Test Automation Engineer

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology firm is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work fully remote while focusing on test planning, execution, and automation. You will be integral in ensuring data integrity and customer privacy by advocating for quality in software testing. Collaborate with skilled professionals to build and maintain a high-performance data analytics pipeline using AWS services. If you are passionate about software testing and eager to embrace new technologies, this position is perfect for you. Join a company that values creativity and excellence in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software testing with a focus on quality and data integrity.
• Experience leading testing efforts on major products and familiarity with AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for quality and test coverage on privacy and data integrity.
• Build and maintain a test infrastructure for data analytics in AWS.

Skills

Software Testing

AWS Services (S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, SQS)

CI/CD Workflow Tools (Teamcity, Jenkins)

Automated Testing (Robot Framework, Python)

Database Management (SQL, AWS Athena)

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

AWS CLI

Robot Framework

Python

Teamcity

Jenkins

Job description

Job Title: Test Automation Engineer

Location: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Full-time, Fully Remote)

Company: Anson McCade

Job Reference: 285b0aaa964f

Posted: 28.04.2025

Expiry Date: 12.06.2025

Job Description:

Join a leading technology firm renowned for its innovative solutions and commitment to privacy. This company is at the forefront of integrating privacy into the core of its software design, ensuring robust data protection and compliance. With a strong focus on cutting-edge technology and continuous improvement, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that values creativity, collaboration, and excellence.

As a key member of our software test team, you will focus on test planning, design, execution, and automation. You will work on building and maintaining a high-performance data analytics pipeline in Amazon Web Services. The ideal candidate must be self-directed, a fast learner, and flexible enough to work on new technologies as well as legacy components. You will advocate for quality and integrity and collaborate with developers and other teams to ensure data validity, customer privacy, and overall functionality.

Responsibilities:

1. Advocate for quality and test coverage on the protection of privacy, security, and data integrity.
2. Collaborate with your project team to determine test requirements.
3. Provide leadership in agile scrum and planning processes.
4. Conduct exploratory testing for individual components or features, identifying and reporting defects.
5. Build, deploy, and maintain a test infrastructure to verify the data analytics pipeline in AWS.
6. Build reusable test code and libraries for future use.
7. Design, execute, and report benchmarks on stress, performance, scalability, and other non-functional tests.
8. Work with other test teams and test leaders to innovate and improve team performance.
9. Dedication to software testing as a craft.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplines.
2. 5+ years of work experience in software testing.
3. Some experience as a test lead or prime on a major product.
4. Familiarity with terminal scripting and working directly in CLI.
5. Experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, and SQS.
6. Familiarity with AWS CLI is an asset.
7. Experience with CI/CD workflow tools (Teamcity, Jenkins).
8. Experience with automated testing using scripting languages (Robot Framework, Python).
9. Experience with databases (SQL, AWS Athena), especially with large data.
10. Data analytical testing experience is an asset.