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Senior QA Automation Engineer
Softcat · Manchester, ENG, United Kingdom
Manchester, ENG, United KingdomHybrid
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Manchester, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
Provide technical leadership in building and evolving a scalable, reliable test automation capability.
Qualifications
- Strong experience as a Senior Test Automation Engineer or equivalent role
- Strong programming skills in Python, C#, or JavaScript for creating test scripts
- Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining automation frameworks
- Hands-on knowledge of automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium
- Experience testing APIs and services using tools like REST clients and Postman
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the automation framework and processes ensuring appropriate coverage across UI, API, integration, and regression layers
- Design, build, and maintain robust automation frameworks focusing on reusability, maintainability, and performance
- Act as a technical authority for test automation, setting standards and best practices
- Partner with developers to embed quality early, contributing to acceptance criteria and design discussions
- Lead automation planning through risk-based analysis
Skills
C#JavaScriptPythonREST
Relocation
No