Automation Test Engineer

Salary: £68,000 - 108,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience with Java-based test automation
• Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver, REST Assured, Playwright and Cucumber BDD
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch
• Strong knowledge of UI and API automation best practices
• Experience testing REST APIs using Postman, Swagger and JSON/XML validation
• Experience across the full software testing lifecycle
• Knowledge of accessibility testing using tools such as WAVE, AXE DevTools and VoiceOver
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git and Maven
• Knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies and Jira
• Exposure to AWS cloud technologies and Kafka
• Experience testing cloud-native and distributed systems is desirable
• Knowledge of contract testing methodologies is desirable
• Experience working within UK Public Sector or large enterprise environments is desirable
• Performance testing experience using K6 is desirable
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks
• Build automated test suites using Java, Selenium, REST Assured and Cucumber BDD
• Develop and execute functional, regression, integration and end-to-end automated tests
• Perform UI automation using Selenium WebDriver and Playwright
• Carry out API testing using REST Assured, Postman and Swagger
• Conduct accessibility testing to ensure compliance with WCAG standards
• Support CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing throughout the development lifecycle
• Work closely with developers, DevOps engineers, Business Analysts and Product Owners
• Contribute to performance and load testing using K6
• Support testing across AWS cloud environments and event-driven architectures

Technologies:

• API
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Cucumber
• DevOps
• Git
• Support
• JIRA
• JSON
• Java
• Kafka
• Maven
• Playwright
• Postman
• REST
• Selenium
• Swagger
• XML
• UX UI Design

More:

We are a globally recognised organisation delivering secure, reliable and high-quality digital services across major public sector transformation programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to join Agile engineering teams building cloud-native applications using modern test automation practices. The role offers a salary of up to 70,000 plus bonus and benefits, and is available in Newcastle, London, Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool or Sheffield, with working hours of 40 hours per week.

last updated 36 week of 2026