Senior Automation Engineer

Arrows; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking two experienced Senior Automation Engineers to join their fast-paced development team. This hands-on role involves solving real-world problems and ensuring quality code in an agile environment. Responsibilities include shaping testing strategies, running integration tests, and acting as a quality gatekeeper. Ideal candidates will have solid experience in agile settings, familiarity with CI/CD tools, and a knack for automation.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in agile environments.
• Comfortable with BDD using the Cucumber framework.
• Experience writing tests for REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Shape testing strategies with product owners and developers.
• Run integration tests across multiple systems.
• Investigate issues in live environments.

Skills

Agile

BDD

CI/CD

REST APIs

Shell Scripting

Education

ISTQB Certification

Tools

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

IntelliJ

Eclipse

Visual Studio

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Arrows

Consultant @ Arrows | UK Contract and Perm | Technology

Senior Automation Tester - Senior Automation Engineer - QA - paying up to £580 Inside IR35 - Hybrid - 6 Month contract

We’re looking for two experienced Senior Automation Engineers to join a collaborative and fast-paced development team. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving real-world problems, writing quality code, and working closely with developers and analysts in an agile setup.

What you'll be doing:

• Working side-by-side with product owners and developers to shape testing strategies and make sure everything works as expected.
• Pairing with developers to catch issues early and make sure new features are fully functional.
• Running integration tests across multiple systems to keep things running smoothly together.
• Acting as a quality gatekeeper—making sure only reliable code gets released.
• Getting involved in daily standups, sprint planning, retros, and other agile ceremonies.
• Being the main contact for other teams that rely on your systems, helping to keep communication and coordination smooth.
• Investigating issues in live environments, getting to the root cause, and helping to fix them quickly.

What we're looking for:

• Solid experience working in agile environments, with a good grasp of things like pair programming and code reviews.
• Comfortable with BDD using the Cucumber framework.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Confident with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Able to write and run tests for REST APIs, ensuring performance and stability.
• Experience writing shell scripts to automate tasks.
• Familiarity with development tools like IntelliJ, Eclipse, or Visual Studio.
• ISTQB certification (or something similar, but not essential).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering, Information Technology, and Other

• Industries

  Broadcast Media Production and Distribution, Technology, Information and Media, and Entertainment Providers

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