Senior Automation Test Engineer

Version 1; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share

Flexible/Remote Working

Financial Wellbeing Initiatives

Employee Wellbeing Schemes

Educational Assistance

Reward Schemes

Employee discounts

Gym discounts

Mindfulness workshops

Generous holiday allowance

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Manchester is looking for a Software Engineer in Test to enhance their automation processes. You will define test strategies, maintain quality standards, and support scrum teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in automated QA, proficiency in testing frameworks like Selenium and Cypress, and a solid background in agile environments. The role offers strong career progression, flexible working arrangements, and comprehensive benefits, including financial wellbeing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in automated testing for APIs and web applications.
• Confident with manual and exploratory testing.
• Ability to develop test scripts using modern frameworks.
• Practical use of open source tools such as Cypress, Karate, Playwright, Selenium or similar.
• Experience integrating automated tests in CI/CD pipelines; Azure DevOps is a bonus.
• Familiarity with performance and load testing tools like JMeter.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute test strategies.
• Monitor issues and maintain quality standards.
• Support scrum teams in automation testing.
• Review tests environments and processes for quality improvements.
• Provide realistic test estimates.

Skills

Automated Quality Assurance

Cross-browser Testing

Agile Environment

Framework Maintenance

CI/CD Integration

Performance Testing Tools

JMeter

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

WebdriverIO

Java

JavaScript

Python

C#

Tools

Cypress

Selenium

Java

JavaScript

Python

C#

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award‑winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Job Description

You may have been working as a Software Engineer in Test, Test Engineer or Test Analyst who is confident in their ability performing manual test but also enjoy conducting automation testing.

You’ll be part of an agile team helping our clients achieve their business transformation goals by identifying requirements, developing solutions and providing ongoing guidance and advice in test.

You May Also Get Involved With

• Defining and executing test strategies and scripts
• Accurate recording and monitoring of issues
• Providing support to the development of scrum teams to automate tests to guide development
• Reviewing test environments and processes to facilitate continuous improvement and maintenance of quality standards
• Providing test estimates

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience of Automated Quality Assurance: Deliver overnight cross‑browser, functional, non‑functional, API, integration and acceptance tests.
• Delivered front end cross‑browser functional testing, device testing, exploratory, systems integration and user acceptance testing e.g. manual testing.
• Confident with building and maintaining frameworks in one or more of these languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, or C#.
• Have practical experience with open source tools such as: Cypress, Karate, PlayWright, Selenium or similar.
• Worked in an agile environment.
• Develop and maintain high‑quality automated test scripts using modern testing frameworks (e.g. Selenium, WebdriverIO, Cypress).
• Integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation, experience with Azure Devops will be a great bonus.
• Familiarity with performance, load and stress testing tools like JMeter.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including: Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call‑Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.