Senior Automation Engineer - Playwright & API

Royal London; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London is seeking a Senior Test Analyst to drive automation and quality across our digital platforms. You will own the development and evolution of automated testing using Playwright, collaborating with software engineers, product owners and business analysts to embed quality from design through delivery.

You will shape automation frameworks, integrate tests into Azure DevOps pipelines and mentor others in modern quality engineering practices, ensuring scalable, reliable tests that reduce

Qualifications

• Experience with Playwright and automation frameworks.
• Experience testing APIs using ReadyAPI and Postman.
• Strong SQL skills and data validation for test execution.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable automation solutions using Playwright across UI/API tests.
• Embed quality across the software delivery lifecycle and improve pipelines.
• Develop and maintain end‑to‑end test suites and integrate tests into Azure DevOps.
• Coach teams on modern quality engineering practices and automation maturity.

Skills

Playwright

API Automation

SQL

BDD frameworks

Visual Studio Code

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Agile delivery practices

Test Automation Framework Design

Tools

Postman

ReadyAPI

Job description

Royal London is seeking a Senior Test Analyst to drive automation and quality across our digital platforms. You will own the development and evolution of automated testing using Playwright, collaborating with software engineers, product owners and business analysts to embed quality from design through delivery.

You will shape automation frameworks, integrate tests into Azure DevOps pipelines and mentor others in modern quality engineering practices, ensuring scalable, reliable tests that reduce