retries and reporting
• Support parallel test execution environment configurations and test grouping via tagging
• Provide clear developer‑friendly documentation and onboarding materials

The Opportunity

My client is a major sustainability company that is looking for a QA Automation Specialist on a 3‑month contract basis for a specific project within their business.

My client requires this individual to design and implement a robust automated testing platform capable of validating both the UI and API layers of a web application.

The solution will be built using Playwright and TypeScript and must support Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD) practices using Gherkin syntax.

This framework will serve as a scalable maintainable foundation for ongoing functional regression and integration testing performed by both developers and QA analysts and via future CI/CD solutions.

Applications

To learn more about this opportunity please email your latest CV to ISR Recruitment and a recruiter will contact you to discuss the role in more detail.