Senior QA Automation Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Basildon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

JR United Kingdom is searching for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to ensure high-quality digital experiences at The Gym Group. The role focuses on leading testing efforts for mobile apps, utilizing tools like Appium and Playwright, and requires strong testing and planning skills. Ideal candidates will have hands-on expertise in automation as well as functional testing, driving quality within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in automation and functional exploratory testing.
• Experience with key QA tools on mobile apps.
• Strong test planning skills and quality-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance efforts across mobile app and digital platforms.
• Maintain and evolve mobile app test automation framework.
• Work with internal teams to enhance testing standards.

Skills

Test planning

Quality-first mindset

Exploratory testing

Automation testing

Tools

Appium

Playwright

Postman

Jira

Confluence

CI tools

Job description

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Troi Search are delighted to be working exclusively with The Gym Group in their search for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join the team.

The Senior QA Engineer will play a key role in ensuring a seamless, high-quality digital experience for The Gym Group's 1 million members, by leading quality assurance efforts across the mobile app and digital platforms.

You'll work closely with internal teams and external suppliers to uphold and improve testing standards, with a strong focus on maintaining and evolving their mobile app test automation framework built on Appium.

Key requirements:

We’re looking for someone who can clearly demonstrate hands-on expertise across both automation and functional exploratory testing, with strong test planning skills and a quality-first mindset. You should have solid experience using key QA tools to a high standard on Mobile Apps, including:

• Appium
• Playwright
• Postman (API Platform)
• Confluence for test and project documentation
• Continuous Integration tools

Bonus Points for experience with:

• An object-oriented programming language such as C# or Java
• Lighthouse for performance testing (scripting and CI integration)
• Sonar for security analysis (scripting and CI integration)
• Lucidchart or Miro for visual test documentation
• Jira/Confluence or similar tools for managing user stories and sprint tasks