SDET Automation Engineer – AI/Cloud (TypeScript/Playwright)

Oliver James Group; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James Group seeks an experienced SDET to own test automation across cloud-based AI products. You will design, build and evolve automation frameworks, collaborating with software engineers, Product and BA teams to improve quality and reliability across UI, API, data pipelines and dashboards.

The role is hands-on, with hybrid work (2 days on site) in Manchester, requiring strong TS/JS skills, Playwright expertise, and experience with CI/CD and Git.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience as an SDET, QA Automation Engineer or similar.
• Strong TypeScript or JavaScript development skills.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright.
• Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks.
• UI and API automation experience.
• Experience with Cucumber, Gherkin or another BDD framework.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and HTTP.
• Good knowledge of SQL and data validation.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Reading and understanding unfamiliar codebases.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain UI and API automation frameworks using TypeScript and Playwright.
• Build and maintain automated tests using Cucumber/Gherkin and BDD principles.
• Develop scalable automation with Page Object Model or equivalent.
• Maintain and expand a large automated regression suite.
• Run tests in parallel with reliable test data and isolation.
• Investigate flaky tests and identify root causes.
• Analyze defects across the stack and report findings clearly.
• Use browser dev tools to inspect network/activity and API payloads.
• Validate REST APIs and SQL data reconciliation.
• Collaborate with Git, PRs and CI/CD pipelines within the team.

Skills

TypeScript/JavaScript

Playwright

Cucumber/Gherkin

REST APIs

SQL

Git

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

MySQL

AWS

Tools

Node.js

Docker

Job description

Oliver James Group seeks an experienced SDET to own test automation across cloud-based AI products. You will design, build and evolve automation frameworks, collaborating with software engineers, Product and BA teams to improve quality and reliability across UI, API, data pipelines and dashboards.

The role is hands-on, with hybrid work (2 days on site) in Manchester, requiring strong TS/JS skills, Playwright expertise, and experience with CI/CD and Git.