Senior QA Automation Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to enhance the digital experience for its members. This role involves leading QA efforts across mobile apps, ensuring high-quality standards, and leveraging automation tools like Appium. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with key QA tools and a strong focus on quality.

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in automation and functional exploratory testing required.
• Solid experience with Mobile Apps QA tools like Appium and Playwright.
• Strong test planning skills with a quality-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance efforts for The Gym Group's mobile app and digital platforms.
• Work closely with internal teams and external suppliers to uphold testing standards.
• Maintain and evolve the mobile app test automation framework.

Skills

Automation testing

Functional exploratory testing

Test planning

Quality-first mindset

Mobile Apps QA tools

Tools

Appium

Playwright

Postman

Confluence

Continuous Integration tools

Job description

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Troi Search is 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 will 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 with hands-on expertise in both automation and functional exploratory testing, strong test planning skills, and a quality-first mindset. You should have solid experience using key QA tools for 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