Senior Automation Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK seeks two Senior Automation Engineers for a dynamic team. In this hands-on role, you will collaborate with developers to ensure quality in an agile environment, focusing on BDD and continuous integration. Ideal candidates have substantial testing experience and a passion for problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Solid experience working in agile environments.
• Comfortable with BDD using the Cucumber framework.
• Experience writing shell scripts to automate tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work with developers to shape testing strategies.
• Run integration tests across multiple systems.
• Investigate issues in live environments.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Behavior Driven Development

REST API testing

Shell scripting

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

IntelliJ

Eclipse

Visual Studio

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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).