At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and implement advanced automated testing solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company that values quality and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a culture that embraces continuous improvement and cutting-edge technology.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on product quality and drive automation in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in automation testing and a passion for mentoring others.
The predicted salary is between 47250 - 57750 £ per year.
If you want to know about the requirements for this role, read on for all the relevant information.
Design advanced automated testing solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, guide engineering teams on testing best practices, and help shape a culture where quality is part of everyday engineering. Work closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to ensure our releases are fast, stable, and trustworthy.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the automation approach for your product area, ensuring we test the right things at the right layers (API, UI, contract, component, etc.).
- Identify weak spots in our quality pipeline and introduce tools or techniques that tighten feedback loops.
- Drive continuous improvement of automation frameworks-making them cleaner, faster, and easier for others to build on.
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of test automation frameworks and scripts.
- Define automation strategies, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency across QA teams.
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and business teams to integrate automation into continuous delivery pipelines.
- Integrate automation deeply into pipelines; optimise parallel runs and ensure deterministic, stable outputs.
- Investigate flaky tests, eliminate root causes, and enforce reliability standards.
- Provide meaningful reporting that highlights real risks, not just raw numbers.
- Conduct code reviews of automation scripts and provide mentorship to junior and mid-level automation engineers.
- Develop reusable components, utilities, and libraries to improve efficiency and maintainability of test automation assets.
- Analyze and troubleshoot complex automation failures, identifying root causes and corrective actions.
- Provide technical input into test planning, estimation, and overall QA strategy.
- Evaluate and recommend automation tools and technologies that align with enterprise architecture.
- Track and report on automation progress and performance metrics to QA leadership.
- Ensure alignment of automation testing activities with compliance and security requirements relevant to healthcare data systems.
- Collaborate with peers to enhance automation coverage for API, UI, batch, and Back End testing layers.
- Guide mid-level and junior QA/SDET engineers, reviewing their test code and helping them grow.
- Run short learning sessions on testing techniques, automation frameworks, and debugging skills.
- Promote good habits like clean test coding, reliable assertions, and defensible test structure.
- Champion test automation adoption and continuous improvement initiatives across QA and development teams.
- Advocate for shifts-left behaviours such as early test case design, contract validation, and exploratory testing.
- Recommend improvements to engineering workflows, branching strategies, and test environment usage.
Bring fresh ideas from industry trends-new frameworks, patterns, and tooling that could elevate quality.
Senior QA Engineer - Automation employer: Coforge U.K. Ltd
As a Senior Test Analyst at our Telford location, you will join a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration in the public sector. We offer a supportive work culture with opportunities for professional growth, including mentorship and training in the latest automation tools. Enjoy the benefits of flexible working arrangements and a commitment to employee well-being, making us an excellent employer for those seeking meaningful and rewarding careers.
