Senior Automation Tester / Quality Engineer

Eden Scott; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Scott is seeking a Senior Automation Tester / Quality Engineer to own the automation strategy in a hybrid role based in Glasgow. You will automate web and API tests, integrate testing into CI/CD, and work with developers to raise quality throughout the development process.

You should bring strong automation knowledge, experience with Playwright/Cypress/Selenium and API testing, and a pragmatic, curious mindset to improve processes and tooling.

Qualifications

• Strong automation background with hands-on testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and evolve automated tests across web and API layers.
• -Develop and improve the automation framework and how it is used.
• -Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines for faster, more reliable delivery.
• -Collaborate with developers to improve testability and catch problems early.
• -Investigate defects to identify root causes beyond symptoms.
• -Improve test coverage and overall developer testing experience.
• -Explore AI-assisted approaches and new tools to boost efficiency.
• -Share quality engineering best practices across the team.

Skills

Automation principles

SaaS/cloud testing

CI/CD pipelines

Agile practices

AI-assisted testing

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

Job description

Senior Automation Tester / Quality Engineer

Hybrid | Glasgow and surrounding areas

We’re looking for an experienced Automation Tester / Quality Engineer who enjoys building things, solving technical problems and finding better ways to deliver quality software.

This isn’t a traditional test execution role. You will have real ownership of the automation approach, helping us build on what is already there and shape how quality engineering develops as the business grows.

You will work closely with developers, product teams and other stakeholders, helping to make quality part of the development process rather than something that happens at the end.

What you will be doing

• Build, maintain and evolve automated tests across web and API layers.
• Develop and improve the automation framework and the way we use it.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and help make delivery faster and more reliable.
• Work with developers to improve testability and catch problems earlier.
• Investigate defects and technical issues, getting beyond the symptom to understand the cause.
• Improve test coverage, reliability and the overall developer testing experience.
• Explore new tools, technologies and AI-assisted approaches where they can genuinely improve the way we work.
• Help shape our wider approach to quality engineering and share good practice across the team.

What we are looking for

You’ll have solid hands-on experience in automation and be comfortable getting into the technical detail. You don’t need to have used every tool listed below, but you should have a strong understanding of automation principles and be able to learn new technologies quickly.

Ideally, you’ll have experience with:

• Automated testing of SaaS or cloud-based applications.
• Frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or similar.
• API testing and automation.
• CI/CD and automated software delivery.
• Modern software engineering and Agile practices.

Just as important, we are looking for someone who is curious, pragmatic and willing to challenge the way things are done. Someone who can look at an existing process and think, “There’s probably a better way of doing this.”

You will be comfortable working independently, but equally happy getting stuck into problems with developers and product teams.

It would be great if you also have experience with

• AI-assisted testing or AI development tools.
• Cloud platforms and containerised environments.
• Performance, security or resilience testing.
• Observability and monitoring.
• Working in a smaller or high-growth SaaS environment.

What you will have the opportunity to do

This is a role where you can genuinely shape how quality engineering works within the business.

You will have the freedom to influence automation strategy, introduce better tooling, experiment with emerging technologies and help establish engineering practices that will scale with the product.

If you are someone who enjoys building automation rather than simply maintaining a suite of tests, and you want to have a real voice in how quality is approached, we’d like to hear from you.