Senior QA Automation Engineer — AI-Driven Testing (Hybrid)

Answer Digital Limited.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership (EOT)

Flexible annual leave

Performance bonus

Continuous training

Flexible pension

Healthcare plan

Social events and cycle to work

Job summary

Answer Digital is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our automation team, working across Health, Retail and Finance sectors. You’ll champion shift-left testing and implement CI/CD quality checks while exploring AI-powered approaches to accelerate delivery.

Bring expertise in frontend automation with Cypress/Playwright, cloud tech (Kubernetes, Docker) and an agile environment. We welcome curiosity about new tools and ways of working to raise quality across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience designing bespoke test strategies for cloud-based solutions.
• Hands-on with Cypress or Playwright for frontend automation.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum/Kanban with a test-first mindset.
• Experience implementing automated quality checks in CI environments (GitHub, Azure DevOps, AWS Pipelines).
• Interest in applying AI technologies to improve testing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement bespoke test strategies for multi-project environments.
• Build and maintain frontend automation frameworks using Cypress and Playwright.
• Drive shift-left testing and examples mapping in Agile projects.
• Integrate automated checks in CI pipelines (GitHub/Azure/AWS).
• Mentor team members and promote best practices in testing.

Skills

Test strategy

Cloud technologies

Test automation frameworks

Agile testing

CI/CD

AI in testing

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

GitHub

Azure DevOps

AWS Pipelines

Kubernetes

Docker

Locust

k6

JMeter

Snyk

Grype

UIPath

Claude Code / Copilot

Job description

Answer Digital is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our automation team, working across Health, Retail and Finance sectors. You’ll champion shift-left testing and implement CI/CD quality checks while exploring AI-powered approaches to accelerate delivery.

Bring expertise in frontend automation with Cypress/Playwright, cloud tech (Kubernetes, Docker) and an agile environment. We welcome curiosity about new tools and ways of working to raise quality across projects.