Senior QA Automation Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to enhance digital experiences for its members. This role involves leading QA efforts for mobile apps, ensuring thorough testing with strong expertise in tools such as Appium and Playwright. The ideal candidate will demonstrate capabilities in automation testing, functional exploratory testing, and possess a quality-first approach.

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in automation and functional exploratory testing.
• Solid experience with key QA tools on Mobile Apps.
• Quality-first mindset and strong test planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance efforts across mobile app and digital platforms.
• Uphold and improve testing standards in collaboration with teams and suppliers.
• Maintain and evolve mobile app test automation framework.

Skills

Test planning

Automation testing

Functional exploratory testing

Tools

Appium

Playwright

Postman

Confluence

Continuous Integration tools

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

Senior QA Automation Engineer

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 Groups 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