Senior Test Engineer & Automation Architect

Searchability®; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Principal Test Engineer role in Manchester is a hands-on leadership position within a growing engineering function. You will shape automation frameworks and testing standards across the team, working across API, automation, exploratory and integration testing.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers and ongoing development of testing practices. You will remain hands-on with Playwright, TypeScript and modern CI/CD pipelines, while mentoring other Test Engineers to elevate quality

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on test engineering with automation focus.
• Experience mentoring Test Engineers and embedding testing best practices.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and modern development workflows.
• Experience with API testing and SQL-backed validation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across testing and quality engineering.
• Define and embed standards for automation and QA across the SDLC.
• Remain hands-on in automation, API, and exploratory testing; drive CI/CD integration.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with software engineers to uplift testing practices.

Skills

Automation testing

Mentoring engineers

CI/CD understanding

Education

Tools

Playwright

Postman

Cypress

TypeScript

CI/CD

Job description

The Principal Test Engineer role in Manchester is a hands-on leadership position within a growing engineering function. You will shape automation frameworks and testing standards across the team, working across API, automation, exploratory and integration testing.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers and ongoing development of testing practices. You will remain hands-on with Playwright, TypeScript and modern CI/CD pipelines, while mentoring other Test Engineers to elevate quality