Senior QA Test Engineer

Client Server; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary to £70k + bonus

23 days holiday, 28 + birthday off

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Critical Illness Cover

Job summary

Client Server in Bracknell, UK, is seeking a Senior QA Test Engineer to own testing across web and mobile, blending manual testing with Playwright automation to deliver a robust, production-ready payments platform.

You will lead testing activities from planning through release, mentor peers, and work with Product Owners and Developers to improve test coverage and frameworks, with AWS cloud experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA / Test Automation across web and mobile.
• Playwright experience; Cypress acceptable with learning.
• Ability to lead testing across projects and deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Own automated and manual testing, with automation as the primary focus.
• Build and maintain Playwright automation frameworks and end-to-end tests.
• Test web and mobile applications; lead testing from planning to release.
• Mentor others and contribute to QA best practices.

Skills

QA testing

Test automation

Playwright

Cloud AWS

Leadership/Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

AWS Cloud

Job description

Senior QA Test Engineer (Manual / Automation Playwright Web Mobile) Bracknell to £70k

Opportunity for a skilled QA Test Engineer to join a major rebuild of a leading international payments platform, working within the Corporate Payments division.

As a Senior QA Test Engineer you will to take ownership of quality across web and mobile applications, using both manual and test automation techniques (Playwright). You'll join an established engineering team and take ownership of testing and delivery across the full end-to-end lifecycle, working closely with Product Owners and Software Engineers to design effective test strategies, build and maintain automation frameworks and ensure new functionality is robust and production ready.

Your role:

• Own automated and manual testing, with automation as the primary focus
• Build and maintain robust Playwright automation frameworks and end-to-end tests
• Test applications across web and mobile; mobile experience is desirable but not essential
• Take ownership of testing for projects and deliveries from planning through to release
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, frameworks and QA processes
• Use AI tooling such as Claude and GitHub Copilot to enhance automation, development and code reviews
• Contribute to QA best practice and mentor others where appropriate

Location / WFH:

You can work from home most of the time, joining colleagues in the Bracknell office twice a week.

About you:

• You have strong experience in QA / Test Automation
• You have Playwright experience, will also consider Cypress if you're happy to learn
• You can take ownership and lead testing across projects and deliveries
• You have experience within cloud environments, AWS preferred
• You're collaborative with great communication skills
• Seniority is based on capability rather than years of experience, you'll need to demonstrate technical ownership, project leadership, mentoring and the ability to operate as a senior member of the team

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £70k + bonus
• 23 days holiday, rising to 28 + your birthday off
• Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Cover