Automation Tester (Front End)

Salary: £55,000 - 95,000 per year

Requirements:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic work environment.
• In-depth understanding of the QA process and software development life cycle.
• Proven experience with current front-end testing frameworks and tools such as Cypress or Playwright.
• Hands-on experience building test automation frameworks from scratch.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as JavaScript and TypeScript, with 3+ years experience.
• Experience testing web applications across multiple browsers and operating systems, including mobile.
• Experience in API testing, ideally using RestAssured or SoapUI.
• Expertise in establishing and executing testing tools, testing environments, and testing data throughout different stages of the testing process.
• Experience working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers and other QA team members, to design, develop, and enhance automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes for testing microservices in a containerised environment.
• Automated API testing experience with Java, such as RestAssured or SoapUI.
• Experience using collaborative tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar for test case management, documentation, and communication within Agile/Scrum teams.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, including Jenkins, GitLab CI, or other CI/CD tools for automated testing and deployment.
• Understanding of testing microservices-based applications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Understanding of accessibility testing.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all aspects of developing, implementing, and maintaining automated test scripts using automation tools.
• Verify the usability, functionality, performance, and scalability of our and our clients applications.
• Construct automation tools and expand framework functionalities to accommodate unique team requirements.
• Initiate and establish processes for automation and performance monitoring.
• Contribute to our Quality Engineering teams and our clients in establishing automation and testing best practices for the organisation.
• Collaborate with various teams to address automation challenges and coordinate efforts to resolve performance test failures.
• Support and develop other team members while fostering best practice and staying up to date with industry standards and advances.
• Design, develop, and deliver test solutions with minimal supervision while working directly with clients.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Confluence
• Cypress
• DevOps
• Docker
• GitLab
• Support
• JIRA
• Java
• JavaScript
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Mobile
• Playwright
• TypeScript
• Web
• microservices
• Security
• Frontend

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We are Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner helping organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery. We work closely with clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs, and our consultants embed directly into client teams across public and private sectors. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI. We offer a collaborative, inclusive environment with opportunities to work on meaningful projects, primarily remotely with travel required as needed, mainly to London. Our benefits include a competitive salary, bonus scheme, private healthcare insurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, up to 10 days of development training per year, enhanced parental leave, paid fertility leave, contributory pension, EAP with Help@Hand, gym membership benefits, flexible benefits allowance, cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes, flexible working, and annual away days/company socials.

last updated 36 week of 2026