Senior SDET - Playwright & TS | SC Cleared, Onsite UK

Synergize Consulting Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 91,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergize Consulting Ltd. is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer (SDET) to own end-to-end test automation across modern web apps and cloud environments.

The role focuses on Playwright with TypeScript/Java, Cucumber/Gherkin, and scalable automation frameworks. The candidate will work with DevOps, Product Owners and developers to embed quality in the SDLC, drive best practices, improve coverage and ensure robust, release-ready applications.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks using Playwright.
• Experience implementing BDD frameworks using Gherkin and Cucumber.
• Strong understanding of Page Object Model, fixtures, hooks, and parallel test execution.
• Experience with automated testing in AWS environments (EC2/S3/Lambda/CloudWatch).
• Ability to triage defects and drive root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable end-to-end automation frameworks for web UI and API testing using Playwright.
• Develop automated test scripts using TypeScript/Java or another suitable language.
• Create reusable test components and Page Object Models to support parallel execution.
• Translate user stories into BDD scenarios using Gherkin and implement cucumber steps.
• Manage test cases and results in TestRail; integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Test automation

Playwright

TypeScript/JavaScript

BDD with Gherkin

Cucumber

Page Object Model

TestRail

AWS testing

CI/CD pipelines

SQL

Docker & Kubernetes

Git

Security clearance (SC)

Tools

Playwright

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Postman/Newman

Job description

Synergize Consulting Ltd. is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer (SDET) to own end-to-end test automation across modern web apps and cloud environments.

The role focuses on Playwright with TypeScript/Java, Cucumber/Gherkin, and scalable automation frameworks. The candidate will work with DevOps, Product Owners and developers to embed quality in the SDLC, drive best practices, improve coverage and ensure robust, release-ready applications.