Senior QA Automation Engineer (Security Focus)

Emergn; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital business services organization is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer with at least 5 years of experience in QA automation. The role involves developing automated tests, integrating security tools into workflows, and championing secure software practices. Ideal candidates will have strong coding skills in Java, TypeScript, or Python, and familiarity with various test frameworks and CI/CD tools. Join a dynamic team focused on innovation and impactful work.

Benefits

Flexible work model

20 working days of vacation per year

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Training and certification opportunities

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in QA automation.
• Strong coding skills in Java, TypeScript, or Python.
• Experience with test frameworks like Selenium and Cypress.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated tests across API, UI, and integration layers.
• Integrate security automation tools into CI/CD workflows.
• Champion Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.

Skills

QA automation experience

Coding skills in Java, TypeScript, or Python

Test frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress)

CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)

Familiarity with security tools

Tools

OWASP ZAP

Burp Suite

SonarQube

Job description

Senior QA Automation Engineer (Security Focus)

We are a global digital business services organization with a mission to improve the way people and companies work. Forever. Our Consulting, Delivery and Learning teams design and deliver transformational digital products and experiences that add value to our clients’ businesses and to their customers’ lives.

Every day, across the world, our teams are pioneering faster, better ways to bring our client’s most exciting ideas to life.

Would you agree that discovering the unexpected is much more important than confirming what is already known?
If you are an intellectually curious mind with strong analytical skills, then you might be just who we’re looking for: Senior QA Automation Engineer to help us shape Emergn’s exciting future and play an important role in our growth.

We want you to:

• Working as part of an agile team following Value, Flow, Quality guideline principles and practices to provide business value to our customers.
• Develop and maintain automated tests across API, UI, and integration layers to support continuous delivery.
• Build and operate test pipelines, dashboards, and metrics for regression, reliability, and release readiness.
• Integrate security automation tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) into CI/CD workflows; assess vulnerabilities using OWASP Top 10 and triage findings with Dev and SecOps teams.
• Champion Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) practices, including risk-based testing, secure coding validation, code review standards, and audit-ready documentation.
• Lead defect triage and root cause analysis; improve test data management, environment stability, and observability.

This job might be for you if you have:

• At least 5 years of experience in QA automation with strong coding skills in Java, TypeScript, or Python.
• Proficient in test frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, and REST-assured.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and enforcing quality gates.
• Familiarity with security tools like OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Semgrep, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk, and Dependabot.
• Solid understanding of OWASP Top 10, CWE, and SSDLC concepts; proven collaboration with Dev and SecOps teams.

You might also have:

• Experience with performance and contract testing (k6, JMeter, Pact), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (IaC), and secrets scanning.

What we offer:

• Work within a dynamic international team of experts
• Excellent opportunity for personal and professional development
• Flexible work model and the freedom to choose the tools that suit you best – Mac or Windows
• Ability to work with modern technologies
• Extensive catalogue of educational programs, the possibility of training and certification at the expense of the company
• 20 working days of vacation per year
• Life and disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Big free parking
• Birthday gift

Work where you’ll make an impact every day.

Join us today!

About Emergn

At Emergn, we’re driven to improve the way people and companies work. Forever.
We are enablers of ideas, champions of our client’s vision and recognized experts at using innovation to help you better connect with customers. If we sound like a different type of services firm, that’s because we are. Passionate about bringing ideas to market in the most impactful way, we help our clients place their customers at the heart of their business. Working with some of the world’s most established, successful brands, we know how to turn challenges into opportunities and real‑world problems into smart products and solutions.